COVID-19: Achilles’ Heel of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Identified
Certain regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome might be a suitable target for future drugs. This is what researchers at Goethe University, together with their collaborators…
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A “Golden Nail” – Quarry Near Salzgitter, Germany Becomes Global Geological Reference Point
Research team with Goethe University participation successfully proposes former quarry in Lower Saxony as Global Stratotype Section and Point. The international team of geoscientists led…
Not All Theories Can Explain the Gargantuan Black Hole M87*
Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration use data that produced the first image of a black hole to constrain its…
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Direct Evidence for Honey Collecting in Africa in Ancient Clay Pots
Scientists at Goethe University and University of Bristol (UK) find traces of beeswax in prehistoric pottery of the West African Nok culture. Before sugar cane…
Folding of SARS-CoV2 Genome Reveals COVID-19 Drug Targets – And Preparation for “SARS-CoV3”
Scientists at Goethe University within the international consortium COVID19-NMR refine previous 2D models. For the first time, an international research alliance has observed the RNA…
Zeptoseconds: New World Record in Short Time Measurement As Physicists Track the Propagation of Light in a Molecule
Physicists from Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin track the propagation of light in a molecule. In the global race to measure ever shorter time spans, physicists…
Largest Extraterrestrial Diamonds Ever Discovered: Cosmic Diamonds Formed During Gigantic Planetary Collisions
International research team solves theory of how diamonds formed inside protoplanets. Geoscientists from Goethe University have found the largest extraterrestrial diamonds ever discovered – a…
New Dating of Nebra Sky Disk Makes All Previous Astronomical Interpretations Obsolete
Archaeologists from Frankfurt and Munich prove origins in the first millennium B.C. Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early…
Blue Hole Allows Researchers to Tap Into 2,000 Years of Storms in the Caribbean
Geoscientists from Goethe University create sedimentary archive with annual resolution. The hurricanes in the Caribbean became more frequent and their force varied noticeably around the…
COVID-19 Breakthrough: Scientists Identify Possible “Achilles’ Heel” of SARS-CoV-2 Virus
COVID-19 Research: Anti-viral Strategy With Double Effect In the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus must overcome various defense mechanisms of the human body,…
Snapshot of Exploding Oxygen Using Experimental “X-Ray” of Individual Molecules
New experimental technique with Goethe University’s reaction microscope allows ‘X-ray’ of individual molecules. For more than 200 years, we have been using X-rays to look…
Team of Biochemists and Virologists Discover Potential Targets for COVID-19 Therapy
Cell culture model: several compounds stop SARS-CoV-2 virus. A team of biochemists and virologists at Goethe University and the Frankfurt University Hospital were able to…
Proving the Existence of the Quark-Gluon Plasma With Gravitational Waves
Computer models of merging neutron stars predicts new signature in the gravitational waves to tell when this happens. Neutron stars are among the densest objects…
Beyond Einstein: Mystery Surrounding Photon Momentum Solved With Super COLTRIMS Apparatus
Physicists at Goethe University measure miniscule effect with new super COLTRIMS apparatus. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its…