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- Scientists film molecular rotation
Scientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a molecule. The resulting "molecular movie" tracks one and a half revolutions of carbonyl sulphide (OCS) - a rod-shaped molecule ...
- Biological warfare with insects?
Owing to present-day armed conflicts, the general public is well aware of the terrifying effects of chemical weapons. Meanwhile, the effects of biological weapons have largely disappeared from public awareness. A project f... - On the path to an artificial cell
It is hoped that cells created in a test tube can answer some of the major questions in biology. What is the minimum that a cell needs in order to live? And how did life on Earth begin? Researchers from...
- New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing a joint lab together with the Max Planck Society (MPS) to study electrochemical phenomenon at solid/liquid interfaces. The Berlin Joint Lab for El... - Trailblazer in the field of glyco sciences: 2017 Stifterverband Science Prize
Sugar offers sweet prospects for the future - even in unexpected areas, such as medicine. Synthetic sugars, for example, are components of novel vaccines against infectious diseases such as multiresista...
- Using synthetic photosynthesis to combat climate change
In future, greenhouse gas carbon dioxide could be removed from the atmosphere by deploying a new biological method. A team headed by Tobias Erb, Leader of a Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial M... - Scientists model a crucial component of cell division
During the process of cell division, chromosomes must be distributed equally between the two emerging daughter cells. One copy of each chromosome is created and remains glued to the original until threads, c... - Observe muscles at work with the help of new microscopes
Why can some people run so much faster than others? A tissue sample from the world record holder Usain Bolt could enable researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund to answer this question. Stefan Raunser and his... - Pinpoint the positions of individual molecules in living cells using fluorescence microscopy
Anyone who has ever taken a group photo will be familiar with the problem: If everyone is constantly running around, it's almost impossible to get a sharp photo. Cell biologists who want to visualize molecular pr... - Strength and ductility for alloys
For the steel industry, there may be a way out of the dilemma that has existed since people began processing metal. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf (Germany) are... - Microbots that can remove lead from contaminated water
Working with colleagues in Barcelona and Singapore, Samuel Sanchez's group used graphene oxide to make their microscale motors, which are able to adsorb lead from industrial wastewater from a level of 1000 parts-... - Gallium as a new reversible adhesive?
Some adhesives may soon have a metallic sheen and be particularly easy to unstick. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart are suggesting gallium as just such a reversible adhesive... - Fragments of proteins that already existed billions of years ago identified
Proteins and languages share many similarities - both, for instance, yield their meaning through a proper arrangement of basic building blocks. Prof. Andrei Lupas, Director at the Max Planck Instit...
- Organic framework serves as a catalyst for the photocatalytic conversion of water into hydrogen
Humanity's need for energy is ever-increasing. However, the traditional energy sources are finite. In contrast, water and sunlight are available in vast abundance. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute... - New microscopy methods revolutionize neuroscience
Anyone who wants to understand the brain must be able to see the brain's microscopically small switching units - the neurons - at work. Conventional light microscopes are not sufficient to do the job. Only the microsc... - Area-wide transition to open access is possible
The Max Planck Digital Library has put forward a study on the transformation of the subscription-driven system for scientific publications to an Open Access model. For the first time, quantitative param... - Molecular structure of Spiegelmers resolved
Spiegelmers are a young group of promising pharmaceutical substances. They rely on the same building blocks as the nucleic acids RNA and DNA that fulfil various tasks in the organism - from storing genetic information and messaging ... - Insights into structural transformations explain difference of crystals behaviour during mechanical tension
Crystals are not as stationary as you might think. A crystal of an organometallic compound containing palladium, for example, downright jumps from a hotplate once it reaches certain temperature. An international team ...
- Superconductivity without cooling
An infrared laser pulse briefly modifies the structure of a high-temperature superconductor and thus removes its electrical resistance even at room temperatureSuperconductivity is a remarkable phenomeno...
- first insights into the crystallization of tiny water droplets
Water that freezes to ice at some point is everyday physics, but even scientists gain new insights into this phenomenon all the time. For example, it is only now that researchers are able to investigate... - What Holds Chromosomes Together - Scientists Elucidate the Structure of DNA-Packaging
To ensure that the genetic material is equally and accurately distributed to the two daughter cells during cell division, the DNA fibers must have an ordered structure and be closely packed. At the Max Planc...
- The smallest ice crystals in the world
Ice crystals also have small beginnings - even smaller than previously believed. Already 475 water molecules can form a real crystalline structure; initial attempts can be discerned with 275 molecules upwards, as a coopera... - How plants make cocaine
Cocaine is one of the most commonly used (and abused) plant-derived drugs in the world, but we have almost no modern information on how plants produce this complex alkaloid. Researchers from the Max Pla... - The first atomic X-ray laser
In future, scientists should be able to observe more closely how plants generate sugar from the energy in sunlight or how electricity is generated from solar cells. Researchers at the Center for Free-El... - The chemistry of exploding stars: Meteorite contains evidence of formation of sulfur molecules derived from the ejecta of a supernova explosion
Fundamental chemical processes in predecessors of our solar system are now a bit better understood: An international team led by Peter Hoppe, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in...
