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Catalysts crank up chemical reactions. Without them, the large-scale production of chemicals would be unthinkable. And whoever finds the best catalysts can manufacture more efficiently than anyone else. With astonishing creativity, the scientists headed by Ferdi Schüth, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr, continue to develop effective new alternatives. The key to their success lies in cooperation between specialists in different disciplines.
Here, catalysts are tested at pressures of up to 500 bar
A higher frequency resolution enables a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography (NMR) for individual proteins, as demonstrated by a team led by Jörg Wrachtrup from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and the University of Stuttgart.
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Astronomers simulate physical processes in the interstellar medium of galaxies at “Cosmic Noon” for future SKAO observations.
The white bars indicate the scales at the simulated
A higher frequency resolution enables a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography (NMR) for individual proteins, as demonstrated by a team led by Jörg Wrachtrup from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and the University of Stuttgart.
own axis, turning the particles into tiny, spinning bar
Two-dimensional layers of gold and silver were produced by a team led by Ulrich Starke from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. The monoatomic precious metal layers become semiconductors.
The scale bar represents one nanometer.
Synthetic biology: Using microfluidic technology, a team led by K. Sundmacher from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems has integrated a metabolism into an artificial cell.
The bar corresponds to 100 micrometers.
Astronomers simulate physical processes in the interstellar medium of galaxies at “Cosmic Noon” for future SKAO observations.
The white bars indicate the scales at the simulated
Methane isotope paradox of the seafloor: Scientists explain why methane carbon isotopes behave so differently than expected
The white scale bar marks 10 µm.
Scientists have been finding ring-like structures indicating planet formation in the disks surrounding young Sun-like stars for several years. Astronomers led by Nicolas Kurtovic from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, have now detected similar signal in disks of young very low-mass stars that are considerably smaller and less massive than their counterparts. Although these stars represent the vast majority of the stellar population, they only host 10% of the known exoplanets to date, including terrestrial and Jupiter-like planets. While theorists have yet to derive a satisfying model that explains the formation of such giant planets inside the rather low-mass disks of the smallest stars, the new results are the beginning of a systematic investigation to solving this mystery.
The grey bar corresponds to the angular resolution
