Chemistry
No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It is projected that by the year 2050, the global food supply will need to increase by...
On the way to smart hearing aids
Smart hearing aids that adapt to the individual needs of the user: for the last four years, the researchers of...
Choking local funding prevents terrorism
Terrorist attacks are highly responsive to local funding availability, and financial counter-terrorism can, thus, be effective in reducing terrorism casualties,...
UK’s first and only research Centre dedicated to placing empathy at the heart of healthcare
The incoming director of a major new research and teaching Centre has described the urgent need to place empathy at...
To predict future water supply, UTA to look to the past
A University of Texas at Arlington hydrology researcher will collect historical data about the Brazos River Basin to help the...
New type of extremely reactive substance in the atmosphere
A commonly known chemical compound is hydrogen peroxide. All peroxides have two oxygen atoms attached to each other, making them...
New class of substances detected in atmospheric chemistry
Leipzig/Copenhagen/Pasadena. An international research team has now succeeded in detecting hydrotrioxides (ROOOH) for the first time under atmospheric conditions. Until...
Why haven’t we discovered co-orbital exoplanets? Could tides offer a possible answer?
So far, we haven't discovered any exoplanets with co-orbital objects. A new study suggests tides could be causing oscillations that...
A unique catalyst paves the way for plastic upcycling
A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers...
All-optical computation of a group of transformations using a polarization-encoded diffractive network
Implementing large-scale linear transformations or matrix computations plays a pivotal role in modern information processing systems. Digital computer systems need...
Two Virginia graduate students get a boost for research
NEWPORT NEWS – Two graduate students at Virginia universities who plan to conduct research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
Pandemic-related stressors in pregnant women may impact their babies before they’re born
Prolonged levels of stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to altering key features of fetal brain development —...
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
HOUSTON – (May 26, 2022) – The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back...
Tsunami threats underestimated in current models, new research shows
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000...