Chemistry
High-resolution microscope built from LEGO and bits of phone
Research led by Göttingen University shows constructing microscope improves children's understandingCredit: Timo Betz Microscopy is an essential tool in many...
Research provides a roadmap to HIV eradication via stem cell therapy
Study uncovers stem cells' ability to restore immunity and repair gut damage caused by HIVCredit: UC Regents In a groundbreaking...
NASA’s Webb will use quasars to unlock the secrets of the early universe
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Quasars are very bright, distant and active supermassive black holes that are millions...
Fracture setting method could replace metal plates, with fewer complications
Credit: Daniel Hutchinson A new biocompatible polymer-based composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult and unstable fractures....
IOP Publishing and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory launch open access journal
Materials Futures provides a new platform for researchers from the global materials science community to publish their ground-breaking workCredit: IOP...
WVU advances collaborative research with renewal of NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center
The University is part of a team recently awarded a $17 million grant from the National Science FoundationCredit: Submitted photo...
Pleistocene sediment DNA from Denisova Cave
Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova CaveCredit: Richard G. Roberts Denisova Cave is located...
Synthesis of a near-infrared light absorbing macrocyclic aromatic compound
Selective synthesis of ring-expanded porphyrinoids comprising nine pyrrolesCredit: Tetsuo Okujima, Ehime University Profs. Okujima and Uno at Ehime University, in...
Bioinspired mineralization of calcium carbonate in peptide hydrogel
Credit: Kazuki Murai et al., Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, Taylor & Francis A team of researchers developed a biomimetic...
Study reveals formation mechanism of first carbon-carbon bond in MTO process
Credit: DICP A joint research team led by Prof. LIU Zhongmin, Prof. WEI Yingxu, and Prof. XU Shutao from the...
Quantum birds
International team of researchers shed light on the mechanism of magnetic sensing in birdsCredit: Corinna Langebrake and Ilia Solov'yov Humans...
How to make lithium-ion batteries invincible
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a family of cathode materials that have all of the advantages of conventional lithium batteries...
First clear view of a boiling cauldron where stars are born
UMD-led team used NASA's SOFIA telescope to capture high-resolution details of a star nursery in the Milky WayCredit: Artist Rendering...
Combining three techniques boosts brain-imaging precision
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that they have developed a method to combine three...