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- Global fossil CO2 emissions increased in 2017
Global anthropogenic fossil CO2 emissions increased by 1.2% in 2017 compared to the previous year, reaching 37.1 gigatonnes (Gt) CO2. The 0.43 GT increase corresponds to the total yearly CO2 emissi... - Hand-knitted Molecules
Molecules are usually formed in reaction vessels or laboratory flasks. An Empa research team has now succeeded in producing molecules between two microscopically small, movable gold tips - in a sen... - Which chemical compounds disrupt metabolic processes in the body?
January 2019 saw the launch of the EU research project EDCMET, in which scientists from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) are also involved. EDCMET stands for "Metabolic effect... - New synthesis method for fluorinated piperidines
Synthetic molecules are essential for many products in our lives: medicines, crop protection agents or special materials such as Teflon. These molecules have several components, which can be combin... - Lab-on-a-chip helps search for human DNA at crime scenes
Thanks to the work carried out by University of Twente PhD candidate Brigitte Bruijns, crime scenes can now be inspected on the spot for the presence of human DNA. In her PhD thesis, she describes ... - Controversial theory of materials science finally proven
Scientists at the Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory (NaMLab gGmbH) in collaboration with Researchers at Dresden University of Technology and the National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania h... - How could artificial photosynthesis contribute to limiting global warming?
If CO2 emissions do not fall fast enough, then CO2 will have to be removed from the atmosphere in the future to limit global warming. Not only could planting new forests and biomass contribute to t... - EFSA to share data on open-access platform
EFSA has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many of its risk a... - A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals
A KAIST research team completed a metabolic map that charts all available strategies and pathways of chemical reactions that lead to the production of various industrial bio-based chemicals. Th... - Deterministic creation of entangled atom-light Schrödinger-cat states
In 1935 Erwin Schrödinger formulated a thought experiment designed to capture the paradoxical nature of quantum physics. The crucial element of this gedanken experiment is a cat that is simultaneou... - Bio-based solvent produces very highest-quality graphene ink
Bio-based solvent Cyrene®, made from cellulose and produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, has been found to outperform traditional, toxic solvents in the production and dispersion of graphe... - How crystalline structure can affect the performance of MnO2 catalysts
Scientists at Tokyo Tech have developed and analyzed a novel catalyst for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, which is crucial for generating new raw materials that replace the classic non-r... - Controversy over molecularity of catalysts solved
Collaborative research between the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) Lloret-Fillol group and the Costas group from the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of ... - Producing vaccines without the use of chemicals
Producing vaccines is a tricky task - especially in the case of inactivated vaccines, in which pathogens must be killed without altering their structure. Until now, this task has generally involved... - Rare metals from e-waste
This year, beautifully wrapped laptops, mobile phones or even new TV sets lay under numerous Christmas trees. They are enthusiastically put into use - and the old electronic devices are disposed of... - Rio de Janeiro gets a pilot plant to explore energy from waste
A national technology to process and explore energy from organic waste started being tested in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Installed in a processing plant of the City Company of Urban Cleaning (Com... - Milestone for bERLinPro: photocathodes with high quantum efficiency
A team at the HZB has improved the manufacturing process of photocathodes and can now provide photocathodes with high quantum efficiency for bERLinPro. Teams from the accelerator physics and the... - Looking at molecules from two sides with table-top femtosecond soft-X-rays
intense activities both at x-ray source development and implementation of new measurement methods is pursued by key research labs. Researchers at the MBI have now successfully combined a table-top ... - Structure and function of photosynthesis protein explained in detail
An international team of researchers has solved the structure and elucidated the function of photosynthetic complex I. This membrane protein complex plays a major role in dynamically rewiring photo... - Measuring individual Argon atoms helps in understanding ocean ventilation
The age of the water in the world's oceans is critical for understanding ocean circulation, especially for the transport of gases from the atmosphere into the deep ocean. Researchers from Heidelber... - RIXS spectroscopy observes new type of excitation channel
The Heisenberg spin chain is one of the simplest models in quantum mechanics. It comprises a chain of interacting spinning particles such as electrons whose spins align to each other. An internatio... - Nanoparticles with peculiar chemical composition
Scientists from Russia and China discovered a host of new and unexpected nanoparticles and found a way to control their composition and properties - the findings that break fresh ground in the use ...