Scientists finally crack nature’s most common chemical bond
Carbon-hydrogen bonds in hydrocarbon molecules have resisted functionalization until nowCredit: John Hartwig, UC Berkeley The most common chemical bond in ...
Month: May 2020
MIPT biophysicists found a way to take a peek at how membrane receptors work
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office In a study published in Current Opinion in Structural Biology, MIPT biophysicists explained ways to ...
Startup firm aims to transform hydrogen fuel marketplace
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A startup firm with roots in the University of Kansas School of Engineering and ...
Measuring blood damage
UD engineer uses mechanical resistance to detect damage to red blood cellsCredit: Graphic courtesy of Tyler Van Buren According to ...
$5 million supports research into neglected tropical diseases
Grants fund studies of parasitic infections affecting millions worldwideCredit: Matt Miller Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
Nebraska researcher develops contact tracing technology
Smartphone app can anonymously notify those potentially exposedCredit: Courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln How does society establish a new normal during ...
Mysterious glowing coral reefs are fighting to recover
Credit: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey A new study by the University of Southampton has revealed why some corals ...
A replaceable, more efficient filter for N95 masks
Credit: ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03976 Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there's been a worldwide shortage of face masks -- ...
Study identifies the mechanism by which eating fish reduces risk of cardiovascular disease
A diet rich in fish or omega 3 modulates the concentration of lipids that are passed on to cells by ...
Some patients with bladder cancer ‘can’t wait’ for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Writing in Bladder Cancer, researchers outline recommendations for treatment as surgical proceduresCredit: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC Amsterdam, May 21, ...
Genetic barcodes can ensure authentic DNA fingerprints
Researchers propose a way of ensuring that genetic samples taken in the field for DNA fingerprinting arrive at the laboratory ...
Lighting the way for a new fluorination methodology
Credit: Aleksandra Krolik Researchers from the Muñiz group have published a paper in Angewandte Chemie - International Edition presenting a ...
Russian scientists improved the way of treatment of phenylketonuria
The inherited disease of phenylketonuria is expressed in the inability of the body to absorb certain amino acids, mainly phenylalanineCredit: ...
Environmental contaminants alter gut microbiome, health
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The microbes that inhabit our bodies are influenced by what we ...
‘One-way’ electronic devices enter the mainstream
Columbia engineers first to build high-performance non-reciprocal devices on a compact chip, paving the way for applications from two-way wireless ...
Ultrasonic technique discloses the identity of graphite
Credit: Kaneka Corporation, Physical Review Materials (2020) A group of scientists from Osaka University, in cooperation with Kaneka Corporation, evaluated ...
Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson’s
UCLA study uncovers how air pollution can lead to damage to brain cellsCredit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study in ...
New model shows how cells that cause liver cancer are created
Scientists show in-vivo and in-vitro how liver cancer stem cells are born, solving a central scientific mystery in this fieldCredit: ...
First month of data shows children at low risk of COVID-19 infection, no hospitalizations
Credit: ESB Professional In the first 30 days since seeing their first patient, the number of children testing positive to ...
NUS researchers create novel device that harnesses shadows to generate electricity
Credit: Royal Society of Chemistry Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, researchers from the National University of ...
