Polluted air shortens the lifespan of Europeans by about two years

#mymachineandme: Agata Baryzewska, #PhD student @MpiciPotsdam: "My machine is a Phoenix Solvent Drying System dispensing high quality, water- & oxygen-free organic solvents for chemical reactions conducted in an anhydrous environment." @maxplanckpress Pic: @MpiciPotsdam H. Zhang https://t.co/Rz50cDMZ8T

Organoids reveal inflammatory processes in #chlamydia infections: researchers discover how bacteria could promote inflammation and the development of ovarian #cancer https://t.co/qMzR34Vnwv #infectionbiology @maxplanckpress https://t.co/zAiXRw88jw

#mymachineandme: Agata Baryzewska, PhD student, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces: "The instrument I work with, my 'machine', is a Phoenix Solvent Drying System. The instrument dispenses high quality, water- and oxygen-free organic solvents for demanding chemical reactions that have to be conducted in a strictly anhydrous environment." Credit: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces/ Hengxi Zhang

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This is a cryostat. It can cool down to 7 mK, only 0.007 degrees above absolute zero. Johannes Zirkelbach from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen utilizes its power to research the interactions between light and matter by investigating single molecules embedded in a crystal.