Chemistry
Study suggests most humans are vulnerable to type 2 diabetes
Credit: IU School of Medicine Scientists have found that insulin has met an evolutionary cul-de-sac, limiting its ability to adapt...
Hubble launches large ultraviolet-light survey of nearby stars
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Roman-Duval (STScI), ULLYSES program, and R. Gendler The universe would be a pretty boring place without...
Scientists work to shed light on Standard Model of particle physics
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Mapping the magnetic field for Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment As scientists await the highly anticipated...
Playing detective on a galactic scale: Huge new dataset will solve multiple Milky Way mysteries
Australian-led GALAH project releases chemical information for 600,000 starsCredit: Dr Ángel R. López-Sánchez/Australian Astronomical Optics/Macquarie University/ASTRO 3D How do stars...
Know when to unfold ’em: Applying particle physics methods to quantum computing
'Unfolding' techniques used to improve the accuracy of particle detector data can also improve the readout of quantum states from...
From hard to soft: making sponges from mussel shells
Credit: Jennifer Murphy Scientists have discovered a spongy form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a material found in limestone, chalk, marble,...
RUDN University physicist developed software solution to measure the black holes stability
Credit: RUDN University Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn't mean it exists...
Blue phosphorus: How a semiconductor becomes a metal
Credit: Copyright: Jessica Arcudia The results of these investigations were published as highlight article in the current issue of the...
Utilizing a ‘krafty’ waste product: Toward enhancing vehicle fuel economy
Researchers from Kanazawa University fine-tuned the chemical structure and mechanical performance of a substance that's ordinarily burned in the paper...
Vortex technology developed by NTU spin-off speeds up cooling while saving energy
Credit: NTU Singapore Vortec, a spin-off company from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has launched a new ceiling fan...
The ebb and flow of brain ventricles
Expansion of ventricles in MS patients often recedesCredit: Millward et al., MDC It is not only the heart that has...
Turning up the heat on molten salt valves
$2.5 million DOE grant to advance critical component for concentrating solar powerCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia...
Nature-inspired design–Mimicking moth eyes to produce transparent anti-reflective coatings
Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of mothsCredit: Ian Lindsay...
INRS awards an honorary doctorate to biochemist Nahum Sonenberg
Credit: Owen Egan Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) is proud to announce that McGill University biochemist and professor...
Building a quantum network one node at a time
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University have taken an...
Combining Eastern medicine with Western to improve cancer therapy
Can ancient Chinese herbs cure chemotherapy-related diarrhea?Credit: University of Houston University of Houston professor of pharmaceutics Ming Hu is developing...
Water-energy nanogrid provides solution for rural communities lacking basic amenities
Researchers at Texas A&M developed a purification system that uses energy from solar panels to decontaminate waterCredit: Dr. Le Xie...
FAST helps reveal the origin of fast radio bursts
Credit: NAOC Researchers from Beijing Normal University, Peking University and National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)...
Detection of a short, intense radio burst in Milky Way
Close proximity of high energy pulse suggests magnetars may be at the origin of some fast radio burstsCredit: McGill University...
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases
Physicists use new model to demonstrate decrease in infection rates through social distancingCredit: M. te Vrugt et al./Nature Research Scientists...
