A sustainable path for energy-demanding photochemistry
Many photochemical processes rely on UV light from inefficient or toxic light sources that the LED technology cannot replace for ...
Month: December 2022
Learning how to grow super mushrooms, with termites as teachers
Termites are more than pests. In fact, in Africa and Asia, termites have been advanced fungal farmers for 30 million ...
CityU develops two novel hydrogen production catalysts based on mineral gel and “crystalline-amorphous” dual-phase nano-aluminium alloy
Clean hydrogen energy is a good alternative to fossil fuels and is critical for achieving carbon neutrality. Researchers around the ...
Endocrinologist, TOS past president named new editor-in-chief of Obesity
ROCKVILLE, Md.— Michael D. Jensen, MD, FTOS, an endocrinologist with over 35 years of experience in research and practice and ...
Do hormone fluctuations increase survival probabilities?
Free-living great tits differ considerably in the level of stress hormones in their blood. A research project at the Max ...
Five key factors affect physical activity in multi-ethnic older adults
Physical activity is important for healthy aging. It helps prevent functional decline, frailty, falls, and chronic conditions such as diabetes ...
Dual-energy CT metrics for differentiating adrenal adenomas
Leesburg, VA, December 1, 2022—According to an open-access Editor’s Choice accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), ...
Johns Hopkins researchers generate lab-grown human tissue model for food tube cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have created a laboratory-grown three-dimensional “organoid” model that is derived from human tissue ...
NTU Singapore launches S$160 million research center to advance molecular analysis with digital tools
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) today launched the Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science (IDMxS), which aims to ...
Hiroshima University starts trial of promising stem cell therapy for post-stroke brain function recovery
Hiroshima University (HU) started the human trial for a promising treatment that offers hope in potentially reversing paralysis and language ...
Integrated platform promises to accelerate drug discovery process
Many successful drugs have their origins in natural sources such as plants, fungi, and bacteria, but screening natural products to ...
mRNA vaccines offer one-two punch to combat malaria
WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2022)—Malaria is found in more than 90 countries around the world, causing 241 million cases and an ...
COVID-19 patients show liver injury months after infection
CHICAGO – COVID-19 infection is associated with increased liver stiffness, a sign of possible long-term liver injury, according to the ...
Automated chemical reaction prediction: Now in stereo
Automated reaction path search method predicts accurate stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions using only target molecule structure.Credit: Tsuyoshi Mita et al. ...