Chemistry
High CO2 concentration in the atmosphere impoverishes rice farmland
The high concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is a double-edged sword, because it has an impact on...
Advancing treatment to prevent scar tissue after a heart attack
The European Union has awarded a European Consortium €4.5 million for the ELR-Scar project to validate a novel hydrogel biomaterial...
Customizing catalysts for solid-state reactions
The first-ever molecular catalyst specifically tailored for mechanochemical reaction conditions enables high-efficiency transformations at near room temperature.Credit: WPI-ICReDD The first-ever...
Sanford Burnham Prebys elects Professor Nicholas Cosford to its Board of Trustees
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – Mar, 09, 2023 – Sanford Burnham Prebys today announced that Professor Nicholas Cosford, Ph.D., will join the Institute’s...
Ringing an electronic wave: Elusive massive phason observed in a charge density wave
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have detected the existence of a charge density wave of electrons that acquires...
Tireless microbial killers in new nanocomposites
They kill with a molecular sting or oxidative shock and don’t know the meaning of fatigue. The latest biocidal nanocomposites, designed...
Veterinary antibiotics used on livestock can affect soil carbon and climate
Soils are reliable sinks for trapping carbon, which is key to mitigating the effects of climate change. Grazing by large...
In the world’s smallest ball game, scientists throw and catch single atoms using light
WASHINGTON —In many baseball-obsessed countries like Korea, Japan and the United States, with spring months comes the start of the...
Like a flexible Lego railway track: How stable microtubules form within cells
Like poles support a tent, microtubules—hollow cylindrical structures made of tubulin protein—support eukaryotic cells. But microtubules provide more than just...
Researchers discover how too much oxygen damages cells and tissues
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—March 8, 2023—When it comes to oxygen, you can have too much of a good thing. Breathing air...
A step forward in the quest to replace silicon with 2D chips
Two-dimensional semiconductors have a chance to galvanize significant advances in electronic device capabilities, replacing silicon-based chips. However, many problems continue...
Hitting nuclei with light may create fluid primordial matter
A new analysis supports the idea that particles of light (photons) colliding with heavy ions create a fluid of “strongly...
A surprising way to trap a microparticle
EVANSTON, Ill. — When physicists steered a tiny microparticle toward a cylindrical obstacle, they expected one of two outcomes to...
Millions of galaxies emerge in new simulated images from NASA’s Roman
Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s...
Lunar telescope will search for ancient radio waves
UPTON, NY—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are leading a new effort to land a...
A breakthrough in big data processing helps trace chemicals in complex mixtures
An international team of scientists led by Tomáš Pluskal from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech...
Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883...
Rensselaer researcher breaks through the clouds to advance satellite communication
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Moussa N’Gom, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has devised a method to make communications...
Aging | Isoform-specific AMPK repression affects cognitive function in aged mice
“The study indicates that the aging process might have distinct impact on the signaling pathways associated with the AMPKα isoforms...
Enhancing at-home COVID tests with glow-in-the dark materials
Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests. If you’ve...
