reprogrammed bacteria

Scientists genetically reprogramme bacteria for better nanomaterials

Scientists have genetically reprogrammed bacteria, turning the organisms into cell factories for multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles. Led by Professor Dr Dirk Schüler, a team of microbiologists...

Discovering the quantum wave nature of complex antibiotic polypeptides

Scientists have successfully demonstrated the quantum wave nature of complex antibiotic polypeptides, a previously unproven principle of quantum physics. Wave-particle duality, one of the central...
Dark matter

The connection between galaxy size and dark matter

Based on satellite galaxy simulations, scientist have made a stronger connection between the size of galaxies and the dark matter halos that surround them. Large...
Microreactors

Developing microreactors that transform water into hydrogen fuel

Scientists from the University of Southampton have used solar energy to convert optical fibres into photocatalytic microreactors that transform water into hydrogen fuel. In a...
Lead batteries

Lead batteries: a role model of safe, sustainable recycling

With a remarkable 99% recycling rate and successful circular economy, lead batteries surpass the sustainability of newer battery chemistries. Can they respond? The reliability of...
Endocannabinoid

Endocannabinoid signalling in olfactory neural circuits

Thomas Heinbockel presents groundbreaking evidence that the endocannabinoid system plays a role in regulating neuronal activity in the main olfactory bulb. The cannabis plant Cannabis...
gamma rays

Scientists detect gamma rays coming from distant galactic sources

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, Mexico, detected gamma rays coming from distant galactic sources. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov has detected gamma rays...
anti-matter

How to ‘cook’ anti-matter

Carsten Welsch tells Innovation News Network his ‘cooking recipe’ for anti-matter while addressing public preconceptions towards his research. Carsten Welsch, a former CERN fellow, studied...
ATLAS

$75m to upgrade CERN’s ATLAS detector

Scientists led by Columbia University, USA, will be working to enhance the capabilities of the ATLAS detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). "These improvements...
transfer of COVID-19

Using biomedical engineering to track the transfer of COVID-19

University of Utah’s biomedical engineering assistant professor Jessica Kramer is now researching how mucus aid the transfer of COVID-19 from person to person. Researchers don't...