Chemistry
Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs
Gruthan Bioscience was recently awarded funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat a rare form of...
New brain cell-like nanodevices work together to identify mutations in viruses
These systems could potentially overcome computational hurdles faced by current digital technologiesCredit: Dr. R. Stanley Williams In the September issue...
Three genes predict success of naltrexone in alcohol dependence treatment
Variation in just three brain genes predicts how well a medication will work in treating a patient with alcohol use...
Berry good news — new compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders
Scientists show how a polyphenolic compound derived from blueberry can treat inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: Tokyo University of Science Various plants...
Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns
Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the...
SLAC invention could make particle accelerators 10 times smaller
It uses terahertz radiation to power a miniscule copper accelerator structureCredit: Chris Pearson/Emilio Nanni/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Particle accelerators generate...
Scientists develop forecasting technique that could help advance quest for fusion energy
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good...
2020 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists honorees announced
Winning postdoctoral researchers include a neuroscientist improving memory formation and recall, an astrophysicist illuminating dark matter, and a biochemist refining...
Argonne materials scientist Arturo Gutierrez named 2020 Luminary Honoree by HENAAC
Credit: Image by Kramer Photography Arturo Gutierrez, Argonne materials scientist, wins award from national organization that honors Hispanic scientists and...
Bristol scientists shine light on tiny crystals behind unexpected violent eruptions
Credit: Brooker/Griffiths/Heard/Cherns In a new study of volcanic processes, Bristol scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation...
Sanders-brown research discovers new pathway in TDP-43 related dementias
Credit: Photo by Pete Comparoni | UKphoto Recent work published by researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on...
Nanostructures with a unique property
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Diego Rosales Nanoscale vortices known as skyrmions can be created in many magnetic materials. For the first...
A high potential biphenol derivative cathode
Toward a highly stable air-insensitive aqueous organic flow batteryCredit: ©Science China Press With the development of society, energy demand increases....
Meditation for mind-control
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A BCI is an apparatus that allows an individual to control a machine...
New materials: A toggle switch for catalysis
Electrochemical reactions, which will play an important role in the future of energy supply, can now be explained in detail,...
Single photon emission from isolated monolayer islands of InGaN
Credit: by Xiaoxiao Sun, Ping Wang, Tao Wang, Ling Chen, Zhaoying Chen, Kang Gao, Tomoyuki Aoki, Li Mo, Jian Zhang,...
Insilico releases Pandomics, AI-powered platform for Novel Therapeutic Target Discovery
A novel end-to-end AI-hypothesis generation engine that seamlessly interprets OMICS and text-based data for the discovery and analysis of novel...
SNU’s HYEON Taeghwan named to Clarivate Analytics’s Nobel Prize watch list
Credit: IBS Clarivate Analytics has selected Taeghwan Hyeon, nanochemist and Distinguished Professor of Seoul National University (SNU) and Director of...
Perovskite light-emitting/detecting bifunctional fibers for wearable LiFi communication
Credit: by Haibo Zeng A vast amount of data is booming generated every single day in this information era, which...
Converting lateral scanning into axial focusing to speed up 3D microscopy
Credit: by Tonmoy Chakraborty, Bingying Chen, Stephan Daetwyler, Bo-Jui Chang, Oliver Vanderpoorten, Etai Sapoznik, Clemens Kaminski, Tuomas P.J. Knowles, Kevin...