Chemistry
A cosmic tarantula, caught by NASA’s Webb
Once upon a space-time, a cosmic creation story unfolded: Thousands of never-before-seen young stars spotted in a stellar nursery called...
How changes in length of day change the brain and subsequent behavior
Seasonal changes in light — longer days in summer, shorter in winter — have long been associated with human behaviors,...
Using science to solve a 1,300-year-old art mystery
The Cincinnati Art Museum turned to a scientist at the University of Cincinnati for help solving a mystery 1,300 years...
Argonne puts climate impact in cities under the microscope with new collaborative study
Community Research on Climate and Urban Science will conduct neighborhood-scale climate research aimed at advancing scientific understanding and empowering communities...
Researchers devise tunable conducting edge
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A research team led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated a new magnetized...
Insomnia increases the likelihood of memory decline in older adults, according to new research
A new Canadian study has found that older people with insomnia are at greater risk of developing memory decline and...
How pencils can help us understand the future of everything (Alex wants a jetpack) (video)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 — The chemistry world has been excited about the possibility of buckyballs, graphene and carbon nanotubes...
Martian rock-metal composite shows potential of 3D printing on Mars
PULLMAN, Wash. – A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian...
Engineers study bird flight
People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air...
Faster in the Past: New seafloor images – the highest resolution of any taken off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2022) – The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica – about the size of Florida – has...
A novel approach to creating tailored odors and fragrances using machine learning
The sense of smell is one of the basic senses of animal species. It is critical to finding food, realizing...
Aston University welcomes new Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
Aston University has welcomed Professor Aleks Subic as its new Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive. He has joined Aston University from...
Sanders-Brown researchers receive $20.5 million from National Institute on Aging for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia research
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 2, 2022) — A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) has been awarded...
Making nanodiamonds out of bottle plastic
What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team headed by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...
‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought
Menlo Park, Calif. — A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant...
EP-WXT pathfinder catches first wide-field snapshots of X-ray universe
EP-WXT Pathfinder, the experimental version of a module that will eventually be part of the wide-field X-ray telescope (WXT) aboard...
New study confirms ‘rippled sheet’ protein structure predicted in 1953
An unusual protein structure known as a “rippled beta sheet,” first predicted in 1953, has now been created in the...
Researchers propose new and more effective model for automatic speech recognition
Popular voice assistants like Siri and Amazon Alexa have introduced automatic speech recognition (ASR) to the wider public. Though decades...
Development of a new end-functionalization technique in polymer synthesis
Vinyl polymerization (polymerization of vinyl compounds) is a useful method for preparing sp3-carbon-based main-chain polymers including commodity plastics, where the...
Albert Einstein’s doctoral certificate returns to UZH
After traveling the world, Albert Einstein’s doctoral certificate has now returned to where it was issued, the University of Zurich....
