Antibacterial Polymers

Surprising antibacterial activity and selectivity of hydrophilic phosphonium polymers

10-Sep-2018 - Artificial polymers, like antibiotic peptides, need both hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains in their molecular structure to exert antibacterial activity. Now, researchers from Canada have synthesized a phosphonium polymer that challenges this view. As outlined in the journal Angewandte Chemie, ...

Cold conversion of food waste into renewable energy and fertilizer

02-Jun-2017 - Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes. Their weapon of choice? Cold-loving bacteria. In a study authors Rajinikanth Rajagopal, David ...

Cholesterol an Important Piece of the Puzzle for Fat-Burning

28-Nov-2016 - Gut bacteria play a little-understood role in the body’s energy balance, which is influenced by diet. However, the crucial nutritional components are unknown. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was able to demonstrate for the very first time that mice without gastrointestinal ...

LUM GmbH starts exclusive distribution of PSI-homogenizers in several countries

07-Apr-2016 - With immediate effect LUM GmbH, Berlin, Germany, starts the exclusive distribution of PSI instruments in Germany, Austria, France and China. The distributorship agreement between the manufacturer Particle Solutions Innovations BV from the Netherlands and LUM GmbH forms part of the development ...

Improved effectiveness of chemotherapy for cancer

19-Aug-2013 - Cancer cells often develop defence mechanisms which enable them to survive chemotherapy. A group of researchers from the Institutes of Pharmacology and Pathology in Bern present new solutions for preventing the development of such resistances. Cells can break down damaged molecules as well as ...

Circadian clock linked to obesity, diabetes and heart attacks

25-Feb-2013 - Disruption in the body's circadian rhythm can lead not only to obesity, but can also increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. That is the conclusion of the first study to show definitively that insulin activity is controlled by the body's circadian biological clock. The study, which was ...

The neurobiological consequence of predating or grazing

Scientists from Tuebingen compare neuronal network connections in two worm species

21-Jan-2013 - Researchers in the group of Ralf Sommer at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tuebingen, Germany, have for the first time been able to identify neuronal correlates of behaviour by comparing maps of synaptic connectivity, or “connectomes”, between two species with different ...