Chemistry
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces
Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.Credit:...
Quantum causal loops
Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous - from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well as in everyday...
Inhibition of the BAF complex causes rapid loss of DNA accessibility
Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra_CeMM When human cells have to adapt due to a wide variety of external influences, the BAF...
Physicists finesse the storing of light to create rainbows of colour
Physicists at the University of Bath have found a way to use resonance to harness the energy of light more...
Cleaning Up the Mississippi River
Louisiana State University Boyd Professor tracks 100-year historyCredit: LSU Louisiana State University College of the Coast & Environment Boyd Professor...
Kessler Foundation to study effects of MS disease-modifying therapy on cognitive fatigue
Dr. John DeLuca leads team in novel study of the effects of a MS disease-modifying agent on the symptoms of...
Radiative cooling and solar heating from one system, no electricity needed
Study describes passive cooling system that aims to help impoverished communities, reduce cooling and heating costs, lower CO2 emissionsCredit: University...
New method developed for ‘up-sizing’ mini organs used in medical research
Credit: University of Cambridge A team of engineers and scientists has developed a method of 'multiplying' organoids: miniature collections of...
Neural roots/origins of alcoholism identified by British and Chinese researchers
Credit: University of Warwick A pathway in the brain where alcohol addiction first develops has been identified by a team...
Rare blast’s remains discovered in Milky Way’s center
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA Astronomers may have found our galaxy's first example of an unusual...
Tiny crustacean redefines ultra-fast movement
Monster claw snaps shut 10,000 times faster than blink of an eyeCredit: Patek Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The...
Efficiency limits of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar technology
Credit: by Gan Huang, Kai Wang and Christos N. Markides. Solar energy is one of the most abundant renewable energy...
‘Multiplying’ light could be key to ultra-powerful optical computers
Credit: Gleb Berloff An important class of challenging computational problems, with applications in graph theory, neural networks, artificial intelligence and...
3D-printed spectrometer on a 100 x100 μm² footprint
Credit: by Andrea Toulouse, Johannes Drozella, Simon Thiele, Harald Giessen, and Alois Herkommer Femtosecond direct laser writing as a 3D...
Silicon waveguides move us closer to faster, light-based logic circuits
Credit: by Urbonas, D., Mahrt, R.F. and Stöferle For decades, the speed of our computers has been growing at a...
Understanding catalytic couplings: not all synergies are simple
New Nature Catalysis paper provides a rationalisation of the inner workings of nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reactionsCredit: Credit: Craig S. Day (ICIQ)...
What rules govern the structure of membraneless organelles?
A study in Nature Communications outlines physical rules regulating the architecture of these liquid organellesCredit: Taranpreet Kaur BUFFALO, N.Y. --...
Scientists measure spectral line of Cherenkov radiation in radiant regime
Credit: TPU microtron The scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with the colleagues from Keysight company have conducted an experiment...
Insights into lithium metal battery failure open doors to doubling battery life
Credit: XU Gaojie Lithium metal batteries could double the amount of energy held by lithium-ion batteries, if only their anodes...
Scientists create armour for fragile quantum technology
'Suit of armour' protects 2D materials for new-gen electronicsCredit: Phil Dooley ANU An international team of scientists has invented the...
