Chemistry
Mount Sinai appoints Michal A. Elovitz, MD, as dean for women’s health
Michal A. Elovitz, MD, a renowned leader in maternal-fetal medicine and expert in preterm birth, has been named Dean for...
Advanced light source upgrade approved to start construction
The Advanced Light Source (ALS), a scientific user facility at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab),...
‘Sound’ly segregated supramolecular helices
In 1848, Louis Pasteur successfully segregated two types of crystals of double sodium-ammonium salt of tartaric acid, which were mirror...
Aston University photonics expert elected as Fellow of Optica
A photonics expert at Aston University has been elected as a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics...
CHOP researchers find financial strain due to COVID-19 pandemic took significant toll on adolescent mental health
Philadelphia, November 15, 2022—Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a distinct toll on adolescent mental health and contributed...
Beneficial and beautiful: Biodiversity of meadows and pastures can be an asset for nature, agriculture, and tourism
Where species-rich meadows provide habitat for bees and other insects, ecosystem services such as pollination or natural pest control offer...
New critical period of embryonic sex determination in sea turtles identified
Unlike humans, turtles, lizards and other reptiles – such as crocodiles – do not have sex chromosomes. Their sex is...
Cosmic chocolate pralines: General neutron star structure revealed
FRANKFURT. So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after...
Prehistoric predator? Artificial intelligence says no
Artificial intelligence has revealed that prehistoric footprints thought to be made by a vicious dinosaur predator were in fact from...
Mass transfer techniques for large-scale and high-density microLED arrays
Recent impressive advances in mass transfer techniques have proven to be a promising solution to overcome the extreme requirements of...
Showing off: Wild chimpanzees show others objects simply to share attention
Researchers have observed a wild chimpanzee showing an object to its mother simply for sharing’s sake – social behaviour previously...
Brain area thought to impart consciousness, behaves instead like an Internet router
Tucked underneath the brain’s outer, wrinkly cortex is a deeply mysterious area, known as the claustrum. This region has long...
FRIB experiment pushes elements to the limit
A new study led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has measured how long it...
Study shows the power of ‘thank you’ for couples
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gratitude has been a trendy sentiment in recent years – sparking an industry of journals, knickknacks and...
With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions
A new MIT-developed heat treatment transforms the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in...
Atomically dispersed bimetallic iron–cobalt electrocatalysts developed for green production of ammonia
Scientists from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the use of controllably...
The American Pediatric Society selects Dr. Nadine Burke Harris as the recipient of the 2023 David G. Nichols Health Equity Award
HOUSTON, November 14, 2022 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce Nadine Burke Harris, MD, as the...
Passion fruit yields high antioxidant ingredient for stable edible food coatings
The high antioxidants and polyphenols content in passion fruit peels show significant potential to preserve fresh fruits and fresh cuts...
Advances in spectroscopy
Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a new technique that can measure the properties of the...
First conference for female physicists at Goethe University inspires almost 1000 participants worldwide
FRANKFURT. Women still constitute a minority when it comes to the field of physics; in Germany, only about 13% of...
