Chemistry
Study reveals how bacteria build essential carbon-fixing machinery
Credit: Luning Liu Scientists from the University of Liverpool have revealed new insight into how cyanobacteria construct the organelles that...
Research advances understanding of how the brain focuses while ignoring distractions
UC Riverside mouse study has implications for treating neuropsychiatric diseases such as ADHD and schizophreniaCredit: Zagha lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE,...
Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning
Credit: ATLAS Collaboration The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland became famous around the world in 2012 with the...
Rock ‘n’ control
Göttingen physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transitionCredit: Dr Murat Sivis The goal of "Femtochemistry" is to...
Making a material impact
New UD center receives $18 million grant from National Science Foundation to advance materials researchCredit: Graphic illustration by Don Shenkle...
Reducing radioactive waste in processes to dismantle nuclear facilities
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has produced a methodological guide of in situ measurements for the purpose of...
How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries
Credit: Courtesy of Arecibo Observatory/University of Central Florida - William Gonzalez and Andy Torres. An important breakthrough in how we...
Bespoke catalysts for power-to-X
Using a synchrotron, scientists of KIT watch a power-to-X catalyst at workCredit: Photo: Tiziana Carambia Suitable catalysts are of great...
Record efficiency for printed solar cells
Key step towards cheaper and more effective solar energyCredit: SPECIFIC/Swansea University A new study reports the highest efficiency ever recorded...
Porous graphene ribbons doped with nitrogen for electronics and quantum computing
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb...
Fluorescent peptide nanoparticles, in every color of the rainbow
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08259 The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is...
Regulating the properties of MAPbBr3 single crystal via voltage and application
Credit: by Jun Xing, Chen Zhao, Yuting Zou, Wenchi Kong, Zhi Yu, Yuwei Shan, Qingfeng Dong, Ding Zhou, Weili Yu...
Purifying water with the help of wood, bacteria and the sun
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01088 According to the United Nations, about one-fifth of the world's population lives...
New book examines human right to health, pushes for rating system for pharma companies
Credit: Oxford University Press Every human being has the right to health and new initiatives should be put in place...
Milk lipids follow the evolution of mammals
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists conducted a study of milk lipids and described the unique features of human breast milk as...
Biomedical sciences researcher receives $3.65 million federal grant to develop antiviral drugs
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Richard Plemper, Distinguished University Professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University,...
Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor
3D printed fractal structures with closely spaced voids dissipate shockwaves five times better than solid cubesCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...
A new understanding of protein movement
UD engineers uncover role of surface diffusion in protein transport, which could aid biopharmaceutical processingCredit: Photo courtesy of Ohnmar Khanal,...
‘Growing’ active sites on quantum dots for robust H2 photogeneration
Credit: Prof. WU's Group Very recently, Chinese researchers had achieved site- and spatial- selective integration of earth-abundant metal ions (e.g.,...
The collective power of the solar system’s dark, icy bodies
Credit: Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA The outermost reaches of our solar system are a strange place--filled with dark and icy bodies...
