Chemistry

May 5, 2026

New study finds satellites contribute significant light pollution to night skies

Credit: Andreas Möller Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening...

Plants remember drought

Credit: (Picture: Rainer Hedrich / University of Wuerzburg) "I've been studying how plants regulate their water balance for over 35...

Stellar eggs near galactic center hatching into baby stars

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Lu et al. Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of...

String theory solves mystery about how particles behave outside a black hole photon sphere

Credit: EHT Collaboration; Kavli IPMU (Kavli IPMU modified EHT's original image)) A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics...

An industrially viable competitor to silicon-based solar cells is in the works

Researchers from Kanazawa University fabricated a highly efficient perovskite solar cell with nearly the energy conversion efficiency of commercial silicon-based...

Deciphering the secrets of printed electronics

We live in a world where we want our electronics to be flexible, bendable and stretchable apart from being intelligent....

Natural resources decrease income inequality in resource-rich countries

The main conditions are a developed democracy and a transparent market economyCredit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. A group of researchers...

Optogenetics: Light regulates an enzyme

Credit: (Picture: Shiqiang Gao / University of Wuerzburg) The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive...

First steps towards revolutionary ULTRARAM memory chips

Credit: Manus Hayne A new type of universal computer memory - ULTRARAM™ - has taken a step closer towards development...

The Protein Society announces its 2021 award recipients

Credit: The Protein Society The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of...

Inflammation-fighting protein could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - New research led by scientists at...

Laser lights the way

FDA approvals strengthen Octapharma USA pediatric critical care product portfolio

Octaplas™ and fibryga® receive new product labeling following FDA's approval of BLA supplements to update therapy research; FDA expands fibryga®...

Machine learning helps spot gait problems in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis-related gait issues can be challenging...

How AI beats spreadsheets in modelling future volumes for city waste management

Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg Growing cities tend to run out of land for waste management and new...

Japan-Germany international joint experiment on space optical communication

NICT's optical ground station successfully received downlink light from DLR's small satellite-mounted optical terminal (OSIRISv1)Credit: NICT -Successful experiment to receive...

Controlling bubble formation on electrodes

Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systemsCredit: Image courtesy of...

A general approach to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

Credit: Christiane Kunath Perovskites, a class of materials first reported in the early 19th century, were "re-discovered" in 2009 as...

Funding research toward treating the root cause of neurodegenerative disease

Professor and GlycoNet Investigator Simonetta Sipione's research awarded major grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCredit: GlycoNet Dr. Simonetta...

3D-printed artificial lung model