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Structure analysis of the trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B is among the scientific breakthroughs of 2012 more

The Board of Directors of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation has approved Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, as the tenth member of the organisation to participate in the detailed design of the SKA telescope. more

After metamorphosis European forest cockchafers benefit from the same bacterial symbionts housed during their larval stage more

Max Planck researchers find promising new target for antibiotics more

Removing a roundworm's germ cells prolongs the animal's life more

A precision experiment has provided details of the X-ray emissions from highly ionised iron, advancing our understanding of black holes and supernovae more

Extremely brief and intense laser pulses can switch fused silica (quartz) from an insulator to a conductor and back again within quadrillionths of a second. more

Fundamental properties of molecules have not changed during the past seven billion years more

eLife reveals a fresh approach to presenting and navigating scientific content more

About 12,000 proteins are produced in typical human cells – more than 120,000 various proteins in total. Matthias Mann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, has set himself the target of establishing a protein library of the human body. Not an easy project - because in contrast to genes, proteins are extremely variable. In addition, many various factors influence which proteins a cell produces. Nevertheless, Mann is able to identify the proteins with mass spectrometry, nanochromatography and special computer software. more