Chemistry
NAU graduate student receives national science fellowship from Dept. of Energy to study future of soils
Northern Arizona University graduate student Victoria Monsaint-Queeney has won a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to work...
Lehigh student awarded prestigious DOE grant to conduct research at Brookhaven National Laboratory
A Lehigh University graduate student is one of 80 outstanding students to receive a grant through the Office of Science...
SwRI’s Dr. Natalie Smith wins ASME early career award
SAN ANTONIO — May 3, 2022 — Southwest Research Institute engineer Dr. Natalie Smith has won the 2022 Dilip R....
Science has spoken: Tell the truth on Facebook or risk your reputation
Online social networks (OSN) like Facebook and Twitter have created a space for people to easily express their opinions, which...
Boosts access reliability in wireless communications
With the emerging Internet-of-Things, that holds promise for operating everything from smart homes to smart cities, fifth-generation wireless communication must...
SwRI-led team finds younger exoplanets better candidates when looking for other Earths
SAN ANTONIO — May 3, 2022 — As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially...
New technology offers fighting chance against grapevine killer
Scientists at UC Riverside have a shot at eradicating a deadly threat to vineyards posed by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, just...
Lessons from the Tuskegee experiment, 50 years after unethical study uncovered
LIVE PRESS EVENT: Join Dr. Tobin for a Q & A on this paper at 1:00 p.m. ET on April...
Affirmative action bans had ‘devastating impact’ on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds
Link to abstract when embargo lifts at 5 p.m. ET on May 2, 2022: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4312 Credit: UCLA Health Link to...
Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater
HOUSTON – (May 2, 2022) – A dash of ruthenium atoms on a mesh of copper nanowires could be one step toward a...
Dopamine involved in recognizing emotions
The neurotransmitter dopamine, famous for its role in reward, is also involved in recognizing emotions, according to new research published...
Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows
Seagrasses form lush green meadows in many coastal areas around the world. These marine plants are one of the most...
Nanotechnology enables visualization of RNA structures at near-atomic resolution
(BOSTON) — We live in a world made and run by RNA, the equally important sibling of the genetic molecule...
Compact Light Source based on the movement of atoms
Compact, CMOS compatible on-chip photon sources have attracted much attention to the scientific community and the semiconductor industry. As the...
YVO₄: Nd³⁺-based nanotheranostic agent for imaging and therapy of orthotopic gliomas
Glioma is an intracranial malignant tumor that still poses a major clinical challenge due to its highly invasive nature, low...
Over the lips, through the gums, look out gamers, here it comes — or so it seems
Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the...
Lighting the tunnel of plant evolution: Scientists explore importance of two-pore channels in plants
Two-pore channels (TPCs) are ancient ion channels present in the cells of both animals and plants. In animals, including humans,...
ARRS Annual Meeting: Cancer screening accessibility among American Indian, Alaskan native tribes
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 2, 2022—A Scientific E-Poster presented during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting in...
A ‘beyond-quantum’ equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement
The physics of the microrealm involves two famous and bizarre concepts: The first is that prior to observation, it is...
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation – turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for...
