Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

USC Scientists Discover Cost-Effective OLED Lighting Solution

USC Dornsife chemists have found a cheaper way to light up smartphone and TV screens, which could save manufacturers and consumers money without affecting…

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Immune Cells’ Role in Metastasis: Insights for Cancer Therapy

A better understanding of the features that define the interplay between cancer cells and immune cells is key to identifying new cancer therapies. Yet, focus…

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Discover an Elegant Mechanism in Biochemistry Innovation

The research labs of the associate professor Dr. Thomas Becker and Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Pfanner from the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the…

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New Metal Carbonyl Complexes Now Available in a Bottle

Since the discovery of the first homoleptic metal carbonyl complex Ni(CO)4 more than 130 years ago, scientists try to obtain further such compounds formed from…

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Fungus Threatens Immune Health: Understanding Aspergillus Fumigatus

It is everywhere – and it is extremely dangerous for people with a weakened immune system. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus occurs virtually everywhere on…

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Dresden Researchers Discover Protein Enhancing Mobility

A total of four million children and adults in Germany are affected by one of more than 6,000 rare diseases. Many of these diseases are still rather…

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Breakthrough in Brain Tumor Drug Development Unveiled

A breakthrough for brain tumor drug development and personalised medicine published today in Nature Scientific Reports.

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New Hope for MPN Patients: Advances in Bone Marrow Disease

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) – a group of rare but malignant bone marrow disorders

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New Biocatalysts Discovered for Enhanced Phosphate Use

Enzymes such as phytases and phosphatases are required to be able to use organically bound phosphate. The research group led by Professor Rolf Daniel from the…

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Digital Innovation in Cancer Research: Germany’s New Initiative

“We welcome the initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in declaring the National Decade Against Cancer,” says Professor Axel…

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Microbes and Insects: A New Source of Antibiotics Discovered

But we seem to have tapped out that supply. Resistance by disease-causing pathogens to existing antibiotics is increasing, endangering millions of lives and…

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Cyanobacteria Sugar: A Natural Alternative to Glyphosate

Researchers at the University of Tübingen have discovered a natural substance that could compete with the controversial herbicide glyphosate: The newly…

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New Technology for Local Glyphosate Detection Collaboration

With this new technology, the project partners aim to contribute to the application of inexpensive and local monitoring for recording the condition of water…

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Plants’ New Strategy to Overcome Iron Deficiency

Research groups from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Münster (WWU) have discovered a new switch that plants use to control…

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Bitter Rapeseed: A Protein Source for Future Nutrition

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the demand for food will approximately double by 2050 due to the growing world…

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How Satiety Neurons’ Identity Crisis Fuels Global Obesity

The worldwide epidemic of obesity has reached record levels, and what was once a problem only of industrialized countries is now also affecting the developing…

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