For decades, researchers have been looking for ways to make the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)—the active ingredient of aspirin—more water-soluble. It's used not only as pain relief, but also to prevent ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2023
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A new nanocomplex renders a tumor harmless—and, on top of that, it trains the immune system to detect and eliminate metastases.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 7, 2023
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Researchers have created a quantum superposition state in a semiconductor nanostructure that might serve as a basis for quantum computing. The trick: two optical laser pulses that act as a single terahertz laser pulse.
Nanophysics
Jul 25, 2023
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An interdisciplinary research team from Bochum, Duisburg and Zurich has developed a new approach to construct modular optical sensors which are capable of detecting viruses and bacteria. The researchers used fluorescent carbon ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2023
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Collagen is the protein that holds our body together. It is produced inside cells, from where it must be transported to its site of action in connective tissue. The protein domain that is responsible for the recognition of ...
Biochemistry
May 22, 2023
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By reflecting every now and then on what they want to achieve in their job, teachers can boost their students' motivation. As well as their own.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2023
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Male bees display a remarkable passion for collecting scents: they deposit scents from various sources in special pockets on their hind legs, thus composing their own fragrance. This behavior has been known since the 1960s. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2023
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Carbon nanotubes not only shine brighter in the presence of dopamine, but also for longer. The time period of the shining serves as a new parameter to detect biological messenger substances.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 12, 2023
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Chemotherapy treatments produce strong side effects. A new agent that accumulates in the tumor tissue and is activated there by ultrasound waves does not have this problem.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 5, 2023
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In certain molecules, the so-called photoacids, a proton can be released locally by excitation with light. There is a sudden change in the pH value in the solution—a kind of fast switch that is important for many chemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 3, 2023
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