Chemistry
Plant tissue engineering improves drought and salinity tolerance
University of Nevada, Reno research addressing future population growth and food shortagesCredit: Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno RENO,...
A data treasure for gait analysis
One of the biggest data records for automated gait analysis worldwide openly accessibleCredit: FH St. Pölten / Florian Kibler The...
Chanterelle mushrooms as a taste enhancer
New method for quality control of chanterelle mushroomsCredit: Leibniz-LSB@TUM Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) are one of the most popular mushrooms in...
World’s widest graphene nanoribbon promises the next generation of miniaturized electronics
Credit: Junichi Yamaguchi, Yasunobu Sugimoto, Shintaro Sato, Hiroko Yamada With literally the thickness of one carbon atom and electrical properties...
Light from inside the tunnel
Credit: University of Rostock, B. Liewehr Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of...
Scientists develop N-doped self-cleaning membranes that use visible light irradiation
Credit: ZHANG Huiru Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Argonne National...
Face mask construction, materials matter for containing coughing, sneezing droplets
Simulated coughs and sneezes from mannequins show higher efficacy in multilayered, well-fitted cloth masks.Credit: CREDIT: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar R. Dhanak...
Researchers identify multiple molecules that shut down SARS-Cov-2 polymerase reaction
A library of molecules with unique structural and chemical features inhibit the novel coronavirus polymerase, a key drug target for...
Respiratory droplet motion, evaporation and spread of COVID-19-type pandemics
Mathematical model sheds light on the motion and evaporation of respiratory droplets responsible for disease transmissionCredit: Swetaprovo Chaudhuri, Saptarshi Basu,...
Optoelectronic parametric oscillator
Credit: by Tengfei Hao, Qizhuang Cen, Shanhong Guan, Wei Li, Yitang Dai, Ninghua Zhu, and Ming Li Parametric oscillators are...
Northwestern launches a national resource to unlock role of metals in human health
Partners include Argonne National Laboratory and leading research universitiesCredit: Sample courtesy of the Kozorovitskiy and O'Halloran groups, analysis software from...
No touching: Skoltech researchers find contactless way to measure thickness of carbon nanotube films
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and Finland have figured out a non-invasive...
A cosmic mystery: ESO telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable...
Implants: Can special coatings reduce complications after implant surgery?
Credit: Hala Al Khoury / Uni Halle New coatings on implants could help make them more compatible. Researchers at the...
Researchers catch a wave to determine how forces control granular material properties
Credit: Johns Hopkins University Stress wave propagation through grainy, or granular, materials is important for detecting the magnitude of earthquakes,...
Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
Rice University study finds novel type of polarized light-matter interactionCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 29, 2020) - A...
Osmotic stress identified as stimulator of cellular waste disposal
Credit: Tania Lopez-Hernandez Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules,...
Plasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease
Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to the disease's onset, a new experimental and computational...
New 3D model shows how the paradise tree snake uses aerial undulation to fly
The snakes which comprise the Chrysopelea family are the only known limbless vertebrates capable of flight. Scientists have known this, but...
Stanford-led team shows how to store data using 2D materials instead of silicon chips
Researchers have invented a way to slide atomically-thin layers of 2D materials over one another to store more data, in...
