Chemistry
The Clues for Cleaner Water
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University in Philadelphia, along with Brookhaven National Laboratory, are working to solve...
Attosecond core-level spectroscopy reveals real-time molecular dynamics
Chemical reactions are complex mechanisms. Many different dynamical processes are involved, affecting both the electrons and the nucleus of the...
Experiment opens door for millions of qubits on one chip
The race to build a practical quantum computer is well underway. Researchers around the world are working on a huge...
Science doesn’t understand how ice forms (video)
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2024 — This video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice. All George wanted...
DDT pollutants found in deep sea fish off Los Angeles coast
In the 1940s and 1950s, the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles was a dumping ground for the nation’s largest...
Simulated chemistry: New AI platform designs tomorrow’s cancer drugs
Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a machine learning algorithm to simulate the time-consuming chemistry involved in the earliest...
Study sheds light on 11th century Arab-Muslim optical scientist whose work laid ground for modern-day physics
Scientists from the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute are poring over the writings of an 11th century Arab-Muslim...
Variety in building block softness makes for softer amorphous materials
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new model for disordered materials to study how amorphous...
New quantum sensing scheme could lead to enhanced high-precision nanoscopic techniques
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have unveiled a quantum sensing scheme that achieves the pinnacle of quantum sensitivity in...
Rice’s Harvey, Ramesh named to National Academy of Sciences
HOUSTON – (May 2, 2024) – Rice University’s Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Frank Reese Harvey are among 120 new U.S. members elected to...
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed
AMHERST, Mass. – The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from...
Study helps understand how energy metabolism is regulated at cellular level
An article published in The Faseb Journal describes a Brazilian study analyzing the correlation between two key energy metabolism regulation processes: the absorption and...
Analysis of flour and rice shows high levels of harmful fungal toxins
By analyzing samples of flour and rice stored in homes in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of...
UTA scientists test for quantum nature of gravity
Einstein’s theory of general relativity explains that gravity is caused by a curvature of the directions of space and time....
X-ray satellite XMM-newton sees ‘space clover’ in a new light
Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new observations of one dubbed the...
Orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant
Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so far it has never been known that animals...
Webb telescope probably didn’t find life on an exoplanet — yet
Recent reports of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A...
Photocrosslinking, not Ojak bridge, facilitates transistor functionality
In the tale of the herdsman and the weaver, “Ojak Bridge” stood as a testament to the enduring love between...
New approach in the synthesis of complex natural substances
They are found as fragrances in cosmetics or as flavorings in food, and form the basis of new medications: Terpenes...
Unveiling a polarized world – in a single shot
Think of all the information we get based on how an object interacts with wavelengths of light — a.k.a. color....
