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Peptide Boronic Acids: New Prospects for Immunology
Vastly increased potentials for oxidation with modified solvents
Local Solvation is Decisive for Fluorescence of Biosensors
3D Laser Printing with Bioinks from Microalgae
Clean fuel for climate-neutral heavy vehicles
Producing Hydrogen and Fertilizer at The Same Time
No More Stressing Out over Structural Formulas
An optical lens that senses gas
Golden Ball Mills as Green Catalysts
Paving the Way for Hydrogen from Algae Enzymes
Cancer Research: DNA Repair Mechanism Further Elucidated
New Insights Into the Evolution of the Prion Protein
New method for introducing fluorinated components into molecules
International research team cracks a hard physics problem
Evolutionary algorithm generates tailored ’molecular fingerprints’
Chemistry
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Chemistry - Health - 13.08.2024

Chemists and pharmaceutical scientists at Heidelberg University develop an innovative process for producing these biologically active compounds A cutting-edge chemical process is the first to make it possible to quickly and easily produce modified peptides with boronic acids. It was developed by scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology at Heidelberg University.
Chemistry - Physics - 13.08.2024

A team of scientists headed by Professor Ingo Krossing from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Freiburg has succeeded in significantly increasing classic reagents' potential for oxidation. A team of scientists headed by Professor Ingo Krossing , Professor of Molecular and Coordination Chemistry at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, has succeeded in significantly increasing the potential for oxidation of and positive ions.
Physics - Chemistry - 12.08.2024

Nanotubes can serve as biosensors. They change their fluorescence when they bind to certain molecules. Until now, it was unclear why. Researchers have gained new insights into the cause of the fluorescence. Researchers from Bochum and Texas have discovered why carbon nanotubes fluoresce when they bind to certain molecules.
Materials Science - Chemistry - 09.08.2024

Heidelberg researchers successfully develop a new generation of biocompatible materials for additive manufacturing Microalgae such as the diatom Odontella aurita and the green alga Tetraselmis striata are especially suitable as "biofactories" for the production of sustainable materials for 3D laser printing due to their high content in lipids and photoactive pigments.
Environment - Chemistry - 30.07.2024

HyFiT fuels can reduce the carbon footprint of heavy goods transport and cut harmful emissions Synthetic fuels could make heavy goods traffic climate-friendly in the future. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, RWTH Aachen University, and ETH Zurich is now presenting a synthesis route that can be used to produce a fuel, known as HyFiT fuel, made from biomass or CO2 that can be used to refuel conventional combustion engines.
Chemistry - 25.07.2024
Does fertility affect a woman’s body odour?
Who we choose as a partner depends in part on who we find attractive on the outside. Scientists have long wondered whether potential partners can also sense a woman's fertility, for example through subtle changes in her body odour. Researchers from Leipzig University, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Göttingen have now turned their attention to this question.
Chemistry - Physics - 15.07.2024

This new concept could allow the needs of previously separate industries to be combined. A research team from the University Alliance Ruhr, Germany, has found a catalyst that can be used to convert ammonia into the energy carrier hydrogen and the fertilizer precursor nitrite. The production of hydrogen and the production of fertilizer have so far been separate chemical processes.
Chemistry - Materials Science - 10.07.2024
Breakthrough in Nanotechnology: New Method to Synthesize Amorphous Metal-Organic Frameworks and Coordination Polymers
Innovative research approach enables the development of new materials and applications in technology and medicine. Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, led Nicola Pinna, have made a groundbreaking advancement in nanotechnology, successfully extending the well-known Stöber method to synthesize amorphous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers (CPs).
Chemistry - 27.06.2024

Oh dear, chemical formulas! With just a few simple tips, students can prevent stress and ruining their grade in a biology test. Structural formulas are a source of dread for many students, but they're an essential tool in biology lessons.
Chemistry - Environment - 26.06.2024
Solar Technology: Light-Harvesting System Works Very Efficiently
Würzburg researchers from the Bavarian initiative Solar Technologies Go Hybrid are reporting progress on the road to more efficient utilisation of solar energy: they have developed an innovative light-harvesting system. In order to convert sunlight into electricity or other forms of energy as efficiently as possible, the very first step is an efficient light-harvesting system.
Chemistry - 26.06.2024

A research team from the University of Jena has developed a small optical lens, only a few millimetres in size, whose refractive behaviour changes in the presence of gas. As reported by the researchers in the journal Nature Communications, this "intelligent" behaviour of the micro-lens is enabled by the hybrid glass material from which it is made.
Physics - Chemistry - 21.06.2024
Intricate processes in photosynthesis decoded using advanced electron microscopy technique
An international team of researchers visualises atomic interactions in the protein structure called photosystem II and thus uncovers fundamental biochemical processes. Using cryo-electron microscopy a team of scientists from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), the Swedish universities of Umeå and Uppsala and the University of Potsdam has succeeded in visualising atomic structures at an unprecedented resolution at the nanometre level underlying the process of photosynthesis.
Chemistry - Environment - 17.06.2024

Less waste, mild reaction conditions, and no harmful solvents - only a very thin layer of gold is necessary to sustainably convert alcohols into aldehydes through mechanochemistry. A gold-coated milling vessel for ball mills proved to be a real marvel in the research work by Inorganic Chemistry at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany: Without any solvents or environmentally harmful chemicals, the team led by Professor Lars Borchardt was able to use it to convert alcohols into aldehydes.
Chemistry - Physics - 03.06.2024

A research team from Bochum has identified a crucial detail that's essential for the production of hydrogen using biocatalysts. Under certain conditions, some algae are able to produce hydrogen - a much sought-after green energy source. Its production takes place in the unique catalytic center of the unicellular algae and is only possible if certain cofactors of the relevant proteins are present.
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 28.05.2024

Researchers at the University of Würzburg, led by Caroline Kisker in cooperation with Claudia Höbartner, discovered how the protein XPD detects a severe DNA damage and controls its repair. The XPD protein is a central component of our body's own 'DNA repair team', known as nucleotide excision repair (NER).
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 23.05.2024

A study from Bochum describes a mammal-specific domain of the prion protein and offers new approaches for research into neurodegenerative diseases. At first, they cause memory deficits and difficulties in walking, finally they inhibit elementary motor skills and destroy basic brain functions: Prion diseases are progressive and invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases.
Chemistry - Physics - 16.05.2024

A team of chemists at the University of Münster has developed a synthesis method for the site-selective integration of the biologically relevant difluoromethyl group into pyridines The difluoromethyl group often determines the properties of bioactive molecules and is therefore particularly interesting for drug research.
Physics - Chemistry - 15.05.2024

Strongly interacting systems play an important role in quantum physics and quantum chemistry. Stochastic methods such as Monte Carlo simulations are a proven method for investigating such systems. However, these methods reach their limits when so-called sign oscillations occur. This problem has now been solved by an international team of researchers from Germany, Turkey, the USA, China, South Korea and France using the new method of wavefunction matching.
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 14.05.2024
How to Make Ubiquitous Plastics Biodegradable
Understanding the function of a specific bacterial enzyme has paved the way for the biotechnological degradation of styrene. Polystyrene is made from styrene building blocks and is the most widely used plastic in terms of volume, for example in packaging. Unlike PET, which can now be produced and recycled using biotechnological methods, the production of polystyrene has so far been a purely chemical process.
Chemistry - Computer Science - 10.05.2024

Team at the University of Münster develops an improved method for explaining machine predictions of chemical reactions Artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming more and more relevant in everyday life - and the same goes for chemistry. Organic chemists, for example, are interested in how machine learning can help discover and synthesise new molecules that are effective against diseases or are useful in other ways.
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