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It takes two: cooperating catalysts provide new route for utilizing formate salts
Two catalysts working in tandem enable inexpensive formate salts to perform difficult dearomative reactions, giving products potentially useful for drug...
High-gain antenna for NASA’s Roman mission clears environmental tests
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, but nuclear weapons of any...
UTIA professor receives Outstanding Early Career Animal Scientist Award in Research
Phillip Myer, an associate professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has...
Political leaning shapes physicians’ and laypeople’s beliefs about COVID-19 treatments
Political ideology shapes attitudes about COVID-19 treatments not just for the general U.S. population but also for critical care physicians,...
Loss of reptiles poses threat for small islands where humans may have caused extinctions
A new examination of ancient and current species of reptiles conducted by a University of Texas at Austin paleobiologist reveals...
VUMC’s ‘Shed-MEDS’ protocol can reduce risk of drug interactions in older people
An estimated one in six older adults in the United States who take multiple prescription drugs risk major drug-drug interactions...
Seven new species of whitefish described in Central Switzerland
Biologists at Eawag have identified ten species of whitefish in the lakes of the Reuss river system. Of these, seven...
Documenting plant organ development
In living organisms, development is a combination of multiple coordinated processes that interact in time and space over the course...
Keanu Reeves – the molecule
Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas produce a strong antimicrobial natural product, as researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product...
A sweet reaction: Microwaves might increase the sustainability of the chemicals industry
Osaka, Japan – Much of what the chemicals industry produces, except for metals, is derived from fossil resources. Using renewable...
World first study sheds light on why microbes in the deep ocean live without sunlight
A world first study reverses the idea that the bulk of life in the ocean is fuelled by photosynthesis via...
Synthetic compartments stop pathogens from sharing antibiotic resistance genes
DURHAM, N.C. – Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach to controlling cellular biochemical processes. Rather...
Upconversion of infrared photons enables rapid organic synthesis under sunlight
A research group led by Prof. WU Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy...
Tailor-made metal complexes for medical diagnostics and therapy
Tailor-made chemical complexes of certain elements from the group of metals could be suitable for use in a special way...
Probably not for sex
Male peacocks shake elaborate trains—a dazzling mating display—and male peacock spiders also dance, showing off brightly-colored abdomens. Nature’s most bizarre...
Shark bites tied for 10-year low in 2022 but spiked in regional hotspots
The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest number of reported incidents...
Urine-diverting toilets expel fewer virus particles than traditional toilets, study suggests
Parents often give their children useful advice: Wash your hands, cover your cough and put the toilet lid down before...
The wilderness is calling – will your dog answer?
Researchers of the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have been investigating dogs' reactions to wolf howls. Are there...
Black South Africans report higher life satisfaction and are at less risk for depression post-migration, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Although relocating can be stressful, a new study at the University of Missouri found Black South Africans...
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