Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

In the absence of oxygen, the enzyme methylthioalkane reductase produced by the bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum generates ethylene, an essential component in the production of plastics, without ...

“The discovery of new material properties usually depends on our ability to control the chemical composition of the material,” says Ulrich Höfer, professor of experimental physics at ...

Kunststoffe stecken in fast allem: Verpackungen, Kleidung, Möbeln, Elektronik oder medizinischen Geräten. Doch ihre ...

Die 12. Bundeskonferenz „Schule mit Wissenschaft“ fand in Marburg statt. Ein ganzes Wochenende stand im Zeichen des Ziels, ...

Many important medicines, such as antibiotics and anticancer drugs, are derived from natural products from Bacteria. The enzyme complexes that produce these active ingredients have a modular design ...

A liquid culture of Rhodobacter capsulatus. The model bacterium lives phototrophically, i.e. it obtains its energy through photosynthesis. Researchers led by Max Planck scientist Johannes Rebelein ...