Chemistry
‘Relaxed’ T cells critical to immune response
Rice University researchers model how cells handle invaders, ignore impostersCredit: Hamid Teimouri/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 16, 2020) - Like...
Scientists grow optical chips in a petri dish
A team of scientists led by ITMO researchers proposed a quick and affordable method to create optical chips right in...
Brain research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of depression
Credit: Lauri Nummenmaa A new study conducted in Turku, Finland, reveals how symptoms indicating depression and anxiety are linked to...
Nanostics re-opens ClarityDX prostate clinical study with new US recruitment site
Credit: Hoopla Summary Nanostics' clinical validation study for ClarityDX Prostate, a liquid biopsy test for the early diagnosis of clinically...
Flushing toilets create clouds of virus-containing particles
Coronavirus could be transmitted through a long-lasting cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets ejected from a flushing toilet.Credit: J.-X. Wang WASHINGTON,...
Quantum material research facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our society
Quantum material research connecting physicists in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our societyCredit:...
Scientists discover a long-sought-after nitrogen allotrope in black phosphorus structure
Credit: Cheng Ji Graphene, or a single layer of graphite, has a set of novel properties that have attracted tremendous...
New Editor-in-Chief appointed for Journal of Photonics for Energy
Sean Shaheen will lead the journal beginning in July 2020Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington - On 1 July, Sean Shaheen, associate...
Previously undetected brain pulses may help circuits survive disuse, injury
Research may lead to treatment advances for patients with immobilizing illness, injuryCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A neuroscientist's neon...
Determining effective magnetic moment of multicore nanoparticles
Magnetic nanoparticles can be used for drug targeting, storage media, moreCredit: Frank Ludwig WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 -- Magnetic nanoparticles,...
A new family of nanocars ready for the next nano Grand Prix
Credit: G. Rapenne, NAIST and UPS Gwénaël Rapenne, Professor at NAIST (Nara, Japan) and University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France) -...
All of the performance, none of the fuss: Nitrile hydrogenation done right
Osaka University researchers synthesize an easy-to-handle nano-cobalt phosphide catalyst for efficient hydrogenation of nitriles to primary aminesCredit: Osaka University Osaka,...
Borrowing from robotics, scientists automate mapping of quantum systems
Understanding the character of hardware errors helps stabilise the technologyCredit: University of Sydney Scientists at the University of Sydney have...
As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates
There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according...
Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts
Credit: The University of Jyväskylä In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the...
Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria
Kazanites teamed up with nuclear researchers from Dubna to publish their resultsCredit: Kazan Federal University Kazan Federal University, Joint Institute...
Taking a landslide’s temperature to avert catastrophe
A new model for deep-seated landslides that takes into account the temperature of a thin, unstable layer of clay could...
Genetic rescue of SHANK3 is potential therapy in rare forms of autism spectrum disorder
A mouse model and previous studies suggest that genetic intervention in SHANK3-related ASD may be most effective earlier in developmentCredit:...
The many lifetimes of plastics
Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this...
Pitt engineer maintains a laser focus to grow nanocarbons on flexible devices
Mostafa Bedewy will use a $240K NSF award to study a new scalable laser patterning process for directly growing tailored...
