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Although biomineralization of CaCO3 is widespread in Bacteria and Archaea, the molecular mechanisms involved in this process remain less known than those used by Eukaryotes. A better understanding of these mechanisms is crucial for a broad diversity of studies including those (i) aiming at assessing the role of bacteria in the geochemical cycles of...
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Throughout human history, most further developments or new achievements were accompanied by new materials or new processes that enabled the technologic progress. With concrete devices and applications in mind, synthesis and subsequent treatment of materials naturally went along with the progress. The aim of the underlying article is to spot the rol...
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Prussian Blue Analogues are of major interest for their use in alternative battery technologies due to their charge storing ability with a long life cycle. In this work the Prussian Blue Analogue nickel hexacyanoferrate (Ni-HCF) was produced using an all electrochemical method. Creating charge storing materials with electrochemical processes provid...
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Herein, we review aspects of leading-edge research and innovation in materials science that exploit big data and machine learning (ML), two computer science concepts that combine to yield computational intelligence. ML can accelerate the solution of intricate chemical problems and even solve problems that otherwise would not be tractable. However, ...
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Recent advances in microscopy techniques enabled nanoscale discoveries in biology. In particular, electron microscopy reveals important cellular structures with nanometer resolution, yet it is hard, and sometimes impossible to resolve specific protein localizations. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques developed over the recent years...
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Higher accumulation of heavy metals in food grains is one of the leading problems for carcinogenic effects in the body. That’s why; scientists have taken this problem as a potential indicator for ensuring safe food. The present study was carried out to assess the ecological risk of heavy metals such as nickel, copper, arsenic, lead, and manganese i...
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy represents a powerful method for the investigation of diatom biosilica but detailed studies regarding its chemical composition and structural organization can be prohibited by insufficient spectroscopic sensitivity. Here, we used two-dimensional (2D) Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)-supported solid-state NMR experimen...
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Morphogenesis of the silica based cell walls of diatoms, a large group of microalgae, is a paradigm for the self-assembly of complex 3D nano- and microscale patterned inorganic materials. In recent years, loss-of-function studies using genetic manipulation were successfully applied for the identification of genes that guide silica morphogenesis in ...
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Diatoms are unicellular phototrophic organisms with huge ecological impact. Characteristic for these organisms is their peculiar cell wall, which is composed of inorganic and organic components. Cell wall formation is a highly complex and orchestrated process, and in the last years has been studied intensively, also on the molecular level. Here, we...
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Buried charges such as improvised explosive devices continue to be one of the most lethal and hidden threats service members face. On detonation, ground debris near the blast area is accelerated towards service members as secondary fragmentation, consisting of sand, gravel and rocks. In order to mitigate injury, protective equipment can be worn, ye...
