Keppler: Iron-induced demethoxylation of lignin as an important source for methanol and its oxidation products in the environment. Nature Communications 17, 8334 (published online 13 August 2026), DOI ...

The award recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in applied photonics. In his doctoral thesis, Marc Christ developed a technology platform that makes key components of atomic quantum sensors ...

Physicists at Leipzig University and Charles University in Prague have developed a method for changing the swimming style of tiny artificial microswimmers in real time. They can make a single ...

Effective 1 October 2026, Professor Jakob Nikolas Kather will assume the Hopp Foundation Professorship for “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine” at the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg ...

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Increasing efficiency requirements, rising production volumes, and growing cost pressure are creating new challenges for heat exchanger manufacturers. The key question is: which manufacturing ...

Since 1986, the calibration laboratory at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been measuring solar cells, and since 1991, photovoltaic (PV) modules as well. Over the course of ...

Researchers led by SNSB botanist PD Dr. Andreas Beck have now, for the first time, visualized in 3D the areas within the lichen thallus where the cells of the two symbiotic partners come into contact ...

From light pollution measurement devices to quantum technology and AI-based quality control: On September 15, young researchers were honored with the Applied Photonics Award 2026 for their ...

Gene variants influence longevity “We now know a great deal about how ageing processes and mechanisms work at a cellular level,” explains the renowned biologist. “The major challenge is to translate ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have discovered a detoxification strategy employed by fungi that involves binding a sugar to spruce defence compounds, thereby disarming ...

Now, scientists have observed a related phenomenon involving ice and an extremely hot surface–on a length scale of billionths of a metre (nanometres) and within billionths of a second (nanoseconds).