Chemistry
Carbon dioxide levels reflect COVID-19 risk
University of Colorado Boulder duo confirms value of measuring carbon dioxide to estimate infection riskCredit: Image courtesy of Spanish newspaper...
NASA’s Webb Telescope packs its sunshield for a million mile trip
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have successfully folded and packed its sunshield for its...
Unraveling the mysteries of sleep disorders in multiple system atrophy
New study shows that in multiple system atrophy, sleep disorders are a common but scarcely studied symptom associated with disease...
Genome sequencing reveals a new species of bumblebee
Credit: Jennifer Geib While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a...
A new mouse model gave surprising findings about Folling Disease
Credit: Ellen Johanne Jarli In Norway, all newborn children are tested for 25 rare genetic diseases through the Newborn Screening...
800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices
Credit: Pam Manix A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found...
First images of cells exposed to COVID-19 vaccine reveal native-like Coronavirus spikes
Credit: University of Southampton New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on...
Early indicators of magma viscosity could help forecast a volcano’s eruption style
2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawai'i provided scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to identify new factors that could help...
First transiting exoplanet’s ‘chemical fingerprint’ reveals its distant birthplace
Astronomers have found evidence that the first exoplanet that was identified transiting its star could have migrated to a close...
Designing selective membranes for batteries using a drug discovery toolbox
By binding specific ions in specially designed cages within its pores, a new membrane could enable more efficient flows in...
The muon’s magnetic moment fits just fine
A new estimate of the strength of the sub-atomic particle's magnetic field aligns with the standard model of particle physicsCredit:...
Visionary bone damage study
X-rays confirm promise of new luminescent markersCredit: Flinders University A novel way to pinpoint and illuminate bone damage promises to...
Nanoparticles reveal their location via mirror SELFI
Can a mirror turn an orange into a doughnut?Credit: Dr Fan Wang Can a mirror turn an orange into a...
Development of a large CO2 conversion system, a core carbon neutrality technology
Features a high-performance, sea urchin-shaped nano copper catalyst electrode which provides a high selectivity for CO2 conversion; the realization of...
New formulation of existing medicines prove highly effective against drug-resistant fungus
Credit: CWRU CLEVELAND--A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can...
Dan Werthimer and Paul Horowitz to share 2021 Drake Award
The 2021 Drake Awards mark the first time this SETI Institute award has simultaneously recognized the achievements of two people,...
Dark Energy Survey physicists open new window into dark energy
For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance...
Alien raindrops surprisingly like rain on Earth
Credit: Image Credit: AGU WASHINGTON--Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite...
SwRI’s 100-kg small satellite platform added to NASA’s RDSO catalog
SwSP-100 now available through the $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contractCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- April 6, 2021 --...
Screening for skin disease on your laptop
New artificial neural network design can differentiate between healthy and diseased skinCredit: University of Houston The founding chair of the...
