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- A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research
Over the past 20 years, life science research has come to realise that all living beings - from the simplest animal and plant organisms to humans - live in close association with a large number of ... - Making interfering signals in laser absorption spectroscopy invisible
Laser-based absorption spectroscopy is an important method for determining the concentration of gas components in a sample. Modern devices are highly specialised for detecting very specific gases, ...
- 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... - Artificial rocks from macroplastics threaten ocean health
Plastic waste is a problem on our beaches. Hence, it is largely removed in a coordinated manner within a few weeks. However, it can litter other coasts of the world for many months to years due to ... - New sensors for healthier indoor air
Air pollution is considered to be one of the world's biggest environmental problems, but it is often only associated with outdoor air. Yet people spend an average of 22 hours a day indoors, where f... - Detecting pollutants at ultra-trace levels
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (or Spectroscopy), known as SERS, is an advanced analysis method that extends the range of Raman applications to trace analysis such as part per million level dete...
- Mini-sensors against the overfertilisation of soils
According to a report by the EU Commission, over 60 percent of agricultural soils in the European Union are overfertilised. The consequences are soil acidification, polluted waters, reduced biodive... - Making molecular vibrations more detectable
In molecules, the atoms vibrate with characteristic patterns and frequencies. Vibrations are therefore an important tool for studying molecules and molecular processes such as chemical reactions. A...
- The European Union is funding the development of analytical electron microscopy
Electron microscopy is a key technology to reveal and finally also control the atomic structure and chemical composition of materials with (sub-)Ångström resolution. It is an essential technique to...
- Nanoscale gradient copolymers with contradictory properties
Materials that simultaneously have contrasting properties - for example, they are soft on the one hand and hard on the other, the transition is gradual - could enable completely new applications li... - News from the cell membrane
The red mould Neurospora crassa belongs to the group of sac fungi and serves researchers as a common model organism that allows a comparatively simple analysis of genetic information and the functi... - New NMR methods for analysing molecular structures in more detail
Chemistry and structural biology use the standard methods of NMR spectroscopy (NMR = nuclear magnetic resonance) to examine the structure of molecules including large molecules like proteins in sol... - Atomistic picture of platinum catalyst degradation
Degradation of platinum, used as a key electrode material in the hydrogen economy, severely shortens the lifetime of electrochemical energy conversion devices, such as fuel cells. For the first tim...
- One of the world's fastest cameras films motion of electrons
During the conversion of light into electricity, such as in solar cells, a large part of the input light energy is lost. This is due to the behaviour of electrons inside of materials. If light hits... - Setting new standards in solids analysis
How badly plants are affected by contaminated soil, what the sea floor can reveal about past climate periods, or what yield an ore mine could deliver in future - an analysis of the chemical composi...
- Bioinspired intelligent material transports micro-objects
Adhesive mechanisms in the natural world, as used by geckos and other animals when they walk upside down on the ceiling, have many advantages: they are always strongly adhesive - and without any gl...
- Observing one of the world's fastest chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy
UV radiation often damages our DNA. Researchers at Kiel University and The University of Bristol, Great Britain, have now seen for the first time what happens in DNA building blocks when they are s... - Researchers discover new means against cancerous tumours
Researchers at the Institute of Pharmacy at Kiel University have developed chemical compounds which have demonstrated strong effects on tumours. The so-called "aromatic heterocyclic compounds" are ...
- Organic tin in polymers increases their light absorption
Researchers of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (CAU), Germany, successfully integrated organic tin into semiconducting polymers (plastics) for the first time. Semiconducting polymers can...