FDA, Pfizer abandon 2-shot COVID vaccine in kids under 5, citing new data
The vaccine maker and regulator will wait for data on a third shot, expected in April. Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany. (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky) The Food and Drug Administr.....»»
Protons Are Probably Actually Smaller Than Long Thought
An anonymous reader shares a report from the University of Bonn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A few years ago, a novel measurement technique showed that protons are probably smaller than had been assumed since the 1990s. The discrepancy surpris.....»»
Observing more disk galaxies than theory allows
The Standard Model of Cosmology describes how the universe came into being according to the view of most physicists. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now studied the evolution of galaxies within this model, finding considerable discrepancie.....»»
Omicron may have FDA rethinking vaccine strategy for kids under 5 [Updated]
If the goal is baseline protection, we can get there with 2 doses, Gottlieb says. Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany. (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky) Update 1/31/2022, 10:15pm ET: P.....»»
Omicron may have FDA rethinking vaccine strategy for kids under 5
If the goal is baseline protection, we can get there with 2 doses, Gottlieb says. Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany. (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky) The Food and Drug Administratio.....»»
Highest resolution view of the heart of a blazar achieved
An international team, including several researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, has mapped the active galaxy OJ 287 with an angular resolution of 12 microarcseconds in the radio range. This is currently the highest res.....»»
Quantum marbles in a bowl of light
Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists at the University of Bonn and the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question. The results of the st.....»»
DNAzymes: How active DNA molecules with therapeutic potential work
DNAzymes are precision biocatalysts that destroy unwanted RNA molecules. However, major obstacles to their use in medicine remain. Together with Jülich Research Centre (FZJ) and the University of Bonn, a research team from Heinrich Heine University.....»»
Chemists design "molecular sea of flags" as basis for novel catalysts
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a molecular structure that can cover graphite surfaces with a sea of tiny flagged "flagpoles." The properties of this coating are highly variable. It may provide a basis for the development of new.....»»
Researchers create novel molecules that serve as ziplines for energy
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Regensburg move packets of energy along a molecular ladder made of hundreds of benzene rings. Such polymers can potentially be used to design new displays based on organic light-emitting diodes, or for so.....»»
New group of antibacterial molecules identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, and the University of Bonn have identified a new group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect against many antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Since the properties of the molecules can easily.....»»
How plants sense phosphate
A new study by the University of Bonn and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben sheds light on the mechanism used by plants to monitor how much of the nutrient phosphate is available, and to decide when.....»»
"Triangle singularity" is responsible for transformation in the particle zoo
An international study led by the University of Bonn has found evidence of a long-sought effect in accelerator data. The so-called "triangle singularity" describes how particles can change their identities by exchanging quarks, thereby mimicking a ne.....»»
500 million measurements on the impact of climate change
It is the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of South-Eastern Norway have studied how two characteristic arctic-alpine plant species respond to global warming. They did this by analy.....»»
Why beer mats do not fly in a straight line
Anyone who has ever failed to throw a beer mat into a hat should take note: physicists at the University of Bonn have discovered why this task is so difficult. However, their study also suggests how to significantly increase accuracy and range. The r.....»»
GLOSTAR: Tracing atomic and molecular gas in the Milky Way
By combining two of the most powerful radio telescopes on Earth, an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, created the most sensitive maps of the radio emission of large parts of the Nor.....»»
Galaxy cluster Abell 3158 inspected in X-rays
Astronomers from the University of Bonn, Germany and elsewhere have used the eROSITA telescope onboard the Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission to perform X-rays observations of a nearby galaxy cluster known as Abell 3158. Results of this observatio.....»»
New coronavirus mass test up to 100 times more sensitive than rapid antigen tests
A new coronavirus test developed at the University Hospital Bonn can analyze a large number of swabs simultaneously using sequencing technology and has a sensitivity comperable to the common qPCR test. The innovative method offers great potential, es.....»»
Physicists show that flying beer coasters will flip 0.45 seconds into flight
Without the frisbee's rounded edges, beer mats flip onto their side with a backspin. Enlarge / University of Bonn physicists were inspired to investigate the aerodynamics of flying beer mats after traveling to Munich with a German physics demons.....»»
Researchers investigate structural changes in snap-frozen proteins
Researchers at the University of Bonn and the Research Center caesar have succeeded in ultra-fast freezing proteins after a precisely defined period of time. They were able to follow structural changes on the microsecond time scale and with sub-nanom.....»»