Chemistry
Vitamin boosts essential synthetic chemistry
Rice lab discovers light-driven catalyst forms olefins for drug, agrochemical manufacturingCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 8, 2020) - Inspired...
An honored inventor
National Academy of Inventors elects UD's Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows classCredit: Photo by Evan Krape The University of Delaware's...
Corona pandemic could be better tackled by reducing aerosol transmission.
Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extractionCredit: Hartmut Herrmann...
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
Credit: Please credit: Graphic: Dr Sunjie Ye, University of Leeds/Theranostics New research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs...
Batteries mimic mammal bones for stability
By copying the multilayer geometry of mammal bones, cathodes for sodium-ion batteries can be made more structurally stable, while maintaining...
Experiment to test quantum gravity just got a bit less complicated
Credit: University of Groningen Is gravity a quantum phenomenon? That has been one of the big outstanding questions in physics...
Tiny nanospindles enhance use of ultrasound to fight cancer
Small vanadium-doped titanium dioxide spindles sensitize cancerous tumors to ultrasound waves, markedly suppressing tumor growthCredit: Liang Cheng WASHINGTON, December 8,...
Adapting magnetometers for noisy, physically demanding environments
High-sensitivity, optically pumped magnetometers are used in a wide array of applications from monitoring magnetic disturbances in near space to...
Breakthrough material makes pathway to hydrogen use for fuel cells under hot, dry conditions
Innovative proton conductor developed to be effective at high temperaturesCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Stuttgart (Germany), University of...
Silver linings: Adding silver to the nanoclusters can do wonders for their luminescence
Credit: Takane Imaoka, Kimihisa Yamamoto of Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered that a...
Study confirms dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity
Credit: NAOJ Observations conducted by the Murikabushi Telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory confirmed that dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity...
Using Earth’s history to inform the search for life on exoplanets
UC Riverside-led team looks back to find life beyondCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's...
Deep rooted — mother’s empathy linked to ‘epigenetic’ changes to the oxytocin gene
Modification of the oxytocin gene is correlated with personal distress, an emotional response related to empathy, scientists showCredit: Akemi Tomoda...
Drug for rare disorder shows promise for treating herpes viruses
A drug currently prescribed to treat a rare enzyme deficiency can help cells clear the herpes simplex 1 and herpes...
Health Affairs: Reprocessing single-use med devices boosts circular economy for hospitals
Researchers find healthcare supply chains major sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Association of Medical Device Reprocessors Regulated medical...
Researchers call for renewed focus on thermoelectric cooling
With an established market, need for new materials is urgentCredit: University of Houston Almost 200 years after French physicist Jean...
New spin-out company signals quantum leap for brain imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham A new type of wearable brain scanner, designed to allow people to move freely whilst being...
Harnessing quantum properties to create single-molecule devices
Columbia team discovers 6-nanometer-long single-molecule circuit with enormous on/off ratio due to quantum interference; finding could enable faster, smaller, and...
This flexible and rechargeable battery is 10 times more powerful than state of the art
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a...
New transistor design disguises key computer chip hardware from hackers
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering...
