Chemistry
Heat treatment may make chemotherapy more effective
Heating up cancer cells while targeting them with chemotherapy is a highly effective way of killing them, according to a...
Sweat, bleach and gym air quality
New study shows high bodily emissions during workouts, intensified by chemical reactions with cleanersCredit: Katie Weeman/CIRES One sweaty, huffing, exercising...
In sight: A paradigm shift in materials characterization
With industry partnership, Lehigh Univ. materials researchers developing novel instrumentation that could outperform synchrotron-based x-ray absorption spectrometry in giving scientists...
Researchers regenerate deactivated catalyst in methanol-to-olefins process
Credit: GAO Mingbin MTO process, which was first commercialized in 2010, is a catalytic process converting methanol, which is typically...
Neither liquid nor solid
Credit: Research groups of Professor Andreas Zumbusch and Professor Matthias Fuchs While glass is a truly ubiquitous material that we...
Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature
Credit: Tamura/Osaka City University For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of...
Making therapeutic sense of antisense oligonucleotides
Credit: Department of Neurology and Neurological Science,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, USA, report...
Reawakened geyser does not foretell Yellowstone volcanic eruptions, study shows
Analysis of Steamboat Geyser also finds relationship between column height and reservoir depthCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Mara Reed When...
Mechanophores: Making polymer crystallization processes crystal clear
Credit: Tokyo Tech In modern times, manufacturers produce highly specialized materials for a wide array of uses, called polymers. Polymers...
Scientists seek faster route to treat depression
The research group used epigenetic modulators to try to 'erase' the damage done by stress to neuroplasticity. The study showed...
First glimpse of polarons forming in a promising next-gen energy material
These fleeting disruptions, seen for the first time in lead hThese fleeting disruptions may help explain why lead hybrid perovskites...
Chemists succeed in synthesis of aminoalcohols by utilizing light
New method for generating the least accessible form of vicinal aminoalcohols; study published in 'Nature Catalysis'Credit: WWU - Glorius Group...
Experiment to precisely measure electrons moves forward
Project approval in hand, the MOLLER experiment moves forward to provide a precise measurement of a well-understood process in hopes...
Supercapacitors challenge batteries
Powerful graphene hybrid material for highly efficient supercapacitorsCredit: Prof. Dr. J. Kolleboyina / IITJ A team working with Roland Fischer,...
Long live the efficient, pure-blue OLED
Novel approach shows promise for overcoming the bottleneck of blue emission in displays using organic light-emitting diodesCredit: Masaki Tanaka, Kyushu...
Scrambled supersolids
Researchers discovered a soft form of a solidCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Last year, more than fifty years after initial theoretical...
Novel film that that evaporates sweat six times faster and holds 15 times more moisture
Promising applications include underarm pads, insoles and shoe linings; Moisture harvested could power small wearable electronicsCredit: National University of Singapore...
Researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Credit: Image by the Ganapathysubramanian research group/Iowa State University and Gregory Foss/Texas Advanced Computing Center. AMES, Iowa - Nature has...
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
Credit: Dang Chaoqun / City University of Hong Kong Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many...
New mutations in malaria parasite encourage resistance against key preventive drug
The mutations are already widespread in parasite populations in Africa and AsiaCredit: Lauren Holden, Wellcome Collection (CC BY 4.0) In...
