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- Microbes and minerals: How microorganisms accelerate calcification
Microorganisms are everywhere and have been influencing the Earth's environment for over 3.5 billion years. Researchers from Germany, Austria and Taiwan have now deciphered the role they play in th...
- Revolutionary discovery: first isolated Nitrene
Scientists at the University of Bremen have successfully isolated a nitrene for the first time, which was previously considered impossible to isolate. The discovery was published in the renowned "S...
- 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...
- Cyanobacteria can help astronauts survive self-sufficiently on Mars
Leading space agencies aspire astronaut missions to Mars in the future. These are designed for a long-term stay, which poses new challenges for science: In addition to a habitat, for example, the f...
- Increase of atmospheric hydrogen chloride
Stratospheric hydrogen chloride is an indicator of substances destroying ozone. An international team including scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) observed an annual increase... - Explored mode of action of tyrosinase
The research team of Annette Rompel from the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, University of Vienna explore the mechanisms behind the "browning reaction" during the spoilage of mushrooms. The re... - Nanodiamonds identified as potent bactericidal agent
Exhibiting a diameter of 5 nanometers, nanodiamonds are 200-times smaller than a bacterium. Nanodiamonds are produced by the explosion of carbon-containing compounds in high-pressure storage tanks....
- Environmental contaminants in foodstuffs
The final report of the research project "Foodborne exposure to environmental contaminants" (LExUKon) is now available. In this project scientists of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)...