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Boron can be used to convert nitrogen to ammonium.

The industrial conversion of nitrogen to ammonium provides fertiliser for agriculture. Würzburg chemists have now achieved this conversion at room temperature and low pressure using only light elements.

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Complex evolutionary relationships: Long-term expression in one organ predisposes genes for later use in other organs.

The long-term expression of genes in vertebrate organs predisposes these genes to be subsequently utilized in other organs during evolution. The scientists Kenji Fukushima and David D. Pollock report this finding in the journal Nature Communications.

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Portrait of astrophysicist Sara Buson

Astrophysicist Sara Buson wants to explore "monsters of the universe" – blazars that eject particles with unimaginable energies. For this project she is receiving 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council.

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Radical bismuth

09/03/2020
Crispin Lichenberg

Chemist Crispin Lichtenberg has won a EUR 1.5 million Starting Grant of the European Research Council. He wants to use the money to study the potential of novel chemical compounds.

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The Shanghai Ranking puts the University of Würzburg again among the top 300 universities in the world.

The prestigious Shanghai Ranking puts the University of Würzburg again among the top 300 universities in the world – ranking 203rd this year. In Germany, the university has climbed to 11th place.

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To prevent pathogens (green) from entering the plant through the stomata, these pores are closed. The receptor FLS recognises the pathogen and opens the ion channel OSCA, which allows calcium to flow into the cell. The calcium activates a kinase (CPK), which then opens the anion channel SLAC. This initiates the closing of the stomata.

Plants can defend themselves against harmful fungi and bacteria. An international research team describes in the journal "Nature" the signal chain with which they react to such dangers.

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UWE-4 in its orbit around the Earth.

UWE-4, the experimental satellite of the University of Würzburg, has set new standards with its electric propulsion system in a worldwide premiere for pico-satellites by changing its orbit in a targeted way.

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A specimen of Pabulatrix pabulatricula, which until recently was considered extinct.

An oak forest in Lower Franconia has caused a small sensation in zoology: A moth was discovered there that was considered extinct.

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Resting Chlamydia (left; bright circles), which are held without glutamine. After the addition of glutamine (right) the bacteria enter the division stages (darker circles).

If chlamydiae want to multiply in a human cell, the first thing they need is a lot of glutamine. Würzburg researchers have clarified how the pathogenic bacteria obtain this substance.

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