Chemistry
New protocol identifies fascinating quantum states
Method can be directly applied in existing experimental platformsCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Nowadays, modern quantum simulators offer a wide range...
Ion channel VRAC enhances immune response against viruses
Ion channel VRAC transports the messenger substance cGAMP from cell to cellCredit: Rosa Planells-Cases VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels do not only...
Construction of sintering resistant Pt based catalyst based on ‘composite energy well’ model
Credit: ©Science China Press Nano-catalysts usually have higher catalytic activity than traditional bulk catalysts. And it is widely acknowledged that...
Single-electron pumping in a ZnO single-nanobelt transistor
Credit: ©Science China Press Single electron pumping devices with high efficiency and controllability at room temperature play an essential role...
A new strategy to create 2D magnetic order
Credit: ©Science China Press Grain boundaries, which are consist of periodic arrangement of structural units and generally recognized as a...
Technique offers path for biomanufacturing medicines during space flights
Research simulating instrument aboard international space station nurtures E. coli bacteriaCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An instrument currently...
A novel Li-ion superconductor makes possible an era of safe battery
A fast Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte material comparable to the liquid electrolytes used in typical batteries. An innovative synthesis developed...
Hinge Therapeutics and TUT enter collaboration to advance drug discovery by ion imaging
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Hinge Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing...
Researchers seek new drugs to fight coronavirus using computers in schools across Kentucky
Drug discovery work shifts from cancer to COVID-19 using DataseamGridCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The novel coronavirus may...
How do mantis shrimp find their way home?
The first-ever research on mantis shrimp navigation, by UMBC's Rickesh Patel, finds they use the sun, polarized light patterns, and...
ERC Advanced Grant for Edward Lemke for the engineering of designer organelles in cells
Biophysical chemist receives prestigious EU research funding for work on membraneless organelles that construct synthetic proteins in cellsCredit: ill./©: Christopher...
TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production
Credit: Wiley-VCH Electrocatalysis is one of the most studied topics in the field of material science, because it is extensively...
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin
Scientists capture 3D images of nanoparticles, atom by atom, with unprecedented precisionCredit: Courtesy of IBS Since their invention in the...
3D-printed corals could improve bioenergy and help coral reefs
Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers from Cambridge University and University of California San Diego have 3D printed coral-inspired structures that...