Chemistry
Skoltech researchers use machine learning to aid oil production
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their industry colleagues have found a way to use machine learning to...
How stimulus dollars are spent will affect emissions for decades
To tackle COVID-19 and climate change, government spending must deliver jobs and growth alongside deep decarbonizationCredit: angkhan The COVID-19 pandemic...
Gaps in data on marijuana use limit public health response
UMass Amherst research examines availability of cannabis data as more states consider legalizationCredit: UMass Amherst Better data on marijuana use...
Three research groups, two kinds of electronic properties, one material
Credit: © MPI CPfS This it is the story of a unique material - made of a single compound, it...
A method has been developed to study the ‘traces’ of coronal mass ejections at the Sun.
Credit: STEREO/EUVI Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz...
Strengthening Africa’s clinical trial capacity through an online platform
Credit: Photo credits ©AAS, Kenya/2020 Without a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, it is likely the virus will continue to...
Proposed seismic surveys in Arctic Refuge likely to cause lasting damage
Credit: Photo by Matt Nolan Winter vehicle travel can cause long-lasting damage to the tundra, according to a new paper...
New ‘sun clock’ quantifies extreme space weather switch on/off
200 years of sunspot observations used by University of Warwick researchers to create 'sun clock'Credit: University of Warwick Extreme space...
Self-healing bone cement
Material scientists at the University of Jena (Germany) have developed a bone replacementCredit: Anne Guenther Our body is able to...
Study investigates potential for gut microbiome to alter drug safety and efficacy
Princeton researchers catalog the intestinal microbial community's impact on oral medicationsCredit: Janie Kim. Published in Cell. Researchers at Princeton University...
Signatures of fractional electronic charge observed in topological insulators
The recent measurement of fractional charge, appearing in the current issue of the journal Science, stems from the team's theoretical...
Liquid metals break down organic fuels into ultra-thin graphitic sheets
First synthesis of ultra-thin graphitic materials at room temperature using organic fuelsCredit: UNSW, Sydney For the first time, FLEET researchers...
Falling clean energy costs can provide opportunity to boost climate action during COVID-19 recovery: UN
184 GW of clean power capacity added in 2019, up 12% from GW added in 2018; New capacity delivered with...
A ‘hole’ lot of sponge! New technique to create super-sponges is a game changer
Scientists have devised new methods for the post-synthetic modification of Metal-Organic Frameworks to produce properties in the material ideal for...
Virginia Tech research provides new explanation for neutrino anomalies in Antarctica
Scientists remain perplexed by the activity, with some 40 papers so far giving wildly different answersCredit: Image courtesy Ian Shoemaker....
How magnetic fields and 3D printers will create the pills of tomorrow
Credit: University of Sussex Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D...
Predicting unpredictable reactions
Research from Pitt and Politecnico di Milano paves the way for simulating catalysts under reaction conditionsCredit: Raffaele Cheula PITTSBURGH (June...
New nanodevice could use solar energy to produce hydrogen
Scientists describe the design of a PSI-GNP-PSII conjugate that could be used as a platform for developing a light-driven, water-splitting...
Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets
Credit: Denis Sergeev/ University of Exeter Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including...
Study proves that magma chambers can be totally molten
The study challenges a recently-emerged paradigm that magma chambers are huge masses of crystals with just a very small amount...
