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- Highly efficient heavy metal ions filter by using whey and activated charcoal
ETH researchers have developed a new water filtration system that is superior to existing systems in many respects: it is extremely efficient at removing various toxic heavy metal ions and radioact... - Researchers uncover how arsenic gets into the grain
Rice is a key food source in many parts of the world. However, it is not uncommon for it to contain arsenic. Biologists at FAU-Erlangen-Nürnberg have now found an approach that could help to reduce... - New insights into the supercritical state of water
Using molecular dynamics simulations, researchers have analysed the properties of supercritical water. The researchers showed which structure of the hydrogen bond network is formed in different sup... - Measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range developed
Those who want to explore the microcosm need exact control over laser light. Only with its help is it possible to explore electron motion and to influence their behavior. Now, scientists at the Lab... - Fragments of proteins that already existed billions of years ago identified
Proteins and languages share many similarities - both, for instance, yield their meaning through a proper arrangement of basic building blocks. Prof. Andrei Lupas, Director at the Max Planck Instit... - Naturally formed crystals can diffract X-rays
While structural biologists are familiar with the concept of growing protein crystals in the lab for X-ray crystallography experiments, many may not know that some organisms produce crystals natura... - Contamination of food supplements with PAHs
Scientists from the JRC-hosted European Reference Laboratory for PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) tested 94 food supplements including botanical, oil and bee products collected from the Euro... - Observing structural changes in complex molecules as if watching a film
Chemistry is now ready for the movies: an international team which includes researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg has used a type of molecula... - A novel method to produce homogeneous certified reference materials for neutron activation analysis
Scientists from the JRC, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leoben (Austria), the Atomic Centre Bariloche (Brazil) and Umicore (Belgium) developed a novel approach for the prod... - How sensitive and accurate are routine NMR and MS instruments?
Just a decade or two ago, NMR and MS measurements were more difficult to carry out, and the instruments were primarily operated by highly qualified, dedicated personnel. Since that time the paradig... - How Copper Makes Organic Light-emitting Diodes more Efficient
Use of copper as a fluorescent material allows for the manufacture of inexpensive and environmentally compatible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Thermally activated delayed fuorescence (TADF... - A new way to deliver microRNAs for cancer treatment
Twenty years ago, scientists discovered that short strands of RNA known as microRNA help cells to fine-tune their gene expression. Disruption or loss of some microRNAs has been linked to cancer, ra... - Novel EU-funded collaborative proteomics project to bring proteomics to clinical application
Novel proteomic technologies that are so robust and powerful that they can be used in every biological laboratory and in every clinic are expected as results of the currently starting research cons... - Alternative method for the representation of microstructures in polycrystalline materials
Also Raman microspectroscopy in an optical microscope provides the means to determine local crystal orientations of polycrystalline materials over large sample areas. This method can be used altern... - Remote-controlled robot inspects suitcase bombs
Abandoned items of luggage are frequently found at airports and train stations. This is a case for the emergency services, who have to assume that these items might contain bombs. They must assess ... - How cells detect scents
Cells have an infallible sense of smell that tells them which direction to grow in to move closer to the source of a scent. ETH researchers have now learned how this sense of smell works. A freq... - Borophene holds the electronic properties which researchers try to implement in graphene
In the latest issue of Science, Hermann Sachdev, a researcher from Professor Müllen's department at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, Germany discusses the outlooks of... - How nanoparticles give electrons away
Whether it is in catalytic processes in the chemical industry, environmental catalysis, new types of solar cells or new electronic components, nanoparticles are everywhere in modern production and ... - New polymer solar cell minimizes loss of photon energy
As the world increasingly looks to alternative sources of energy, inexpensive and environmentally friendly polymer-based solar cells have attracted significant attention, but they still do not matc... - New and easily tunable, high-contrast scattering agent for biomedical imaging applications
The agent is made from clusters of plates of silver about 50 nanometers across and a few nanometers deep, covered with a polymeric coating - small enough, even when clustered together, to travel in...