Chemistry
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test discerns alpha variant from earlier strains
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A point-of-care COVID-19 test developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now detect and...
A ‘greener’ alternative for red-colored smoke
The red smoke of a flare on a roadway warns motorists to be cautious, but the anthraquinone dyes currently used...
Jupiter’s moon has splendid dunes
Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen...
Almost ready for prime time: deep UV photodetectors head to real-world testing
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2022 – Numerous devices and detectors sense and catalog deep ultraviolet frequencies that the Earth's ozone layer...
Twisting Oreos shows creme filling sticks to one side
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2022 – Imagine the perfect way to eat an Oreo. Perhaps you twist the top layer, separating...
No glacial fertilization effect in the Antarctic Ocean
Changes in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are considered to be the main cause of past and future...
Phase transitions in the early universe and their signals
The early universe may chirp about unknown physics. A University of Helsinki research team has demonstrated how an early universe...
Development of a novel technology to check body temperature with smartphone camera
Technology for low-cost, thermal-imaging sensors that operate well at temperatures as high as 100 °C has been developed. Expected to...
UC San Diego receives $35 million in state funding for new coastal research vessel
First-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid vessel will be vital to education and researchCredit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego California legislators...
Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals strong isotope effects in photodissociation of water isotopolog
Credit: DICP Recently, a research group led by Prof. YUAN Kaijun and Prof. YANG Xueming from the Dalian Institute of...
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Credit: Sur Lab/ MIT Picower Institute Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for...
‘Feel good’ brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals
Neuroscientists show that mice can learn to manipulate random dopamine impulses for rewardCredit: Julia Kuhl From the thrill of hearing...
Device cracks milk protein
'Refolding' molecules to support medical solutionsCredit: Flinders University After gaining world attention by 'unboiling' egg protein, Flinders University scientists have...
Topology in biology
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization When can we say that a certain property of a system is...
Brain-repair discovery could lead to new epilepsy treatments
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process...
Doctoral student bridges gap between electronics and optics
New chip can revolutionize the current data rate for processors using microwave photonicsCredit: Justin Baetge, Texas A&M Engineering According to...
Top geology award goes to Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin
Credit: Ian Dalziel Ian W.D. Dalziel, a professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at...
The anatomy of a planet
ETH researchers analyse marsquakesCredit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Since early 2019, researchers have been recording and analysing marsquakes as part of...
Soft skin patch could provide early warning for strokes, heart attacks
Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that...
Silicon with a two-dimensional structure
Heidelberg chemists succeed in producing synthesis and complete characterisation for the first timeCredit: Illustration: Ebner/Greb (Heidelberg) Silicon, a semi-metal, bonds...
