Faces of Discovery

A new way of dramatically speeding up production of innovative bio-based fuels, materials, and chemicals
Study authors (from left to right) Andrew K. Lau, Thomas Eng, and Deepanwita Banerjee stand
Controlling a catalysis reaction using a light-controlled motor opens new vistas
Prof. Dr. Henry Dube, Chair of Organic Chemistry I (image: LMU/Christoph Olensinski) Controlling a catalysis
A new and innovative counter-terrorism technique
DNA forensic technology research associate Dr Jennifer Young takes environmental dust samples from belongings for
Blocking malaria transmission in mosquitoes
This work mitigates a big issue with the first gene drive systems, which is the
A cure for Chagas disease?
Rick Tarleton (Photo by Peter Frey/UGA) A cure for Chagas disease? Research shows stronger but
Sustainable water purification via soil-powered fuel cells
Bath researchers Jakub Dziegielowski, Dr Jannis Wenk and Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo testing Soil Microbial
Use of preventive antimalarial treatments reduces by half the number of malaria infections among schoolchildren
Lauren Cohee, MD Use of preventive antimalarial treatments reduces by half the number of malaria
Scavenging invisible power from low-frequency vibrations in the surrounding environment with triboelectric nanogenerators
PhD candidate Mohammad Khorsand and Professor Youhong Tang with the TENG prototype at Flinders University,
Predicting which COVID-19 patients will develop severe infection with a new blood test
Professor Gerry McElvaney (left), the study's senior author and a consultant in Beaumont Hospital, and
Rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in about 30 seconds
Med School Research Scientist Timsy Uppal and Engineering post-doctoral researcher Bhaskar Vadlamani testing the SARS-CoV-2
Combining AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis will enable low cost diagnostics in developing countries
“Our work has potential applications in single-cell studies, in tumor heterogeneity studies and, perhaps, in
A different approach to a Covid-19 test doesn’t use scarce reagents, is inexpensive, and catches all but the least infectious
Jason Botten and Emily Bruce, who pioneered a streamlined COVID-19 test that doesn’t use scarce
Ecologically sustainable energy storage using vanillin?
TU Graz researcher Stefan Spirk has found a way to replace liquid electrolytes in redox
Insect Armageddon?
Researchers have found that even small doses of insecticides reduce the capacity of insects to
Machine learning could drastically speed up the ability to design new biological systems
Tijana Radivojevic (left) and Hector Garcia Martin working on mechanical and statistical modeling, data visualizations,