Chemistry
NYUAD researchers shed new light on mysteries behind the light emission of fireflies
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Fast facts: Bioluminescence is an energy-conserving process of natural production of cold light that many lower...
Yuka Esashi named as 2021 recipient of Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship
The award honors the memory of the SPIE senior member and Mentor chief engineerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — Yuka...
Bacteria release climate-damaging carbon from thawing permafrost
Rising temperatures lead to collapse of intact permafrost soilsCredit: Monique Patzner Around a quarter of the ground in the northern...
Natural environmental conditions facilitate the uptake of microplastics into living cells
University of Bayreuth study: A coating of biomolecules may act as a kind of Trojan horse that allows plastics to...
Lung ultrasounds could help determine COVID-19 outcome
Credit: Umberto Sabatini MELVILLE, N.Y., December 10, 2020 -- For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death,...
Bio-inspired lanthanide-transition metal cluster for efficient overall water splitting
Credit: ©Science China Press Photosynthesis in nature uses the CaMn4O5 cluster as the oxygen-evolving center to catalyze the water oxidation...
A day at the beach helps model how sound moves through coastal areas
Does wet sand affect how sound travels across a beach? Researchers set off to a coastal beach in North Carolina...
In your face: a compact RGB scanning projector for wearable displays and smart glasses
Scientists develop a miniature laser-based device for projecting color HD video on the retinaCredit: University of Fukui Thanks to the...
Energy-efficient magnetic RAM: A new building block for spintronic technologies
Credit: POSTECH & SNU Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Seoul National University in South Korea...
Tiny bubbles on electrodes key to speeding up chemical processes
Credit: na New Curtin University-led research has shown the formation of bubbles on electrodes, usually thought to be a hindrance,...
$6.3 million will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards
Incurable fungus, root rot and salinity threaten fruit productionCredit: UCR New grants totaling $6.3 million will help UC Riverside solve...
Making cheaper, biocompatible E-skin electrodes
A polymer electrode gets an electrical boost for use in E-skin devices.Credit: dgist Scientists around the world are working to...
New and unexplored dimension in the study of protein-protein interactions
Credit: Mary Zhu Many proteins are required to maintain the structure, and to preserve the genetic integrity, of DNA. Sliding...
No mortality increase with paclitaxel-coated devices in peripheral arterial disease
Credit: University of Gothenburg. An interim analysis from the Swedish Drug-Elution Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease (SWEDEPAD) has now been...
Gene discovery could help prevent heart attacks
Credit: Courtesy Civelek lab Researchers at the University of Virginia have shed light on how our genes affect our risk...
Largest-ever study on children’s soft contact lens safety shows low complication rates
Extensive retrospective review offers real-world data for myopia management in childrenCredit: R Chalmers SAN RAMON, Calif., December 10, 2020--The largest-ever...
Harvesting the sun’s energy for clean drinking water: Where we are, where we need to be
Scientists review some of the research behind a technology that could cauterize a growing global drinking water crisisCredit: Lei Miao...
Breakthrough in nuclear physics
High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particlesCredit: Daniel Dominguez / CERN The positively charged protons in...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease murine modelCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified...
“Birthday” of the roof of the world recalibrated
Third Pole rose to modern height much later than previously thoughtCredit: TPE As the roof of the world, the Third...
