Chemistry
Army project turns to nature for help with self-healing material
Credit: Penn State University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- An Army-funded project developed a self-healing material patterned after squid ring...
Molecular cause underlying rare genetic disorder revealed
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have revealed how a nonfunctioning version of an ordinary gene impairs brain structure and...
New interdisciplinary atmospheric physics and computer science project at Mainz University
Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the project with EUR 1.5 million in funding / Researchers expect that machine learning and methods...
New depth map of the Arctic Ocean
The IBCAO 4.0 bathymetric chartCredit: Stockholm University (Sweden) An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map...
Samara Polytech scientists suggest a new way of high viscosity oil recovery
The innovative technology is cost-efficient, environmentally friendly and efficientCredit: @SamaraPolytech Recently in Russia there has been a significant increase in...
Photonic amorphous topological insulator
Credit: by Peiheng Zhou, Xin Ren, Yihao Yang, Haoran Xue, Lei Bi, Longjiang Deng, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang The...
Heat smarter, not harder — How microwaves make catalytic reactions more efficient
Credit: Tokyo Tech Many reactions that we use to produce chemical compounds in food, medical, and industrial fields would not...
How to stack graphene up to four layers
Cu-Si alloy at high temperature offers clues for the synthesis of wafer-scale, single crystalline graphene stacking and for our lives...
“Inchworm” pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic “boom”
University of Tsukuba researchers report "inchworm-like" slip evolution of supershear rupture along the Palu-Koro fault during the 2018 Palu earthquake...
Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics
Credit: by Minkyung Kim, Zubin Jacob, and Junsuk Rho Topology, which is a branch of mathematics, is rising as a...
Novel label-free imaging technique brings out the inner light within T cells
Credit: Image courtesy of Alexandra Walsh. MADISON -- T cells are the immune soldiers at the frontlines of the battle...
Lead white pigments on Andean drinking vessels provide new historical context
Isotope analysis suggest clues to the manufacture and distribution of qerosCredit: Alyson Thibodeau (Carlisle, Pa.) - Researchers studying lead white...
Manipulating non-magnetic atoms in a chromium halide enables tuning of magnetic properties
New approach creates synthetic layered magnets with unprecedented level of control over their magnetic propertiesCredit: Fazel Tafti Chestnut Hill, Mass....
Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Credit: Timur Sabirov / Skoltech Russian chemists obtained a new photochromic complex composed of of bismuth (III) and viologen cations...
Discovery of disordered nanolayers in intermetallic alloys
Resolving alloys' strength-ductility trade-off and thermal instabilityCredit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1126/science.abb6830 Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a...
Novel drug delivery particles use neurotransmitters as a ‘passport’ into the brain
Researchers create neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help ferry therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in miceCredit: Qiaobing...
Neurons are genetically programmed to have long lives
UC Riverside-led study identifies mechanism that prevents death of neuronsCredit: Zheng lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When our neurons...
AsEH enzyme: A new pharmacological target against Alzheimer’s disease
Drugs with neuroprotector effectsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A UB study published in the journal Neurotherapeutics has validated a new pharmacological...
Serendipity broadens the scope for making graphite
Credit: Kate Putman Curtin University researchers have unexpectedly discovered a new way to make crystalline graphite, an essential material used...
Tandem catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol
Encapsulating multiple molecular catalysts in nanoporous metal-organic frameworks central to efficient transformationCredit: Frank Tsung Chestnut Hill, Mass. (7/24/2020) - Converting...
