Chemistry
New study shows flies mutant for schizophrenia-associated genes respond well to anti-psychotics
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists have successfully treated flies displaying behavioural problems linked to newly discovered schizophrenia-associated genes in humans,...
Nickel atoms detected in the cold gas around interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
Credit: ESO/P.Guzik/M.Drahus Unbound nickel atoms and other heavy elements have been observed in very hot cosmic environments, including the atmospheres...
Oregon researchers find cell division machinery that makes brain cells
High speed, super-resolution imagery suggests that neural stem cells in fruit flies operate like machinery on a factory floorCredit: University...
Scientists take a bite out of solar efficiency challenge with sandwich model
The design of next-generation solar panels can now be improved thanks to a greater fundamental understanding of the structure within...
Case Western Reserve researchers identify potential approach to controlling epileptic seizures
Credit: Case Western Reserve University Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a potential new approach to better controlling...
SMU professor receives NASA funding to study Active Galactic Nuclei
Credit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) - Krista Lynne Smith, an assistant professor of physics at SMU, has received...
Bipolar order: A straightforward technique to have more control over organic thin films
Credit: Tokyo Tech Modern and emerging applications in various fields have found creative uses for organic thin films (TFs); some...
NSF EPSCoR grant will advance understanding of neutrinos and support new faculty
Credit: Benjamin Eberhardt, IceCubeNSF. LAWRENCE -- Neutrinos are almost intangible subatomic particles that hardly interact with matter in the universe....
Wake steering potentially boosts energy production at US wind plants
U.S. wind plants achieve a predicted annual production gain of 0.8% by using wake steeringCredit: Eric Simley, NREL WASHINGTON, May...
New catalyst proved efficient to electrosynthesis of ammonia
Credit: GENG Jing In a recent research, researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Haimin from the Institute of Solid State Physics...
Toward overcoming solubility issues in organic chemistry
Credit: Tamae Seo, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society. March 30, 2021 Scientists from Hokkaido University have developed...
New wound care best practice consensus document for pharmacy teams
Credit: University of Huddersfield and Wounds UK DURING the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists have increasingly played a key role as being...
Of mice and men: Mutation linked to autism impairs oxytocin-mediated social behavior
Mutations associated with autism can inhibit the release of the bonding hormone oxytocin and cause abnormal social behavior in miceCredit:...
Scientists to take a new step in the microelectronics’ development
Researchers developed a method to determine the electrochemical capacity.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great...
Modular photoswitch cpLOV2 developed for optogenetic engineering
Credit: ZHU Lei Recently, Prof. WANG Junfeng from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science...
LHAASO discovers a dozen PeVatrons and photons exceeding 1 PeV and launches ultra-high-energy gamma
Credit: Image by Institute of High Energy Physics China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)--one of the country's key...
‘Bite’ defects revealed in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons
Credit: @Michele Pizzochero Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because...
Portable, affordable, accurate, fast: Team invents new COVID-19 test
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new coronavirus test can get accurate results from a saliva...
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant...
NASA launches rocket in search of aurora answers
Credit: NASA Wallops/Terry Zaperach NASA launched one of its largest sounding rockets Sunday from an East Coast facility in an...
