A newly developed rapid test needs only a few seconds to reliably detect pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. It is based on specially designed magnetic nanoparticles.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a research group on printed organic solar cells over the next four years. Scientists from a total of seven universities are participating in this group, which is led by the TU Chemnitz. Prof. Dr. Eva M. Herzig, Junior Professor for Dynamics and Structure Formation at the University of Bayreuth, and her team are investigating the active layers of organic solar cells. Their focus is on how the conversion of sunlight into free charge carriers is influenced by the arrangement of the molecules.
How are galaxies born, and what holds them together? Astronomers assume that dark matter plays an essential role. However, as yet it has not been possible to prove directly that dark matter exists. A research team including Technical University of Munich (TUM) scientists has now measured for the first time the survival rate of antihelium nuclei from the depths of the galaxy – a necessary prerequisite for the indirect search for Dark Matter.
Non-metal nitrides are compounds in which nitrogen and non-metallic elements are linked by covalent bonds. Because of their technologically interesting properties, they have increasingly become the focus of materials research. In the journal "Chemistry – A European Journal", an international team with researchers from the University of Bayreuth presents previously unknown phosphorus-nitrogen compounds synthesized under very high pressures. They contain structural units whose existence could not been empirically proven before. The study exemplifies the great, as yet untapped potential of high-pressure research for nitrogen chemistry.
A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has, for the first time, produced dark-field X-ray images of patients infected with the corona virus. In contrast to conventional X-ray images, dark-field images visualize the microstructure of the lung tissue, thereby providing additional information. This approach has the potential to provide an alternative to computed tomography (CT), which requires a significantly higher radiation dose.
The Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology (BayBatt) at the University of Bayreuth celebrates the inauguration of its new premises in the presence of Minister President Dr. Markus Söder. On four floors and an area of around 7,000 square metres, the building offers plenty of space for research and development of safe, sustainable and intelligent energy storage systems - in close cooperation between scientists and companies. The central task is interdisciplinary research at the interfaces of materials science, electrochemistry, engineering, information technology and economics, as well as university teaching on the topic of battery storage.
All superconductors known today that are used in research and industry are superconducting only below 150 degrees Kelvin (around minus 120 degrees Celsius). Materials that have this property at higher temperatures are therefore being sought worldwide. Based on theoretical modeling, hydrides have increasingly come into focus. An international research team led by scientists from the University of Bayreuth now reports in "Nature Communications" on new compounds of lanthanum and hydrogen synthesized under high pressures. The surprising structural analyses of these lanthanum hydrides will be able to further advance the search for new superconductors.
The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth’s surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers working at the FRM II Research Neutron Source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now made the crystalline structure of carbonic acid molecules visible for the first time.
Dr. Hannah Kurz, a graduate of the University of Bayreuth, has been awarded the Bavarian Culture Award in the field of science by Bayernwerk AG. She accepted the award at a festive evening event hosted by Bayernwerk on 10 November 2022 at the Eisbach Studios in Munich. The chemist, who is now a fellowship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain, was honoured for her doctoral thesis on light-emitting sensor materials. The research was performed at the University of Bayreuth within the workgroup of Prof. Dr. Birgit Weber (Inorganic Chemistry IV).
Tracing the metabolism of tumor cells using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has not been feasible in routine clinical settings hitherto. Now, an interdisciplinary research team including the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working to advance the development of a quantum-based hyperpolarizer so that it can be deployed in clinical applications. The goal is to significantly improve MRI imaging of metabolic processes – for example, to allow earlier and more accurate assessment of tumors, as well as to improve the selection and monitoring of tumor therapies.
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