The researchers of the Laboratory for Organic Matter Physics, University of Nova Gorica Dr. Egon Pavlica and Prof. Dr. Gvido Bratina, together with colleagues from the University of Strasbourg, France, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany and Stanford University, USA, have published an article in a prominent scientific journal Nature Chemistry on the June 24th.

The yeast Dekkera bruxellensis plays an important role in the production of wine, as it can have either a positive or a negative impact on the taste. Researchers at the University of Nova Gorica, among others, have mapped the yeast’s genome, giving wine producers the possibility to take control of the flavour development of the wine.

A colleague from the Laboratory for Environmental Research of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Ario de Marco, published a paper in »Cancer Cell« focused on the role of eIF6 in tumorogenesis.

Professor of molecular genetics at the University of Nova Gorica and in Lund University (Sweden), Prof. Dr. Jure Piškur, has just recently published with his colleagues from the yeast molecular genetics group at the Lund University (Sweden) and their Milan collaborators an article about wine yeasts and their evolution in prestigious scientific journal Nature Communications.

Director of the graduate study program Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology of the Graduate school and a member of the Laboratory for environmental science at the University of Nova Gorica, Doc. Dr. Elsa Fabbretti participate in a research project whose main objective is to study the molecular mechanisms in sensory neurons leading to migraine in patients, why these neurons become hyperactive, and how we could stop their signaling in chronic pain conditions.

Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko, from the University of Nova Gorica in co-authorship with prof. dr. Chieu D. Tran from Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI, USA) have contributed a chapter on „Thermal Lens Spectroscopy” to the Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc..

A colleague of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Iztok Arčon, reported in a recently published article in a scientific review Environmental Pollution, with his colleagues from Agricultural Research Council-Research Group on Soil–Plant Systems, Gorizia, Italy (L. Leita, A. Margon, A. Pastrello, D. Mosetti) and from University of Udine (M. Contin), about the fate of ecotoxic hexavalent chromium in the environment.

Scientists of the Pierre Auger Observatory, a project to study the highest-energy cosmic rays, will celebrate the inauguration of the southern site of their observatory in Malargüe, Argentina, this Friday, November 14, 2008.

Physicists from the Laboratory for astroparticle physics of the University of Nova Gorica, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana, the Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana and the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the University of Maribor, who pursue their research of elementary particles within the Belle Collaboration, have together with their international colleagues published a paper on the differences between properties of matter and anti-matter in the most prominent scientific journal Nature (Belle Collaboration, Nature, 452, 332-335 (20 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature06827).

Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory made a lasting impression on the scientific community in 2007. The announcement by the Pierre Auger Collaboration that active galactic nuclei were the most likely source for the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit the earth made the list of breakthroughs and top science stories for several science media organizations.

Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collaboration announced on November 8 that Active Galactic Nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit Earth.

The Laboratory for Multiphase Processes of Nova Gorica Polytechnic was involved in the modernization process of the continuous caster device.

In June 2005 the Centre for Atmospheric Research at Otlica above Ajdovščina opened a lidar observatory, which contains a lidar for detecting aerosols, developed by the Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics. An upgrade of the existing aerosol lidar to the Raman version is planned; this will, in addition to the measurements of aerosols, also enable the assessment of the vertical profiles of water vapour and nitrogen content in the atmosphere. The development of a mobile lidar for detecting aerosols is underway. With the simultaneous use of meteorological models, the mobile lidar will enable the study of the spreading of pollution in the troposphere.

A colleague of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. dr. Iztok Arčon, reported with his colleagues in a recently published article on the key improvements in the preparation of a known drug in cancer chemotherapy - cisplatin, which substantially increases the drug's effectiveness in treatment. The research was carried out in co-operation between the University of Nova Gorica, the American company Liposome Consultations from California, the Jožef Štefan Institute, and the Department of Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana.