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Tag: chemistry

Projects

21 August 2023

A herbicide-free future?

In farming, some plants that can impact the development of neighboring plants are used as cover crop between two phases of cultivation in order to suppress weed growth. It is believed that chemical interactions in the soil are at the root of this mechanism. An Austro-Swiss research group is now seeking to clarify the exact […] Continue reading “A herbicide-free future?”

On the road

13 October 2022

Artificial photosynthesis in rainy Utrecht

By Bettina Baumgartner

Chemist Bettina Baumgartner creates artificial plants modelled on nature and uses them to perform photosynthesis. A Schrödinger Fellowship has enabled her to pursue this ground-breaking research in an international environment. According to the young researcher, she spends her time at Utrecht University solving high-level “chemistry sudokus”. Continue reading “Artificial photosynthesis in rainy Utrecht”

Projects

1 August 2022

Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances

The hormone systems of insects and humans have quite a lot in common. This fascinating research finding is now being used in biomedicine as a basis for new drugs with low side effects. The biochemist Christian Gruber has investigated locust hormones in an international basic research project. Continue reading “Strategies of locusts being used for new active substances”

On the road

17 June 2022

In search of the origin of life in Boston

By Philipp Honegger

Philipp Honegger left for the United States in the middle of the pandemic to pursue his research at the interface of chemistry and computer science at Harvard Medical School. In his guest article for scilog, this Schrödinger fellow explains why the discovery of self-replicating molecules is of interest both for the origin of life and […] Continue reading “In search of the origin of life in Boston”

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