Chemistry
A new window to see hidden side of magnetized universe
Credit: Credit: Chibueze, Sakemi, Ohmura et al. (MeerKAT image); Takumi Ohmura, Mami Machida, Hirotaka Nakayama, 4D2U Project, NAOJ (ATERUI II...
Personalized sweat sensor reliably monitors blood glucose without finger pricks
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00139 Many people with diabetes endure multiple, painful finger pricks each day to...
Mysterious hydrogen-free supernova sheds light on stars’ violent death throes
Credit: Kavli IPMU / Aya Tsuboi A curiously yellow pre-supernova star has caused astrophysicists to re-evaluate what's possible at the...
Release of drugs from a supramolecular cage
Hot paper in Angewandte ChemieCredit: HHU / Robin Küng How can a highly effective drug be transported to the precise...
Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure
Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is...
UMD team demonstrates swarm of photons that somersault in lockstep
Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and figure...
New application of AI just removed one of the biggest roadblocks in astrophysics
Using neural networks, Flatiron Institute research fellow Yin Li and his colleagues simulated vast, complex universes in a fraction of...
Polarization-sensitive photodetection using 2D/3D perovskite heterostructure crystal
Credit: @Science China Press Polarization-sensitive photodetectors, based on anisotropic semiconductors, have exhibited wide advantages in specialized applications, such as astronomy,...
Observation of antichiral edge states in a circuit lattice
Credit: @Science China Press Originally formulated in the context of condensed matter physics, the Haldane model is an influential model...
Emissive supramolecular metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly
Credit: @Science China Press Metallacages prepared via coordination-driven self-assembly have received extensive attention because of their three-dimensional layout and cavity-cored...
Phase transition inside the nucleus provides oncogenic function to mutant p53 in cancer
Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discover a crucial link between phase transition (aggregation) and cancer pathologyCredit:...
Investigating the role of Brd4 in diet-induced obesity
Credit: Lin-Feng Chen A new study, published in JCI Insight, looks at how Brd4, a regulator of the innate immune...
UTA researchers combining light waves and nanoparticles to treat battlefield TBIs
New approaches to battlefield brain injuriesCredit: UT Arlington chair of the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington...
Using 4D printing to enable vascularization, bone tissue regeneration, spinal fusion
4D printing helps create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite.Credit: Hanjun Hwangbo, Hyeongjin Lee WASHINGTON, May 4,...
New look at a bright stellar nursery
VLA observations reveal changes over timeCredit: CREDIT: DePree, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Spitzer/NASA. This overlay shows radio (orange) and...
Surfaces can be designed with antiviral properties to mitigate COVID-19
An optimally designed surface can speed the decay of a viral loadCredit: S. Chatterjee, J.S. Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, and R....
Cellphone converts into powerful chemical detector
With only $50 worth of components, an ordinary cellphone transforms into a sophisticated scientific instrument, capable of identifying chemicals, drugs,...
The secret life of bee signals can communicate colony health
Recording the electrostatic energy of honeybee hives offers a 'canary in the coalmine' look into ecosystem threats and environmental conditionsCredit:...
UBCO researcher uses geology to help astronomers find habitable planets
Findings will help better identify Earth-like planets that could sustain lifeCredit: Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Astronomers have identified...
Laser light makes a comeback (literally)
Researchers from Osaka University discover phenomenon of reciprocating propagation of laser pulse intensity in free spaceCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan...
