Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Mapping Immune Cells in Brain Tumors for Better Immunotherapy

Hope through immunotherapy

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How Biophysicists Unveil the Optogenetic Tool KR2

KR2 is a member of a very large family of microbial rhodopsins — light-sensitive proteins present in the cell membrane of archaea, bacteria, viruses, and…

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Light-Activated Enzyme Switching: A Breakthrough in Biotechnology

Enzymes: they are the central drivers for biochemical metabolic processes in every living cell, enabling reactions to take place efficiently. It is this very…

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Human Skin: A Key Source of Indoor Ammonia Emissions

In many regions of the world, people now spend over 90 percent of their life in indoor environments. In our homes and offices, we are exposed to many…

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New System Boosts Green Hydrogen Availability for Transport

As an alternative propulsion technology in the transport sector, hydrogen is playing an important role in the energy transition. However, it is not yet…

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Enhanced Precision in Vascular Imaging for Better Health Insights

Various diseases in humans and animals – such as tumors, strokes or chronic kidney disease – damage the blood vessels. Capillaries, the smallest blood vessels…

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Sugar Transforms Brown Algae Into Effective Carbon Sinks

You may like them or not, but almost everyone knows them: brown algae such as Fucus vesiculosus, commonly known as bladderwrack, grow along the entire German…

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Max Planck researchers develop the "ultimate cell sorter"

In medicine and biology, there is great interest in efficient and inexpensive methods for identifying and separating different cell types, for example for…

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Honeybees Affected by Pesticides: New Video Insights

A newly developed video technique has allowed scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt at the Bee Research Institute of the Polytechnical Society to record…

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Unlocking Flowering Time: Insights into Genetic Regulation

All flowering plants pass through a flowering period at the transition from the growth to the reproductive phase. Its beginning is determined by complex plant…

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Bristol scientists see through glass frogs' translucent camouflage

A team of scientists from the University of Bristol, McMaster University, and Universidad de Las Américas Quito, sought to establish the ecological importance…

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The Future of Nano Electronics: Ultrathin Materials Unveiled

Ultrathin materials are extremely interesting as building blocks for next generation nano electronic devices, as it is much easier to make circuits and other…

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Time-Lapse Breakthrough: Efficiently Decomposing Cellulose

The plant component cellulose is an extremely resistant, water-insoluble polymer that is difficult to break down. This makes the efficient and sustainable use…

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Food System Innovations: Enhancing Artificial Meat & Photosynthesis

In a new study published in the journal Nature Food, an international team of researchers has now assessed and categorised key innovations with a potential to…

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Bayreuth Researchers Unveil High-Performance Biocatalyst

Biotechnological production of natural products and drugs

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Exploring Protein Collaboration and Solo Travel in New Study

In a new paper published in PNAS, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, the University of Oxford, and Sorbonne…

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