Natural Sciences

Researchers at Leipzig University have achieved a success in microrobotics. They were able to show for the first time that tiny, synthetic microswimmers perceive their environment directly via their own body shape and adapt autonomously in strongly changing fluid currents.

The University and University Hospital of Würzburg have demonstrated magnetic particle imaging on humans for the first time. The new procedure enables radiation-free visualisation of blood vessels in real time.

Researchers have produced exceptionally long chains of an electrically conductive polymer known as poly(p-phenylene) (PPP).

International research team led by Göttingen University design versatile imaging system. Understanding how cells are organized and how their molecular components interact in a coordinated and cooperative manner is a central goal of modern life sciences.