Chemistry
Some sea cucumbers like it hot
Hydrothermal vents are an unlikely environment for animals to flourish, characterized by rapid changes in temperature and a challenging chemistry: acidic...
Age-related alterations in the oscillatory dynamics serving verbal working memory processing
“ we discuss the implications of these novel findings on our understanding of how healthy aging affects verbal working memory...
New method illuminates druggable sites on proteins
LA JOLLA, CA—Identifying new ways to target proteins involved in human diseases is a priority for many researchers around the...
Designing the ‘perfect’ meal to feed long-term space travelers
Imagine blasting off on a multiyear voyage to Mars, fueled by a diet of bland, prepackaged meals. As space agencies...
Effect of ultrasound-assisted fermentation on physicochemical properties and volatile flavor compounds of Chinese rice wine
Traditional Chinese rice wine (RW) has been popular in China for thousands of years. The brewing process involves simultaneous saccharification...
First step towards synthetic CO2 fixation in living cells
Synthetic biology offers the opportunity to build biochemical pathways for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Researchers at...
USTC proposes crystalline sponge method for undergraduate course
The crystal sponge technology is a revolutionary technique, which enables the direct and precise determination of the molecular structure of...
USTC develops amorphous chloride solid electrolytes with high Li-ion conductivity
A research team led by Prof. YAO Hongbin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration...
Molecules exhibit non-reciprocal interactions without external forces, new study finds
Researchers from the University of Maine and Penn State discovered that molecules experience non-reciprocal interactions without external forces. Credit: R. Dean...
Breakthrough in organic semiconductor synthesis paves the way for advanced electronic devices
A team of researchers led by Professor Young S. Park at UNIST’s Department of Chemistry has achieved a significant breakthrough...
One-pot fermentative growth of predatory bacteria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified antibiotic resistance as one of the greatest threats to human health and life....
Angelica gigas extract inhibits acetylation of eNOS in vascular dysfunction
“Angelica gigas Nakai (AG), a traditional medicinal herb, is garnering scientific attention for its potential in addressing a variety of...
Live Christmas trees affect indoor air chemistry, NIST researchers find
Every holiday season, Americans buy nearly 30 million live Christmas trees. Many families enjoy not only having a live tree...
Images hidden in noise revealed by a quantum-inspired method
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics with colleagues from Stanford University and Oklahoma State University have introduced...
New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells
Researchers led by Genki Kobayashi at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research in Japan have developed a solid electrolyte for...
Controlling thermoelectric conversion in magnetic materials by magnetization direction
1. NIMS has succeeded in directly observing the "anisotropic magneto-Thomson effect," a phenomenon in which the heat absorption/release proportional to...
Sniffing women’s tears reduces aggressive behavior in men
New research, publishing December 21st in the open access journal in PLOS Biology, shows that tears from women contain chemicals...
Scientists create chiral POM-based frameworks with enhanced stability and catalytic activity
A team of scientists has created a chiral assembly by blending inorganic polyoxometalates and organic cyclodextrin molecules. Polyoxometalates are a...
UTA research tagged as “hot article” in Green Chemistry journal
Editors and reviewers of the peer-reviewed journal Green Chemistry have highlighted a University of Texas at Arlington study investigating how to make common...
Scientists uncover link between the ocean’s weather and global climate
An international team of scientists has found the first direct evidence linking seemingly random weather systems in the ocean with...
