Chemistry
Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
Credit: Caltech On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of...
Diamonds engage both optical microscopy and MRI for better imaging
Nitrogen vacancy centers in microdiamond tracers enable dual imaging to probe deeper in tissueCredit: Ashok Ajoy, UC Berkeley When doctors...
New technology makes tumor eliminate itself
Credit: Plückthun Lab A new technology developed by UZH researchers enables the body to produce therapeutic agents on demand at...
Stanford study reveals new biomolecule
Credit: Ryan Flynn Stanford researchers have discovered a new kind of biomolecule that could play a significant role in the...
Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter named fellow of the Combustion Institute
Credit: (Image by Robert Tranter.) Tranter explores the reactions of chemicals under high temperatures and pressures. Senior chemist Robert (Rob)...
To map the universe, astrophysicists launch largest sky survey yet
Nearly 40 years after creating the first, iconic map of the universe, researchers aim for the largest map ever.Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P....
The perfect blend: Optimizing gas mixtures for hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates
Scientists find optimal hydrogen-natural gas blend to trap hydrogen in cage-like molecules more effectivelyCredit: GIST In our ongoing quest to...
Climate policies, transition risk, and financial stability
Credit: Adam Islaam | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) The way in which banks react to climate risks...
Some RNA molecules have unexpected sugar coating
Credit: Emily M. Eng/R. Flynn et al./Cell 2021 In a surprise find, scientists have discovered sugar-coated RNA molecules decorating the...
Shortcut for dendritic cells
Credit: Source: Arasa et al. Journal of Experimental Medicine 2021, modified In its response to pathogens and vaccines, our immune...
A connection between senescence and stem cells caused by a breast cancer-initiating protein
High levels of RANK protein trigger senescence, which plays a protective role in the early stages of tumours and delays...
New study finds combination of Omega-3s in popular supplements may blunt heart benefits
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Doctors often recommend Omega-3s to help patients lower their cholesterol and improve heart health. Those Omega-3s can...
Lehigh chemist Xiaoji Xu selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Xu is one of only sixteen selected this year for this highly competitive grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus...
Scientists explore Tesla roads not taken — and find new potential present-day utility
Study tests viability of 100-year old patented device by inventorCredit: NYU's Applied Mathematics Laboratory A valve invented by engineer Nikola...
Etching process enhances the extraction of hydrogen during water electrolysis
Credit: The authors Extracting hydrogen from water through electrolysis offers a promising route for increasing the production of hydrogen, a...
New research shows: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek led rivals astray
Credit: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave/TU Delft A microscope used by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to conduct pioneering research contains a surprisingly ordinary lens,...
MIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
The Institute commits to net-zero emissions by 2026, charts course marshaling all of MIT's capabilities toward decarbonizationCredit: Image: Christopher Harting...
Is the past (and future) there when nobody looks?
Credit: © Aloop, IQOQI-Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften In 1961, the Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Eugene Wigner proposed what...
Earth’s oldest minerals date onset of plate tectonics to 3.6 billion years ago
Ancient zircons from the jack hills of western Australia hone date of an event that was crucial to making the...
Using micro-sized cut metal wires, Japanese team forges path to new uses for terahertz waves
Credit: Takehito Suzuki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japanese researchers successfully tested reflectionless, highly refractive index metasurface that may...
