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Harmful gases, such as nitrogen dioxide, are commonplace in industrial settings. However, existing gas sensors are expensive and complex, which has limited their widespread adoption. In a recent st... - Understanding the dynamic behavior of rubber materials
Researchers present a novel experimental system for simultaneous measurement of dynamic mechanical properties and X-ray computed tomography. Rubber-like materials can exhibit both spring-like and f... - Liquid metals shake up century-old chemical engineering processes
Liquid metals could be the long-awaited solution to "greening" the chemical industry, according to researchers who tested a new technique they hope can replace energy-intensive chemical engineering... - Phytoplankton uptake of methylmercury is controlled by thiols
Methylmercury is one of the chemicals that poses the greatest threat to global public health. People ingest methylmercury by eating fish, but how does the mercury end up in the fish? A new study sh... - Neutralising antibodies that target resistant bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a major challenge to healthcare systems worldwide. Due to numerous resistance mechanisms, infections with the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa are particularly fea... - Fossil lipids as biomarkers for oxygen-producing primordial bacteria
Cyanobacteria are a key species in Earth's history, as they introduced atmospheric oxygen for the first time. The analysis of their evolution therefore provides important insights into the formatio... - New molecular hybrid material for electrocatalytic water oxidation at neutral pH
The group of Prof. Antoni Llobet has published on the Advanced Materials journal the first example of a molecular water oxidation catalysts based on first row transition metal complex anchored on a... - Hydrogen research: million in funding for the search for better catalysts
atalysts should be efficient and durable. To find them, four research teams are systematically working together on new concepts. They are being funded by the European Research Council (ERC) with 10... - The Microbiome of Fruit and Vegetables Positively Influences Diversity in the Gut
In a meta-study, a research team from the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology at TU Graz has provided evidence that the consumption of fruit and vegetables contributes positively to bacterial ... - Reimagining smartphones: Modular mobile devices against the flood of electronic waste
One cannot imagine modern life without smartphones. These small electronic helpers make our lives easier and better. But they also do real ecological damage. How can the production and use of smart... - Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers
The food industry generates enormous amounts of waste and by-products, including from poultry production. Each year, some 40 million tonnes of chicken feathers are incinerated. This not only releas... - Bacteria pave the way for paint that produces oxygen whilst capturing carbon
An innovative paint that contains oxygen-producing bacteria capable of capturing carbon dioxide has been created by scientists from the University of Surrey. Researchers suggest this paint, known a... - The mechanism that helps thehospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive
A research team led by Beate Averhoff and Volker Müller of Goethe University Frankfurt has discovered the mechanism that explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate in hospitals and why inf... - New recipe for efficient, environmentally friendly battery recycling
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are now presenting a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100 per cent ... - Unlock the secrets of nitrogen's solid phase
In a ground-breaking study led by the University of Bayreuth researchers, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and the University of Linköping, Sweden, the mysteri... - Microalgae: numerous advantages for the environment
Everyone is talking about proteins. A large swathe of humanity is still placing its bets on animal sources, be it meat, fish, or dairy products - with negative repercussions for the environment and... - Eppendorf Award 2024: Call for Entries
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, endowed with 20,000 EUR, is granted annually to an early career scientist in Europe for outstanding contributions to biomedical research. It ha... - Why does it get hot when you rub things together?
Friction, an everyday phenomenon, has perplexed scientists for centuries. Though extensively researched, our understanding remains fragmented, primarily due to the multifaceted interactions that sp... - Study warning against the unknown long-term consequences of microplastic particles in soil
Plastic is everywhere in the environment, and while earlier research efforts dealt predominantly with the ocean and aquatic systems, more recently the soil has increasingly come into focus, especia... - Capturing CO2 with electricity: A microbial enzyme inspires electrochemistry
Humanity continuously emits greenhouse gases and thereby worsens global warming. Increasing research efforts go into developing strategies to convert these gases, such as carbon dioxide, into valua... - New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Life on a faraway planet - if it's out there - might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe's pantry, and only so many ways to mix the... - Looking to insects to stabilize the surfaces of materials
Several insects use a trick to dive into water without getting wet: tiny structures on their surface trap a thin film of air that protects the animals. Together with an international team of resear... - Carbon from forest waste can be used for future energy storage
Researchers found how to convert cost free forest waste, like pine cones, into carbon materials useful for energy storage. The method allows for easy and environmentally friendly dispersion of carb... - Novel approach towards nanomaterials
Scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg have successfully developed nanomaterials using a so-called bottom-up approach. ... - New deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. A new study involving scientists...