First diagnostic test for zika virus accepted by WHO

Phasing out fossil fuels could save millions of lives

The mortality burden attributable to air pollution from fossil fuel use is considerably higher than most previous estimates - a phaseout of fossil fuels would have tremendous, positive health outcomes

Alzheimer's research: New study uncovers previously unknown processes in fat metabolism

Dietary and other lifestyle factors such as smoking play a role

PicoRuler: Molecular Rulers for High-Resolution Microscopy

Opening the Door to Investigate Complex Processes in Cells

Progress toward Improved Vaccines

Novel adjuvants assembled from a chemical construction set

Taking antibiotics back in time

“Recreating such an ancient molecule was exhilarating, akin to bringing dinosaurs or wooly mammoths back to life”

X-ray laser uncovers the structure of a natural anti-mosquito insecticide

Bacterial protein found to work against more species of mosquito as previously thought

Releasing Brakes on Biocatalysis

The new findings could play a role in H2 technologies

Researchers Decipher Enzyme Scissors of Intestinal Microbes

Intestinal bacteria utilise so-called beta-elimination to break down plant natural products and thus make them available to humans

Fat cells help repair damaged nerves

Risk of serious COVID-19 infection can now be predicted

Researchers develop rapid test for severe infections

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases

"A method has been discovered that uses impure CO2 streams and enables a breakthrough in the synthesis of valuable chemicals and pharmaceuticals"

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Is 4G less harmful than 2G?

Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments

New study shows how enzymatic plastic degradation could be brought one step closer to commercialisation

Seeing cancer’s spread through a computational window

Computational model allows researchers to simulate cellular-scale interactions across unprecedented distances in the human vasculature

Coffee only wakes you up if you rarely drink it

What is the ideal way to consume coffee?

Pregnancy remodels the brain

Stem cells shape the sense of smell in mothers

Artificial intelligence finds ways to develop new drugs

The chemists tested the process using borylation – a reaction that activates hydrocarbon scaffolds

Could eating turkey ease colitis?

According to data in mice, extra tryptophan could reduce the risk of future colitis flares

Physicists observed random loops in chromosomes and revealed how loops affect spatial organization of genome

Bowel cancer: aspirin activates protective genes

Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Dietary management drugs have transformed Type 2 diabetes care, but daily injection routines are challenging for some patients

Pregnancy remodels the brain

Stem cells shape the sense of smell in mothers

Coffee only wakes you up if you rarely drink it

What is the ideal way to consume coffee?

How stem cells and immune cells communicate

Lisec Artz Award for Simon Haas: Groundbreaking discovery of an unknown protective mechanism against blood cancer from stem cells

Excessive fluid consumption: habit or hormonal disorder?

Which test provides a reliable diagnosis?

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Is 4G less harmful than 2G?

Alzheimer’s Drug PRI-002 Receives EMA Approval for Phase II Trial

The weight of pollution: exposure linked to obesity

Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants found to increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

Breakthrough Discovery Sheds Light on Heart and Muscle Health

Scientists shoot first true-to-life 3D image of the thick filament of mammalian heart muscle

Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET

New designs for solid-state electrolytes may soon revolutionize the battery industry

Scientists achieve monumental improvements in lithium-metal-chloride solid-state electrolytes

Dunning-Kruger effect with muesli bars

Those who know the least consider themselves highly competent

Autonomous measuring instruments systematically detect new materials

A new algorithm measures materials libraries up to four times faster than before: It’s based on machine learning

This is a battery

Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like?

Naked Clams: The New Superfood Sensation Emerging from the Depths

Researchers found Naked Clams contain almost twice the amount of Vitamin B12 as blue mussels and have developed an efficient way to farm them

Aston University technology to combat the not-so sweet practice of honey fraud

Light technology to be used to detect if honey is blended with cheap additions

Dow and Evonik announce startup of hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol (HPPG) pilot plant

Innovative technology offer flexibility, lower costs, and a smaller environmental footprint

Pushers, overcrowded trains and phone zombies

Sprite presents the world's first vending machine that responds to the things that bother Generation Z the most

Researchers discover new ultra strong material for microchip sensors

A material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

Italy bans the production and sale of lab-grown meat

Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?

Converting PFAS “forever chemicals” into valuable compounds

Scientists develop a new method to incorporate harmful perfluoroalkenes into N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

Researchers “film” novel catalyst at work

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics

From the trough to the plate - digitally calculated

Computer program "ConTrans" estimates how much of an undesirable substance is transferred from animal feed to food

‘Hot’ new form of microscopy examines materials using evanescent waves

“This microscope technology is completely new, so we’re still learning specifically how and where it can be applied”

Graphene's proton permeability: A switch for future energy technologies

This discovery could lead to the development of more efficient hydrogen fuel cells and solar water-splitting devices

Making gluten-free, sorghum-based beers easier to brew and enjoy

Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech

On the way to safer and more powerful energy sources

Tönnies Group launches first nationwide "Meat Climate Platform"

100 guests at the Future Forum for Agriculture

CO2-free hydrogen: BASF receives funding approval for 54-megawatt water electrolysis plant

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer expected to produce up to 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year

Are healthy foods automatically sustainable, too?

Perceptions about sustainability and healthy food choices are closely linked

Vulcan officially opened its Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant

Europe’s first plant for fully domestic lithium chemicals production, to secure Europe’s lithium supply chain for Battery Electric Vehicle manufacturers

Oregon State researchers receive $2M to look for new ways to prevent organic potatoes from spoiling