Biosurfactants might offer an environmentally friendly solution for tackling oil spills

Biosurfactants are produced by microorganisms and can increase the bioavailability of oil components

25-Jul-2023 - Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team from the universities of Stuttgart und Tübingen, together with the China West Normal University and the University of Georgia, have been exploring this question and the results have ...

Another step towards synthetic cells

Introducing functional DNA-based cytoskeletons into cell-sized compartments

23-Jun-2022 - Building functional synthetic cells from the bottom-up is an ongoing effort of scientists around the globe. Their use in studying cellular mechanisms in a highly controlled and pre-defined setting creates great value for understanding nature as well as developing new therapeutic approaches. ...

Images from the inside of blood vessels

Smallest 3D printed miniature endoscope in the world detects cholesterol plaques and thrombs inside human and mouse arteries

29-Jul-2020 - Researchers of the Universities of Stuttgart and Adelaide in cooperation with medical research centers in Australia developed a special microoptical tool with a thickness of only 125 microns. This enables endoscopic examimations within blood vessels whose diameter is smaller than 0.5 mm and helps ...

Novel sensor implant radically improves significance of NMR brain scans

Researchers present a new method that shows single neuron data

27-Nov-2019 - A team of neuroscientists and electrical engineers from Germany and Switzerland developed a highly sensitive implant that enables to probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution. Now published in Nature Methods, they introduce an ultra-fine needle with an integrated ...

Neuer Forschungsverbund entwickelt biokatalytische Verfahren zur Aktivierung von Kohlenwasserstoffen

27-Feb-2006 - Die BRAIN AG gibt den Abschluss eines Kooperationsvertrages mit den Hochschulgruppen um Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid, Universität Dortmund, PD Dr. Jürgen Pleiss, Universität Stuttgart, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwaneberg, International University Bremen, der EMC microcollections GmbH und einem führenden, ...