Chemistry
Gemini north telescope helps explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colors
Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Using observations from the Gemini North...
A cloudless future? The mystery at the heart of climate forecasts
We hear a lot about how climate change will change the land, sea, and ice. But how will it affect...
Electrochemical synthesis now possible without electric power source
Synthesis of organic compounds and polymers is at the core of many manufacturing industries. The new “electrifying synthesis” methods that...
The Lundquist Institute (TLI) receives grant from the Johnny Carson Foundation to support the training of the next generation of COPD researchers
The Lundquist Institute today announced that it has received a grant of $112,000 from the Johnny Carson Foundation to support...
Urban magnetic fields reveal clues about energy efficiency, pollution
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2022 – Examining a city's magnetic footprint can be used to monitor the health of those cities,...
Discovery of a tripole winter precipitation change pattern around the Tibetan Plateau in the late 1990s
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is referred to as the “water tower” of Asia for being home to the headwaters of...
The grass may be greener on old mine sites as WVU researchers test resiliency of bioenergy crops
West Virginia University researchers are working to better understand how climate change may make an impact on a bioenergy crop that...
A new arrangement: Using quantum dots to quench the smallest ferrimagnetism
Most people are not aware of magnetic forces in their everyday lives, but continuously rely on them in electric motors,...
COVID-19’s toll on global cardiac services – UK Version
University of Leeds Press Release Credit: University of Leeds University of Leeds Press Release Under embargo until 00.01 (UK time) on...
Fjords emit as much methane as all the deep oceans globally
During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the...
Seeing how odor is processed in the brain
A specially created odor delivery device, along with machine learning-based analysis of scalp-recorded electroencephalogram, has enabled researchers at the University...
No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It is projected that by the year 2050, the global food supply will need to increase by...
On the way to smart hearing aids
Smart hearing aids that adapt to the individual needs of the user: for the last four years, the researchers of...
Choking local funding prevents terrorism
Terrorist attacks are highly responsive to local funding availability, and financial counter-terrorism can, thus, be effective in reducing terrorism casualties,...
UK’s first and only research Centre dedicated to placing empathy at the heart of healthcare
The incoming director of a major new research and teaching Centre has described the urgent need to place empathy at...
To predict future water supply, UTA to look to the past
A University of Texas at Arlington hydrology researcher will collect historical data about the Brazos River Basin to help the...
New type of extremely reactive substance in the atmosphere
A commonly known chemical compound is hydrogen peroxide. All peroxides have two oxygen atoms attached to each other, making them...
New class of substances detected in atmospheric chemistry
Leipzig/Copenhagen/Pasadena. An international research team has now succeeded in detecting hydrotrioxides (ROOOH) for the first time under atmospheric conditions. Until...
Why haven’t we discovered co-orbital exoplanets? Could tides offer a possible answer?
So far, we haven't discovered any exoplanets with co-orbital objects. A new study suggests tides could be causing oscillations that...
A unique catalyst paves the way for plastic upcycling
A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers...
