Chemistry
$10.8 million NIH grant to establish metabolic research center
The project will feature expertise in advanced imaging, bioenergetics and data science and will address diseases such as cancer, diabetes,...
Physics professor wins $1M in funding for quantum information processing research
Kamal receives early career awards from NSF, Air ForceCredit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher...
Insilico to present the latest advances in chemistry AI at ACS Spring 2021
Credit: Insilico April 6, 2021 - Insilico Medicine, a global leader in deep learning for drug discovery and development, will...
Hubble spots double quasars in merging galaxies
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is "seeing double." Peering back 10 billion years into...
Towards the in vivo detection of cancer progression using circularly polarized LEDs
Credit: Journal of Biophotonics Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have experimentally demonstrated a novel cancer diagnosis technique...
A new type of battery that can charge ten times faster than a lithium-ion battery created
Moreover, it is safer in terms of potential fire hazards and has a lower environmental impactCredit: Anatoliy A. Vereshchagin It...
Curbing coronavirus spread in enclosed spaces means better masks, adequate ventilation
Findings show leakage of airborne droplets escaping from masks even when just breathingCredit: Venugopal Arumuru/Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar WASHINGTON,...
Tiny brains grown in 3D-printed bioreactor
Small device contains wells to let small bits of tissue grow, develop, and be studied in real timeCredit: Ikram Khan...
Activated carbon increases cryocooler efficiency
At ultracold temperature of 4 kelvins, the carbon increased efficiency by more than 30%.Credit: Liubiao Chen/University of Chinese Academy of...
Plant, animal surfaces inspire infection-proof engineered implants
Some natural surfaces, like insect wings, have evolved to develop bactericidal features, which researchers hope to translate into health care...
Ammonia decomposition for hydrogen economy, improvement in hydrogen extraction efficiency
Development of a zeolite-based nanocatalyst for extraction of hydrogen stored in ammonia; development of a platform for commercializing ammonia as...
Exploring comet thermal history: Burnt-out comet covered with talcum powder
Credit: Kyoto Sangyo University The world's first ground-based observations of the bare nucleus of a comet nearing the end of...
Origins of life could have started with DNA-like XNAs
Credit: Keiji Murayama Nagoya University scientists in Japan have demonstrated how DNA-like molecules could have come together as a precursor...
SwRI receives up to $99 million to sustain aging Air Force aircraft
Contract will cover structural analysis, testing, airworthiness and sustainment servicesCredit: U.S. Air Force SAN ANTONIO -- April 5, 2021 --...
Vilcek honors immigrant scientists: Ruth Lehmann, Mohamed Abou Donia, Ibrahim Cissé, Silvi Rouskin
In lieu of an awards gala, Vilcek Foundation has launched a digital celebration to recognize the 2021 Vilcek Foundation Prizewinners.Credit:...
How a moving platform for 3D printing can cut waste and costs
Researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a unique low-cost dynamically-controlled surface for 3D printers that reduces waste...
UMass Amherst team discovers use of elasticity to position microplates on curved 2D fluids
Research is a leap forward in the quest for flexible ultrathin materialsCredit: Weiyue Xin of Santore lab. AMHERST, Mass. -...
Less than a nanometer thick, stronger and more versatile than steel
Credit: (Image by Qiucheng Li and Chaitanya Kolluru.) Scientists create stable nanosheets containing boron and hydrogen atoms with potential applications...
Streamlining the process of materials discovery
The materials platform M3I3 reduces the time for materials discovery by reverse engineering future materials using multiscale/multimodal imaging and machine...
Nonlinear wave mixing facilitates subwavelength imaging
Extending the Abbe theory into a nonlinear regime, researchers demonstrate a far-field, label-free, and scan-free super-resolution imaging technique based on...
