Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 7 (10.04.), R207-R211
The search for life on Earth and other planets
As the NASA rover Curiosity approaches Mars on its quest to look for signs of past or present life there and sophisticated instruments like the space telescopes Kepler and CoRoT keep discovering additional, more Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars, science faces the question of how to spot life on other planets. Even here on Earth biotopes remain to be discovered and explored.
[astrobiology]
[full text and FREE access to PDF]

Gross M:
Current Biology 21, No 8 (24.04.), R251-253
A roadmap for regenerative medicine
UK research councils have drawn up a strategic plan for the development of regenerative medicine, covering all aspects from basic research through to commercialisation.
[medicine]
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Groß M:
Chemie in unserer Zeit 46, Nr 2, 70
Biochemie: Faltungshelfer in Bewegung
[Nanokosmos]
[Abstract / PDF-Datei]

Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 60, Nr 4, 405
Lego, legis, legit ...

Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 60, Nr 4, 451-453
Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Stickstoffkreislauf: zu viel des Guten?
[Ökologie]

Gross M:
Chemistry World online, 23.3 Molecular chaperones caught on film
[FREE access]
[environment]

Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 5 (06.03.), R142-R145
Fighting infections
Mankind is at risk of losing the fight against infectious disease, as the success of antibiotics fades and we’re still ill-prepared for new viral pandemics.
[environment]
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Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 2 (20.03.), R175-R177
Symmetry and complexity in protein oligomers
Molecular machines like the chaperonins and the proteasome are intriguingly complex but also beautifully symmetrical. Recent research suggests how they evolved and adds to our understanding of their function.
[nanoworld]
[summary and FREE access to PDF]

Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 3 (07.02.), R73-76
Barcoding biodiversity
Analysis of short, species-specific sequences known as DNA barcodes has become a widespread practice in biodiversity and ecological research, and also finds practical applications from trade control to biomedicine. One of the challenges is to ensure that the molecular information is reliably linked to physical specimens in collections.
[ecology]
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Gross M:
Current Biology 21, No 4 (21.02.), R103-R106
Looking for alternative energy sources
With unrest in oil-exporting countries, backlashes against biofuels and photovoltaics, and a nuclear incident in Japan, the year 2011 has rattled confidence in future energy supplies. The search for alternatives is all the more urgent, but some of the solutions investigated hark back to fossil fuels that we can’t afford to burn.
[energy]
[FREE access to PDF]

Groß M:
Chemie in unserer Zeit 46, Nr 1, 6
Naturstoffe: Seide aus Beton
[Nanokosmos]
[Abstract / PDF-Datei (frei zugänglich)]

Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 60, Nr 2, 111
Ausgeforscht: Na denn, prost!

Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 60, Nr 2, 137-8
Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Barcodes für Tiere und Pflanzen
[Ökologie]

Gross M:
Chemistry & Industry No 1 (24.01.), 38-41
The future is ... nano!
Nanotechnology has already become a reality in some areas and promises great things in others. However, the road to the nano future still includes a number of obstacles.
[nanoworld]

Gross M:
Chemistry & Industry No 1, 47
The road to scientific success? (review of: Free radicals - the secret anarchy of science, by Michael Brooks)
[book review]

Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 1 (10.01.), R1-4
We need to talk about nitrogen
The global nitrogen cycle spins faster and faster, as mankind releases more reactive nitrogen into the environment than natural processes do. Can nature keep up, or is this another global disaster following in the footsteps of the carbon dioxide problem?
[environment]
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Gross M:
Current Biology 22, No 2 (24.01.), R35-38
Folding research recruits unconventional help
A denatured protein chain can find its well-ordered three-dimensional structure, the native state, in under a second, using only the information contained in the sequence. For researchers, however, the prediction of structures from sequences is a hard problem, and they are now recruiting all the help they can get, including idle computers and game consoles, game players, and little hints from evolution.
[environment]
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Groß M:
Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 1, 24-26
Autismus: neue genetische Fährten
[Autismus]
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