All News

Earth Sciences

Nitrogen-Containing Molecules Found in Martian Meteorites

A research team including research scientist Atsuko Kobayashi from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research…

Materials Sciences

Successful Recovery of Valuable Materials from Electronics

Led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, based in Aachen, Germany, and involving eight project partners from three countries, the ADIR…

Materials Sciences

Scientists Develop Super Liquid-Repellent Dry Adhesives

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart have developed a bioinspired reversible dry adhesive material that is able…

Life & Chemistry

A “corset” for the enzyme structure – Innovations Report

“Berlin combines important large-scale infrastructure with an excellent network of academic and industrial structural biologists and biochemists. The distances…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Solid-State Materials: TaGeIr Study Findings

To understand the origin of conflicting reports on TaGeIr, scientists from MPI CPfS and Northwestern University investigated the deviation of the crystal…

Life & Chemistry

Sample Pooling Boosts Coronavirus Testing Capacity Significantly

The pooling of samples before testing is a well-established and safe procedure in blood banking. The team from the Institute of Virology has adapted and tested…

Health & Medicine

Early Ketamine Therapy Insights for Major Depression Treatment

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 4 million people in Germany suffer from depression. Standard therapy is working insufficiently in one…

Materials Sciences

Exploring Coupled Magnetic Materials for Quantum Innovation

In order to find new ways to transmit and process information, scientists have begun to explore the behavior of electronic and magnetic spins, specifically…

Life & Chemistry

Antibiotic exposure can 'prime' single-resistant bacteria to become multidrug-resistant

Scientists at the University of Washington and the University of Idaho have discovered just how readily MDR bacteria can emerge. In a paper published April 6…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough in Biofuel: New MOF Efficiently Separates Biobutanol

The key breakthrough is the development of a new metal organic framework, or MOF, that can efficiently separate biobutanol from the broth of fermented biomass…

Environmental Conservation

Rice Engineers Transform Wastewater Into Drinkable Water

Delivering water to city dwellers can become far more efficient, according to Rice University researchers who say it should involve a healthy level of recycled…

Health & Medicine

Smart Contact Lenses for Diabetes Diagnosis and Treatment

Recently, a research team at POSTECH developed wirelessly driven 'smart contact lens' technology that can detect diabetes and further treat diabetic…

Physics & Astronomy

Gravitational Waves: Insights into Black Holes and Their Hairlessness

It took more than 100 years until the existence of gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein in 1915 as part of his general theory of relativity was…

Machine Engineering

Bayreuth Researchers Uncover Cell Death Mechanism Against Cancer

“In the national and international research environment, additive manufacturing is usually viewed through the eyes of an engineer. But only if this future…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Coronavirus: How It Multiplies Its Genetic Material

“In view of the current pandemic we wanted to help,” Max Planck Director Cramer says. “We have extensive experience in studying polymerases.” It was therefore…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring the Limits of Plant Suction Power and Hydraulics

Hydraulic systems use pressure differences for transmission of signals, force, and energy. Many machines work based on this principle – but there is also a…

Feedback