Chemistry
SLAC and Stanford scientists home in on pairs of atoms that boost a catalyst’s activity
They discovered that the messy environment of a chemical reaction can actually change the shape of a catalytic nanoparticle in...
Virginia Tech scientists confirm usually harmless virus attacks the heart’s electrical system
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show adenovirus disrupts electrical signaling, impedes new communication channels.Credit: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Adenovirus, which...
Oil forecasting technique adapted for spreadsheets may cut shale operator costs
3D reservoir models predict the amount of oil in shale wells, but they are usually very complicated and slowCredit: Texas...
Future space travelers may follow cosmic lighthouses
For centuries, lighthouses helped sailors navigate safely into harbor. In the future, space explorers may receive similar guidance from the...
Experimentally identifying effective theories in many-body systems
Heidelberg researchers develop new method and demonstrate its application in experimentsCredit: Photo: Alexis Bonnin One goal of science is to...
Product recommendation systems can help with search of antiviral drugs
Credit: Skoltech Scientists from Skoltech and the Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of RAS...
Live Biotherapeutic products — a new regulatory approach for the safety assessment of a specific category of biological medicinal products
Recommendations for the safety assessment of a new category of biologic medicines, Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) - organized by the...
ExOne licenses ORNL method to 3D print components for refined neutron scattering
Credit: Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed...
Click… Resistant bacteria caught in the act!
Credit: Copyright UCLouvain The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a major health problem. The problem? Bacteria acquire new defense...
Catalyzing a green future
Credit: © 2020 Nikita Kolobov A metal organic framework (MOF)-based water splitting photocatalyst, developed at KAUST, has brought researchers a...
A fresh twist in chiral topology
Credit: © MPI CPfS The concept of chirality is well-established in science: when an object cannot be superimposed on its...
World’s fastest Bose-Einstein condensate
New research published in Nature Communications can make elusive state of matter in record timeCredit: Aaro Väkeväinen and Konstantinos Daskalakis/...
Which came first?
An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins...
Preventing lithium loss for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries
A novel pretreatment strategy resolves a long-standing issue of silicon anode materials. This solution-based strategy enables simple and safe processing...
Breakthrough discovery to transform prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Hayley Schultz/UniSA A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - will...
How tear gas affects your body (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 -- 2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the...
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
Quantum teleportation is an important step in improving quantum computingCredit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster "Beam me...
Fungal pathogen disables plant defense mechanism
The white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies the mustard oil bomb in plants of the cabbage familyCredit: Anna Schroll Cabbage...
Leipzig research balloon becomes platform for Arctic atmosphere measurements in MOSAiC
Researchers from TROPOS and the University of Leipzig make a major contribution to the success of the largest Arctic expeditionCredit:...
Extremely low thermal conductivity in 1D soft chain structure BiSeX (X = Br, I)
Credit: ©Science China Press The low thermal transport properties are important for applications in thermoelectrics and thermal barrier coatings. Nowadays,...
