This blacksmith forged a sword using chemistry (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2019 -- This week on Reactions, we head to Portland, Oregon, and...
Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it
A study that was published today in Cell Host & Microbe explored for the first time the variation and evolution...
All plastic waste could become new, high-quality plastic through advanced steam cracking
Credit: Illustration: Boid A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down...
Ugandans and Kenyans in cities happy to pay for food that is more nutritious
Malnutrition remains a serious problem for many people in East Africa; poor consumers are willing to pay a premium for...
Genes linked to sex ratio and male fertility in mice
Michigan Medicine researchers find genes that help maintain the 50-50 balance between male and female offspringCredit: Leila Mullison, University of...
Bean tree plan to protect Amazon
Credit: Toby Pennington Amazon deforestation could be slowed by planting bean trees that would keep soils fertile and help smallholders...
New polysomnography electrode set enables easy at-home assessment of sleep bruxism
Credit: Tomi Miettinen An easy-to-use electrode set can assess sleep bruxism severity as well as a conventional polysomnography, a new...
Can the design of a building improve the creative output of its occupants?
New study published in Creativity Research Journal shows Maharishi Vastu architecture increased workplace creativityCredit: Ron Blunt A ground-breaking study published...
Nobel Laureate Prof. John B. Goodenough discusses lithium-ion batteries in Science China Chemistry
Credit: (a) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. (b)Chemical Reviews, The American Chemical Society. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
Nitrogen-embedded polycyclic compound with strong antiaromaticity and stability
Expedited approach toward antiaromatic compoundsCredit: Figure Adapted with Permission from Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141. © 2019...
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan’s dunes
Credit: University of Hawaii A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been...
Paving a way to achieve unexplored semiconductor nanostructures
Peculiar Bi provoked nanostructures in compound semiconductor nanowires controlled by atomically precise epitaxial crystal growthCredit: Ehime University Nanowire is a...
A compound effective to chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells identified
Credit: Hokkaido University A compound effective in killing chemotherapy-resistant glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs) has been identified, raising hopes of producing drugs...
Whole genome sequencing could help save pumas from inbreeding
Credit: Sebastian Kennerknecht When students at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) found a dead mule deer on campus,...
Newly discovered virus infects bald eagles across America
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle...
‘Flamenco dancing’ molecule could lead to better-protecting sunscreen
Credit: created by Dr Michael Horbury Molecule that protects plants from overexposure to light repurposed as a UV filter for...
Energy flow in the nano range
Credit: Images: Björn Kriete (l.) / Stefan Mueller (r.) Plants and bacteria lead the way: They can capture the energy...
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
Study found focusing on patients' values instead of problems offered better resultsCredit: University of Houston In crisis and with nowhere...
A new approach to reconstructing protein evolution
UMass Amherst, University of Virginia scientists propose new, more focused methodCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - There are an estimated...
New study uncovers ‘magnetic’ memory of European glass eels
Researchers find first evidence of a fish capable of forming and retaining a magnetic memory of water currentsCredit: Alessandro Cresci...
