Chemistry
Brookhaven’s Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi awarded prestigious NSF Early CAREER Grant
Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi is a scientist who wears many hats. At Stony Brook University, he is an assistant professor in Department...
Sekazi K. Mtingwa Honored with AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize at Annual Meeting
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has recognized physicist and humanitarian Sekazi Mtingwa for his invaluable work...
Discovery of crucial clue to accelerate development of carbon-neutral porous materials
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been gaining attention as promising carbon-neutral porous materials, thanks to their high performance in gas storage,...
Detecting, predicting, and preventing aortic ruptures with computational modeling
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2023 – An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes the wall of a person’s aorta, the largest artery...
Smart hydrogel with oxygen-scavenging capability inhibits tumor growth and metastasis
The development of various hypoxia-activated prodrugs (HAPs) has made considerable advances in the last few decades; however, cancer therapy using...
Hot electron electrochemistry with ultrafast laser pulses
There has been vivid interest in laser electrochemical phenomena and applications. Laser-induced electrochemical deposition of metals on metals relies possibly...
Absolute zero in the quantum computer
The absolute lowest temperature possible is -273.15 degrees Celsius. It is never possible to cool any object exactly to this...
A panoramic view on catalytic conversion network for lignocellulosic biomass valorization
Fossil fuel consumption contributes to significant greenhouse gas emissions and severe climate issues. It is imperative to explore sustainable alternatives...
New shape-shifting antibiotics could fight deadly infections
In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics...
Salk Institute receives $50 million from Hess Corporation to mitigate climate change through plant science
LA JOLLA—(April 3, 2023) Hess Corporation is donating $50 million to the Salk Institute’s Campaign for Discovery: The Power of Science,...
Team finds major storage capacity in water-based batteries
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a 1,000% difference in the storage capacity of metal-free, water-based battery electrodes.Credit: Texas...
Diet/lifestyle program reverses biological age: a female case series
“ these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during...
In a rare occurrence, UT Austin professors each snag the ‘Nobel Prizes’ of their fields in the same year
The University of Texas at Austin is the first university to claim winners of the top prizes in computing and...
Rising temperatures alter ‘missing link’ of microbial processes, putting northern peatlands at risk
If you’re an avid gardener, you may have considered peat moss — decomposed Sphagnum moss that helps retain moisture in soil —...
Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel announces 2023 Laureates
Jerusalem, April 3, 2023 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the New York...
Researchers reviewed recent progress of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials towards application
Organic materials with room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emission have attracted extensive attention due to extraordinary properties including long lifetime, large Stokes...
Fast light pulse triggers charge transfer into water
In certain molecules, the so-called photoacids, a proton can be released locally by excitation with light. There is a sudden...
Double-slit experiment that proved the wave nature of light explored in time
Imperial physicists have recreated the famous double-slit experiment, which showed light behaving as particles and a wave, in time rather...
Can AI be used to predict ocean waves?
The ability to model and predict the size of ocean waves is important for the fishing industry from both logistic...
A sensor that might someday enable ‘mind-controlled’ robots
It sounds like something from science fiction: Don a specialized, electronic headband and control a robot using your mind. But...
