Chemistry
Novel drug delivery particles use neurotransmitters as a ‘passport’ into the brain
Researchers create neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help ferry therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in miceCredit: Qiaobing...
Neurons are genetically programmed to have long lives
UC Riverside-led study identifies mechanism that prevents death of neuronsCredit: Zheng lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When our neurons...
AsEH enzyme: A new pharmacological target against Alzheimer’s disease
Drugs with neuroprotector effectsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A UB study published in the journal Neurotherapeutics has validated a new pharmacological...
Serendipity broadens the scope for making graphite
Credit: Kate Putman Curtin University researchers have unexpectedly discovered a new way to make crystalline graphite, an essential material used...
Tandem catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol
Encapsulating multiple molecular catalysts in nanoporous metal-organic frameworks central to efficient transformationCredit: Frank Tsung Chestnut Hill, Mass. (7/24/2020) - Converting...
Silicon core fishbone waveguide extends frequency comb
Waveguide design lets silicon compete with glass in frequency comb generationCredit: Zhang et al. Frequency combs are becoming one of...
Different from a computer: Why the brain never processes the same input in the same way
Credit: Stephani/ MPI CBS Rustling leaves, light rain at the window, a quietly ticking clock - muffled sounds, just above...
MIT Press’s New Environmental History book: The Contamination of the Earth
A History of Pollutions in the Industrial AgeCredit: The MIT Press Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has...
New technology makes homes more energy independent, helps divert power during blackouts
The new technology improves energy delivery between home solar-power systems and the electrical gridCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering...
New approach simultaneously measures EEG and fMRI connectomes
Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of...
Hubble sees summertime on Saturn
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team Saturn...
A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability
Drexel and KIST researchers report material can absorb EMI from electronic devicesCredit: Drexel University As we welcome wireless technology into...
Highly stable amyloid protein aggregates may help plant seeds last longer
Credit: Dr. Pavel Zykin Highly stable polymeric "amyloid" proteins, best known for their role in Alzheimer's disease, have been mostly...
New cell profiling method could speed TB drug discovery
Technology combines rapid imaging and machine learning to uncover patterns in how antibacterials kill; can be applied to many pathogensCredit:...
Quantum physicists crack mystery of ‘strange metals,’ a new state of matter
Strange metals have surprising connections to high-temperature superconductors and black holesCredit: P. Cha et al./Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Remember the first time you…? Mysterious brain structure sheds light on addiction
Cocaine-addicted mice shed light on claustrum's role in associating reward with contextCredit: Courtesy of Hebrew University Do you remember where...
Neandertals may have had a lower threshold for pain
People who inherited a special ion channel from Neandertals experience more painCredit: © Science Photo Library / Daynes, Elisabeth As...
Argonne breaks ground on new state-of-the-art beamlines for the Advanced Photon Source
Credit: (Image by Seth Hammond / Argonne National Laboratory.) The two new beamlines will be constructed as part of a...
A new method to significantly increase the range and stability of optical tweezers
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with a team of the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian...
Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode
Event also could give insight into dark energy and the creation of ironCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- For just...
