For the first time without any chemical treatment, a research team analyses extraterrestrial amino acids and other organic compounds in an English meteorite fall. Meteorites are fragments of asteroids which…
It is easy to be optimistic about hydrogen as an ideal fuel. It is much more difficult to come up with a solution to an absolutely fundamental problem: how to…
Help from artificial intelligence (AI) in observing marine mammals is crucial. Computers can count seals from aerial photographs with lightning speed and reliability. Based on their spatial patterns, the tiny…
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Early Career Award 2024 goes to Johannes Karges. Dr. Johannes Karges (31), a chemist from Ruhr University Bochum, will be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and…
In nature, most bacteria live on the bare minimum. If they experience nutrient deficiency or stress, they shut down their metabolism in a controlled manner and go into a resting…
Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have discovered a new quality control mechanism that regulates the energy production in human cells. This process takes place in mitochondria, the…