Insights Into the Metabolism of Plastic-Eating Bacteria

Researchers have shown for the first time how bacteria break down common plastic coatings

18-Dec-2023 - Plastic materials are indispensable in everyday life. But if they are left lying around, they become a problem. As they do not decompose, they accumulate in the environment, a process that has already led to global pollution. Only recently, a promising candidate was discovered – bacteria of the ...

How atomic nuclei vibrate

04-Aug-2023 - Dr.rer.nat. Arne Claussen Stabsstelle Presse und KommunikationHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Physics: Publication in Nature Physics Using ultra-high-precision laser spectroscopy on a simple molecule, a group of physicists led by Professor Stephan Schiller Ph.D. from Heinrich Heine ...

Tiny sensors for major advances

Using NMR spectrometry to analyse important molecules that have not been accessible before now

18-May-2021 - An international research team involving the working group of biophysicist Dr. Manuel Etzkorn from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has developed an approach for using NMR spectrometry to analyse important molecules that have not been accessible before now. In the journal Angewandte ...

Developing a nanoscale 'clutch'

07-Oct-2015 - A model microscopic system to demonstrate the transmission of torque in the presence of thermal fluctuations - necessary for the creation of a tiny 'clutch' operating at the nanoscale - has been assembled at the University of Bristol as part of an international collaboration. When driving a car, ...

Enough Heat to Chill Out

High Water Uptake Capacity of Mesoporous Material Ideal for Use in Heat Transformation Applications

04-Jan-2011 - The search for sustainable ways of producing energy is currently a very popular and important topic of investigation. Water adsorption/desorption is a process that can be used for the transformation of energy. Porous solids enable larger amounts of adsorption/desorption, as they provide a greater ...

Clariant and Jülich Fine Chemicals Lead Consortium to Investigate Broader Use of Oxynitrilases

28-Jun-2005 - As part of its program "Sustainable Bio-production," Germany's Federal Ministry of Education & Research has awarded a consortium a grant to study the feasibility of oxynitrilase technologies as a more efficient method to manufacture chiral building block chemicals currently required by the ...