For years, researchers had assumed that a highly unstable intermediate state had to exist in the reaction. Now a verfication is possible. -Nat. Com.

A team of researchers has gained new insights into a protein network that controls programmed cell death – which was a methodological challenge. -Nat. Com.

The team led by Prof Dr Wolfram Sander and Tim Schleif from RESOLV showed that carbon atoms can tunnel. -Angewandte Chemie

Researchers have gained new insights into the mechanisms with which certain proteins help the immune defence mechanism in the human body. -PNAS

A mixture of catalyst and polymer could be sprayed on an electrode surface, which is then transferred into an oven... -Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock have developed a method for producing a petroleum diesel-like fuel from conventional biodiesel at low temperatures. -Science Advances

Chemists at the Centre for Electrochemical Sciences at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a catalyst with self-healing properties. -Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

Chemists at RUB have developed a new method that allows them to map changes in the dynamics and structure of water molecules in the vicinity of solutes. -Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

Not only proteins, but also RNA molecules could have contributed to important catalytic functions during the creation of life. -Nature Communications

Efficiently producing and storing energy is a challenge for our society. A biocatalyst-polymer system could take on both tasks at once. -Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.