Chemistry
UCI materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect
Southern California's diabolical ironclad beetle can even survive being run over by carCredit: David Kisailus / UCI Irvine, Calif. -...
Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region
A study concludes that PCBs, PBDEs and metabolites of DDT threaten the terns throughout their lives, from the moment they...
Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes
Binding to mismatched DNA takes less energy; may explain how regulatory mutations get locked inCredit: Maria Schumacher, Duke University DURHAM,...
Thermal vision of snakes inspires soft pyroelectric materials
Credit: Darbaniyan et al. /Matter Converting heat into electricity is a property thought to be reserved only for stiff materials...
OPD optical sensors that reproduce any color
Credit: POSTECH Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the energy of light into electrical energy. Organic photodiodes (OPDs) respond quickly...
Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth’s last magnetic reversal
Credit: NIPR/AIST/Ibaraki University Earth's magnetic fields typically switch every 200 to 300 millennia. Yet, the planet has remained steady for...
AI and photonics join forces to make it easier to find ‘new Earths’
Australian scientists' invention will decipher the 'twinkle' of starsCredit: NASA. Australian scientists have developed a new type of sensor to...
The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity
Credit: Alexander Yakushev, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung Gaining a better understanding of the limiting factors for the existence of stable,...
The highest heat-resistant plastic ever is developed from biomass
Credit: JAIST The use of biomass-derived plastics is one of the prime concerns to establish a sustainable society, which is...
Good vibrations for new energy
Nanogenerator 'scavenges' power from their surroundingsCredit: Flinders University Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn't need a wireless or mains...
Kitchen temperature supercurrents from stacked 2D materials
Ultra-low-energy electronics 'straight out of the fridge'?Credit: Olivia Kong Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly...
Robots and humans collaborate to revolutionize architecture
Robotic strength and precision allow for vastly more sustainable processes.Credit: Photo by Shenhan Zhu, CREATE Laboratory Princeton Two Princeton researchers,...
New boost for high-brightness dyes research
Credit: StabiLux StabiLux Biosciences, a spin-out company from research conducted at Michigan Technological University, has received an additional $500,000 supplementary...
Final two journals in the 2020 pilot program use Subscribe to Open to publish volumes OA
The Annual Review of Environment and Resources and the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science have been converted from...
Removal of synthetic estrogen from water
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 20, 2020--Synthetic estrogens from pharmaceuticals contaminate rivers and threaten the...
UC studies tobacco use, cancer connection
Research shows that tobacco use changes the metabolism of a type of kidney cancer which could lead to individualized treatmentCredit:...
Anti-inflammatory therapy shows promise in slowing progression of multiple sclerosis
Study shows using intranasal delivery method may reduce inflammation in the brainCredit: University of Alberta Intranasal administration of an anti-inflammatory...
New technology could improve LASIK surgery, eye disease detection
University of Houston professor to create ultrafast 3D clinical imaging systemCredit: University of Houston LASIK eye surgery - a laser...
Computational study reveals how Ebola nucleocapsid stabilizes
All-atom simulations of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid reveal how a helical assembly, indispensable for viral infection, stabilizes the virusCredit: Tanya...
Interactions within larger social groups can cause tipping points in contagion flow
The distribution of group interactions in a social network affects the critical point at which explosive jumps in opinion, popularity,...
