Chemistry
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent...
Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures...
Multiple semiconductor type switching to boost thermoelectric conversion of waste heat
Credit: Tokyo Tech In recent years, the energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the...
Magnesium contact ions stabilize the macromolecular structure of transfer RNA
Credit: MBI In cells transfer RNA (tRNA) translates genetic information from the encoding messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein synthesis. New...
Within a hair’s breadth–forensic identification of single dyed hair strand now possible
Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigationsCredit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science In...
ERC Consolidator Grant for Konstanz chemist
Credit: AG Gaich/University of Konstanz For her research project entitled "Cooperative Synthesis by Molecular Deconvolution" (CoSyMoDe), Professor Tanja Gaich from...
Listen to the birds: illegal diet pill DNP might kill you on the long run
Credit: Cédric Sueur Weight loss appears as a holy grail in our modern societies. DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol), a molecule decreasing the...
Ultrafast dynamics of chiral spin structures observed after optical excitation
Investigation of femtosecond time-resolved x-ray scattering signals reveals a faster chiral compared to collinear magnetic order dynamicsCredit: Ill./©: Frank Freimuth...
Science of sandcastles is clarified, finally
Science of building sandcastles mysteriously explained for 150 years by the 'Kelvin equation' is finally understood by a Manchester team...
How to make catalysts more efficient
DFG funds new collaborative research center "TrackAct" at KIT for understanding catalytic processesCredit: (Figure: ITCP/KIT) Heterogeneous catalysts based on noble...
Antimicrobial Stewardship course honoured at Antibiotic Guardian Awards
Credit: University of Huddersfield A COURSE delivered by the University of Huddersfield that teaches healthcare professionals involved in wound management...
Shining a light on what’s really happening in perovskite solar cells
University of Tsukuba researchers take a molecular-level look at what happens in perovskite solar cells when they are operating, to...
New blended solar cells yield high power conversion efficiencies
Credit: Itaru Osaka, Hiroshima University Researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan have blended together various polymer and molecular semiconductors as...
NTU, Surbana Jurong and ENGIE to partner for sustainable liquid air energy storage researc
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Surbana Jurong (SJ), and ENGIE will be collaborating to develop an...
How does eye position affect ‘cocktail party’ listening?
Eye position has a modest but measurable impact on speech intelligibility within a cocktail party setting.Credit: Virginia Best MELVILLE, N.Y.,...
Let the sunshine in: self-cleaning membrane under visible light treatment
Complete removal of microbial contaminant layer accumulated on the membrane surface by sunlight irradiation. Providing a foundation for the development...
Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Credit: Phil Robinson Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson's disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a...
Using light, red blood cells and a honey bee peptide to deliver therapeutic proteins
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01151 Protein therapies are often more potent and selective toward their biochemical...
Can sting rays and electric rays help us map the ocean floor?
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have completed a feasibility study indicating...
Colorado mountains bouncing back from ‘acid rain’ impacts
Credit: William Bowman A long-term trend of ecological improvement is appearing in the mountains west of Boulder. Researchers from the...
