The nominees for the German Future Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation have been announced

German Future Prize Nominees

Temperature of Individual Cells
Individual cells shown to deviate from 37 °C with areas of high and low temperature which may give clues to their mechanistic roles

Nano Testing Gets its Stripes
The humble zebrafish can be used to test the safety of transition metal oxide nanoparticles according to an international team

140th Birthday of Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford is known as the father of nuclear physics due to his work on radiation and his postulation of the concept of the nucleus

Cervical Cancer Diagnostics
Algorithm can spot the earliest biochemical changes that are a precursor to cervical cancer by untangling near-infrared Raman spectra

Remarkable Carbon Capture by Borocarbonitrides
The large uptake of both CO2 and CH4 by BC2N betters the performance of graphenes and activated charcoal

Why Does Influenza B Only Infect Humans?
Crystal structure of virus-protein complex explains why influenza B is restricted to humans

Why Help a Growing Scientific Giant?
Richard Zare discusses how helping China develop scientifically can benefit the West

Organic Solar Cells with Record Efficiency
Record power conversion efficiency for polymer-based solar cells achieved by the incorporation of vertically oriented nanorods

Produce Electric Power by Walking
Researchers reversed electrowetting to eventually allow us to produce power from a source implanted in our shoe soles