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05
Mar 2015
  • Award

DOMESTICATING PHOTOSYNTHESIS

RESOLV PS Prof. Thomas Happe gets 1.2 million euros for a new EU project “Sun2Chem”. With his research team he wants to create semi-artificial…

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16
Feb 2015
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NEW MEMBRAN FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

RESOLV PS Dr. Fabio La Mantia developed a new membran for gas seperation during hydrogen production. Together with Dr. Jelena Stojadinovic he won the…

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10
Feb 2015
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FLUORENYL CATION ISOLATED IN WATER ICE

Angew. Chem.: RESOLV members Prof. Wolfram Sander from RUB, Dr. Elsa Sanchez-Garcia from MPI for coal research and coworkers characterized the…

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15
Jan 2015
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NEW JUNIOR GROUP WITHIN RESOLV

Dr. Michael Römelt is funded by the Max Planck society via the „Otto Hahn Award“ for three years. He will establish a junior group within the chair…

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09
Jan 2015
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ERC STARTING GRANTS FOR RESOLV

RESOLV PI Prof. Stefan Huber received a 1.5 million Euro ERC Starting Grant for his planned research on new catalysts for target-specific drug…

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05
Jan 2015
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SENSOR SHOWS LACK OF SPACE IN LIVING CELLS

Angew. Chem.: RESOLV members Prof. Simon Ebbinghaus from RUB, Dr. Matthias Heyden from MPI for coal research and coworkers published a new method to…

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26
Nov 2014
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Classical enzymatic theory revised by including water motions

PNAS: RESOLV probes real-time changes in water dynamics during enzymatic reactions.

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17
Oct 2014
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What squeezes atoms

Mol. Phys.: Longuet-Higgins Young Author's Prize for RUB researcher - A glimpse into the world of the smallest particles.

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20
Aug 2014
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Proteins that replace silicon

Chem. Eur. J.: A semi-artificial leaf faster than “natural” photosynthesis - RUB-Scientists publish “very important paper”.

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04
Aug 2014
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A protecting umbrella against oxygen

Nature Chem.: Toward fuel cells built from renewable and abundant components - Scientists from Bochum und Mülheim report.

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09
Jul 2014
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RUB chemists develop novel catalyst with two functions

Angew. Chem.: Carbon compound can facilitate water electrolysis and hydrogen combustion - Hope for more cost-efficient metal-air batteries and fuel…

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03
Jul 2014
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“Work environment” affects protein properties

JACS: RESOLV: Hydration water as mediator between protein and its environment - Understanding the influence of the cellular environment with simple…

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28
Mar 2014
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Terahertz dance of amino acids

JACS: RUB chemists explain the fingerprint of dissolved glycine in the Terahertz range - Combination of molecular-dynamics simulations and…

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18
Feb 2014
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Feste Flüssigkeiten

Adv. Funct. Mat.: Chemiker entwickeln neuartige Funktionsmaterialien für die Wärmespeicherung - Kooperation von Forschern aus Bochum und Cambridge.

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20
Nov 2013
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Bio-based solar cell

Angew. Chem.: RUB researchers generate electricity rather than biomass with photosynthetic proteins - Efficient integration of photosystems 1 and 2…

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24
Sep 2013
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New theory for analysing interacting nuclear spins in solvents

Angew. Chem.: Detection of long-range effects changes interpretation of NMR spectra - Early success for the RUB’s excellence cluster RESOLV. This…

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22
Aug 2013
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Science and Family

„National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science“ for Dr. Moran Grossman

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17
Jun 2013
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Sometimes less is more

Nature Chem.: RUB researchers unmask Janus-faced nature of mechanical forces with the Jülich supercomputer. Reaction speed does not always increase in…

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28
May 2013
  • Event

All about solvation science

Official starting signal for the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV - International Opening Symposium at the RUB

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07
May 2013
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How much a single cell breathes

Angew. Chem.: Scanning electrochemical microscopy decisively optimised - RUB researchers measure oxygen consumption of individual cells.

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