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Precise and painless thanks to THz technology

Measuring blood glucose without a needle

Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a new method that measures blood glucose levels on the fingernail - without the need for a needle prick. Instead of piercing the skin, it uses terahertz waves that penetrate through the fingernail into the nail bed and are reflected there. Terahertz technology is based on electromagnetic waves with a wavelength between microwaves and... read more

Doctoral Award for Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi

The German Chemical Society honors the chemist’s dissertation.

On April 9, 2025, Dr. Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi received the Doctoral Award from the Chemistry & Energy Section of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for his dissertation: “Creating Holistic Pathways for CO₂ Electroreduction and Electrochemical Hydrogenations.” As a member of Prof. Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel’s research group at Ruhr University Bochum and Fraunhofer UMSICHT, he focused on advancing... read more

Selective nitrogen reduction reaction at electrochemically formed monoatomic centers of molybdenum-based MXenes

New solution for an acute selectivity problem

The electrocatalytic reduction of dinitrogen is a promising route to the sustainable production of ammonia, although the problem of selectivity of the competing nitrogen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions in aqueous electrolytes has not yet been solved. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) offer the prospect of bridging this gap, as they have a unique electronic structure and reactivity in catalytic... read more


 

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