Chemistry
Nanocrystals that eradicate bacteria biofilm
Credit: POSTECH The COVID-19 pandemic is raising fears of new pathogens such as new viruses or drug-resistant bacteria. To this,...
Engineers find antioxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers
Credit: Brooke Kuei, Penn State Reactive molecules, such as free radicals, can be produced in the body after exposure to...
Entangling electrons with heat
Quantum entanglement is key for next-generation computing and communications technology, Aalto researchers can now produce it using temperature differencesCredit: Aalto...
High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories
Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ribosomes are the complexes of ribonucleoproteins at the heart of protein synthesis...
Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential
It converts from sheets to tubes and back in a controllable fashionCredit: Conticello Lab Chemists have developed a nanomaterial that...
Researchers question fundamental study on the Kondo effect
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich, Germany, 7 January 2021. The Kondo effect influences the electrical resistance of metals at low temperatures...
UTSA Artificial Intelligence Consortium receives over $1M in research funding
University led research attempts to close the performance gap between modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems and biological systemsCredit: UTSA Dhireesha...
Study reveals structure of protein and permits search for drugs against neglected diseases
Discovery by Brazilian scientists paves the way for the study of more potent molecules capable of directly destroying parasites underlying...
Solstice
Liquid metals for energy storageCredit: HZDR / Blaurock Reliable and economical systems for storing large amounts of energy are needed...
Simple bioreactor makes ‘gut check’ more practical
Rice, Baylor device mimics intestines to show how invading bacteria cause diseaseCredit: Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON - (Jan....
High-flux table-top source for femtosecond hard X-ray pulses
Credit: MBI Femtosecond hard X-ray pulses are an important tool for unraveling structure changes of condensed matter on atomic length...
UNF instructor receives US patent for toxic gas sensors
Credit: Nirmal Patel Jacksonville, Fla. - Dr. Nirmalkumar Patel, a University of North Florida physics associate lecturer, was recently awarded...
Refined process enables high-strength thin glass
Materials scientist from the University of Jena, Germany receives renewed support from the European Research CouncilCredit: Jens Meyer/University of Jena...
When galaxies collide: Hubble showcases six beautiful galaxy mergers
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University), A. Adamo...
Drug combination increases susceptibility to chemotherapy in cases of severe neuroblastoma
Credit: Photo by Margareta G. Kubista Researchers at the University of Gothenburg now suggest a possible cure for children with...
What are the performance limits of our brain?
University of Magdeburg receives 14 million euros for world-class neuroscientific researchCredit: Sarah Rinke Which neurobiological principles prevent us as humans...
A subtle change in the DNA may predispose to polyneuropathy after gut infection
Credit: Department of Immunology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Guillain-Barré syndrome is an infamous autoimmune neuropathy, yet genetic variants predisposing individuals...
Math and the buildings we live and work in
University of Hawaii professor Wai-Fah Chen reveals how the mathematical theory of plasticity shaped the modern structural designCredit: World Scientific...
Want to diagnose brain diseases? A mass spectrometry imaging may one day help you
Researchers from Osaka University developed a new method for brain tissue analysis in high spatial resolution that requires no sample...
Light-based processors boost machine-learning processing
Credit: University of Oxford The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital age poses some real challenges on processing...
