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Bacteria can make new recyclable materials from plastics and plants – an opportunity for biobased recycling management
Issue 3-2020

Topics in this issue

An appetite for trash
With microorganisms and enzymes against the plastic flood.
AI plays with Lego
Researchers want to have AI nanocomponents made from molecules.
Brain Investigation
An improved brain model is to make even the smallest nerve cells visible – an interview with Katrin Amunts.

Computer power for cutting-edge research
Supercomputer JUWELS has been upgraded – and is therefore not only faster, but also more versatile.
Estimating figures, measuring impact
Jülich researchers are improving predictions of the spread of corona and investigating the consequences of the lockdown.
Correctly or incorrectly folded?
Proteins embedded in ice reveal connections between Alzheimer’s and diabetes.

High-efficiency laser for silicon chips
Optical data transmission in computers has come one step closer.
Concern for the forest
Persistent drought damages many tree species and thus also the climate.

News in brief
A cup of health
How platinum dissolves
Always on the move
Unexpected reaction of nanoparticles
Tracking defects
Excellent
150 million euros
Alternative heating fuel

SECTIONS
As we see it
Editorial
What are you researching right now?
Knowing-it-all
Thumbs up
Research in a tweet

Images: Veronika Richterová, Roses (2007), Photo: Michal Cihlář, Forschungszentrum Jülich/Sascha Kreklau, MOHAMED ABDULRAHEEM/Shutterstock.com, Orawan Pattarawimonchai/shutterstock.com, Forschungszentrum Jülich/HHU Düsseldorf/Gunnar Schröder, Forschungszentrum Jülich/Ralf-Uwe Limbach, Illustrations: SeitenPlan
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