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2010-08-30, Common

Electronics from a printer – of electronic radio tags and lighting wallpapers

Glucose meters and the appropriate test strips for diabetics are expensive. This however might change, since scientists at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology (IDD) at TU Darmstadt are working on a sensor making the electronic devices considerably cheaper. The new sensor is not based on silicon as conducting material, but on plastics.
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2010-08-27, Common

Stress protein Hsp12 provides a cellular survival mechanism never seen before

Despite clear evidence that Hsp12 - a so-called heat shock or stress protein - helps cells survive life-threatening conditions, how it works was an open question until now. The surprising answer is revealed in the Aug. 27 issue of Molecular Cell, where German researchers explain how they discovered the function of Hsp12, a protective mechanism unlike any previously observed. Unfolded within the cell's aqueous cytosol, Hsp12 folds into helical structures to stabilize the cell membrane.
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2010-08-27, Common

New ways of producing biofuel

In the context of a research project funded by the EU, scientists in Güssing (Austria) were the first to demonstrate a thermochemical conversion of solid biomass into biomethane, synthetic natural gas (SNG) respectively, as a fuel for cars.
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2010-08-27, Common

Depression: Scientists discover „Euphoria-Circuit“

By analyzing historical brain surgeries, an international team of researchers has identified a new target structure for dealing with depression. They are now hoping for new ways of successfully treating severe depressions.
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2010-08-26, Common

Why nerve cells react to billboards and white walls in the same way

Scientists of the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology show on flies, how nerve cells are able to estimate the self-motion in front of different backgrounds.
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2010-08-24, Common

Materials Scientists from Saarbrücken make cars’ engine blocks significantly lighter

Frank Mücklich, Professor for Functional Materials at the Saarland University and Alexandra Velichko have been awarded the Werner-Köster-prize by the German Materials Science Society (DGM) yesterday.
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2010-08-24, Common

New approach for cancer medication discovered

TUM researchers demonstrate rocking movement in the anti-stress protein Hsp90
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2010-08-20, Common

Juelich researchers take a look inside molecules

The Juelich method makes it possible to resolve molecule structure where only a blurred cloud was visible before
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2010-08-20, Common

Specific enzymes protect cells against protein deposits

Immunoproteasomes function as recycling plants for damaged proteins
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2010-08-18, Common

Photovoltaic Innovation Alliance – getting to the top through research

The German federal government provides 100 million Euros for research projects. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) have cooperatively brought into being the Photovoltaic Innovation Alliance.
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