Chemistry
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...
All-optical computation of a group of transformations using a polarization-encoded diffractive network
Implementing large-scale linear transformations or matrix computations plays a pivotal role in modern information processing systems. Digital computer systems need...
Two Virginia graduate students get a boost for research
NEWPORT NEWS – Two graduate students at Virginia universities who plan to conduct research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
Pandemic-related stressors in pregnant women may impact their babies before they’re born
Prolonged levels of stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to altering key features of fetal brain development —...
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
HOUSTON – (May 26, 2022) – The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back...
Tsunami threats underestimated in current models, new research shows
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000...
Yang wins Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Lan Yang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the...
New HHMI program pledges $1.5 billion for outstanding early career faculty committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched a roughly $1.5 billion program to help build a scientific workforce that...
New Work Foundation Index reveals UK workers suffering most from insecure employment
New in-depth analysis of UK job market data reveals women, disabled people, ethnic minorities and young workers have been consistently...
A helping hand for robotic manipulator design
MIT researchers have created an interactive design pipeline that streamlines and simplifies the process of crafting a customized robotic hand...
Decline of diatoms due to ocean acidification
While calcifying organisms like oysters and corals have difficulty forming their shells and skeletons in more acidic seawater, diatoms have...
Breastfeeding duration associated with cognition
Breastfeeding duration is associated with improved cognitive scores at ages 5 through 14, even after controlling for socioeconomic position and...
DWI for detection of locally recurrent pancreatic cancer
Leesburg, VA, May 25, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), adding diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) to conventional MRI improves...
Dutch researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an...
Early urbanism found in the Amazon
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Heiko Prümers from the German Archaeological Institute and Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt from...
Mice choose best escape route without ever experiencing threat
Escaping imminent danger is essential for survival. Animals must learn a new environment fast enough for them to be able...
Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the...
Researchers discover the mechanism responsible for information transfer between different regions of the brain
In the early 20th century scientists began to record brain activity using electrodes attached to the scalp. To their surprise,...
