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21
Jul 2017
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How enzymes produce hydrogen

Nat. Comm.: For years, researchers had assumed that a highly unstable intermediate state had to exist in the reaction. No one was able to verify this.…

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14
Jul 2017
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How protein interactions control programmed cell death

Nature Comm.: A team of researchers has gained new insights into a protein network that controls programmed cell death – which was a methodological…

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12
Jul 2017
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When a tiger escapes from an impenetrable cage

Angew. Chem.: The team led by Prof Dr Wolfram Sander from RESOLV showed that carbon atoms can tunnel.

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07
Jul 2017
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#Asktheauthor: How carbon atoms cross energy barriers (and tigers don't)

Angew. Chem.: 3 Questions to RESOLV scientist Wolfram Sander about his recent Angewandte Chemie publication on heavy atom tunneling.

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03
Jul 2017
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How proteins help fight pathogens

PNAS: Researchers have gained new insights into the mechanisms with which certain proteins help the immune defence mechanism in the human body.

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30
Jun 2017
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A new method invented to fix catalysts onto electrode surfaces

Angew. Chem.: A mixture of catalyst and polymer could be sprayed on an electrode surface, which is then transferred into an oven... -

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29
Jun 2017
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#Asktheauthor: How proteins help fight pathogens

PNAS: 3 Questions to RESOLV scientist Christian Herrmann about his recent PNAS publication on hGBP1 mechanism.

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19
Jun 2017
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Researchers produce biofuel for conventional diesel engines

Science Adv.: Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock have developed a method for producing a petroleum diesel-like fuel from…

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19
Jun 2017
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Researchers produce biofuel for conventional diesel engines

Sci. Adv.: Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock have developed a method for producing a petroleum diesel-like fuel from conventional…

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26
May 2017
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Self-healing catalyst films for hydrogen production

Angew. Chem.: Chemists at the Centre for Electrochemical Sciences at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a catalyst with self-healing properties.

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26
May 2017
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Self-healing catalyst films for hydrogen production

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.: Chemists at the Centre for Electrochemical Sciences at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a catalyst with self-healing…

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22
May 2017
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RESOLV chemists map water behaviour around alcohol molecules

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.: THz Calorimetry could allow a better understanding of biomolecular processes

 

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22
May 2017
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Water mapping around solutes

Angew. Chem.: Chemists at RUB have developed a new method that allows them to map changes in the dynamics and structure of water molecules in the…

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02
May 2017
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RNA molecules in the primordial soup could have been highly reactive

Nat. Comm.: Not only proteins, but also RNA molecules could have contributed to important catalytic functions during the creation of life.

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24
Mar 2017
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Biosensor for detecting defects in the protein balance of cells

German, Australian and American scientists have been given around 1.2 million euros of funding from the Human Frontier Science Program for three…

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06
Mar 2017
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RESOLV speaker gets UAR professorship

The cluster of excellence RESOLV is strengthend by a professorship across the three universities of the UA Ruhr. Martina Havenith will get new laser…

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14
Dec 2016
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ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT FOR BEATRIZ ROLDAN

The European Research Council is supporting the catalyst research of Bochum-based scientist Beatriz Roldán Cuenya. She will receive one of the most…

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15
Nov 2016
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NEW BIOFUEL CELL WITH ENERGY STORAGE

Angew. Chem.: Efficiently producing and storing energy is a challenge for our society. A biocatalyst-polymer system could take on both tasks at once. …

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25
Oct 2016
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SPLITTING DISULPHIDE BONDS IN WATER

Nature Chem.: Pulling from outside on disulphite bonds triggers unexpectedly complicated processes. A team headed by Prof Dominik Marx found out what…

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06
Oct 2016
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HOW SOLVENT MOLECULES COOPERATE IN REACTIONS

Nature Comm.: The solvent is far more than just the environment for a chemical reaction. A recent study reveals new insights into the role of solvent…

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