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- Adaptation as a strategy for survival: How microorganisms deal with environmental changes
Environmental changes influence microbial communities, which are crucial for the health of the earth and humans. For instance, altered eating habits with heavily processed foods can lead to disrupt... - Peptides on interstellar ice
Peptides are organic compounds that play a crucial role in many biological processes, for example, as enzymes. A research team led by Dr Serge Krasnokutski from the Astrophysics Laboratory at the M... - How small RNA molecules regulate viral infections of bacteria
Viruses need hosts. Whether it's measles, the flu or coronavirus, viral pathogens cannot multiply or infect other organisms without the assistance of their hosts' cellular infrastructure. However, ... - How green algae and bacteria together contribute to climate protection
Microscopic algae play a significant role in binding carbon dioxide and are therefore of great ecological importance. In nature, microalgae have coexisted with bacteria for many millions of years. ... - GPT-3 for Chemical Research
GPT-3, the language model behind the well-known AI system ChatGPT, can also be utilised in chemistry to solve various scientific tasks. This was demonstrated by a team of researchers at the École P... - Precise X-ray spectroscopic measurements of the heaviest atoms
An international research team has successfully conducted ultra-precise X-ray spectroscopic measurements of helium-like uranium. The team, which includes researchers from Friedrich Schiller Uni...
- A glass material that precisely separates gases
Separating carbon dioxide molecules from gas mixtures requires materials with extremely fine pores. Researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, in cooperation with the University of Leipzi... - Sustainable catalyst system for hydrogen production using light energy
For hydrogen to be sustainably produced using sunlight, it's not just an efficient catalyst system that's needed - it must also be economical, readily available, and resource-efficient. A team led ... - 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. ... - Creating carbon materials for energy storage device from brewery waste
Modern energy storage systems are an important building block for a climate-friendly future. "Modern" means not only that their performance meets the demands of a high-tech society, but also that t...
- Catalytic hydrogen generation - without expensive precious metals
A research team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena has developed a molecular photosystem inspired by nature that generates hydrogen under visible light irradiation. In contrast to other existi... - Clue to possible extraterrestrial origin of peptides
Researchers from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have discovered a new clue in the search for the origin of life by showing that peptides can form ...
- Artificial intelligence helps to find new natural substances
Bioinformatics team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena develops method that enables fast and confident identification of previously unknown small moleculesMore than a third of all medicines avai... - Producing hydrogen using less energy
The way in which a compound inspired by nature produces hydrogen has now been described in detail for the first time by an international research team from the University of Jena and the University...
- Novel glass materials made from organic and inorganic components
Linkages between organic and inorganic materials are a common phenomenon in nature, e.g., in the construction of bones and skeletal structures. They often enable combinations of properties that cou... - Dust particles in space are mixed with ice
The matter between the stars in a galaxy - called the interstellar medium - consists not only of gas, but also of a great deal of dust. At some point in time, stars and planets originated in such a... - Controlling cells with light
Photopharmacology investigates the use of light to switch the effect of drugs on and off. Now, for the first time, scientific teams from Jena, Munich, and New York have succeeded in using this meth...
- First bottom-up synthesis of water-soluble polymeric carbon nitride nanoparticles
Scientists at Ulm University have succeeded for the first time in synthesizing colloidal nanoparticles of polymeric carbon nitride that are fully soluble in water and act as highly efficient and se...
- Raman Spectroscopy: Research on the tip
Microscopes let us peer into cells and the biochemical processes inside them. Processes taking place on much smaller scales, e.g. within single molecules, are the research focus of Dr. Marie Richar...
- Rare microbes have a key role in ecosystem functioning
Even if a species is represented by very few individuals within an ecosystem, it can make a huge difference. This has long been recognized for animals and plants. Rare microbes like bacteria and mi...
- Highly specific nanoparticles deliver active ingredients directly to targeted tissue
Jena scientists have been successful in producing highly specific nanoparticles. Depending on the bound dye the particles are guided to the liver or to the kidney and deliver their payload of acti...
- Leibniz Prize 2015 announced for discovery of a new family of antibiotics
Nature harbours some of the most effective treatments for diseases - however, identifying and analysing these substances is a major scientific challenge. Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck is one of the ...
- Frankincense as a Medicine
It was one of the gifts of the Magi - in addition to myrrh and gold they offered frankincense to the newly born baby Jesus. Since the ancient world the aromatic fragrance of burning Boswellia resin... - How many cells can our Blood tolerate?
When people say "Blood is thicker than water," they are literally right. Because nearly half of the 'life liquid' consists of solid components. The red blood cells form the greatest part of it - al...
- AFM Tips from the Microwave for Atomic Force Microscopy
Scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) were successful in improving a fabrication process for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe tips.Atomic Force Microscopy is able to s...