Researchers have found a way to convert single bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms in a chemical molecule into carbon-carbon bonds. This so-called C-H activation is considered a promising strategy for producing complex ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2018
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Plants possess receptors which are similar to the glutamate receptors in the brain of humans and animals. Biochemists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) with colleagues from the University of Würzburg and the Agricultural ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 25, 2013
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Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Fritz Haber Institute Berlin have developed a new method of to conserve rare and expensive catalysts and use them sparingly. They enclosed a precious metal salt in tiny micelles, ...
Bio & Medicine
May 15, 2019
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How a transport protein obtains its driving force from the energy storage molecule ATP, has been tracked dynamically by German researchers at Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum. Using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, they measured ...
Biochemistry
Jul 11, 2012
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If a fungus has to take a circuitous route to achieve cellular respiration, it lacks the energy to build fruiting bodies.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2022
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Light-driven chemical reactions have usually been conducted with large amounts of solvents that are often toxic. By combining them with mechanical energy in ball mills, Professor Lars Borchardt's team at the Chair of Inorganic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 14, 2023
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German biophysicists at Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum in collaboration with the MPI Dortmund have for the first time measured the orientation of the Ras protein bound to the cell membrane.
Biochemistry
Oct 15, 2012
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In order to examine tissues under the microscope, they usually have to be cut into thin slices. But it is impossible to analyze whole tissues or living organisms in this way. However, this is exactly what two Mexican research ...
Biotechnology
Mar 15, 2022
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Coral colonies are more genetically diverse than it has been assumed to date. This is the conclusion drawn by biologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, who have conducted comprehensive studies into the genetic variability in ...
Environment
Jun 10, 2015
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How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular "look" has been discovered by RUB chemists led by Professor Dominik Marx. The molecule CH5+ is normally not to be described by a single rigid structure, ...
Materials Science
Mar 14, 2013
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