Chemistry
Mix and match: New 3D cell culture model replicates fibrotic elements of pancreatic cancer
Researchers use 3D cell culture technology to recreate pancreatic cancer tissue in vitro with fibrotic componentsCredit: © 2020 Mitsunobu R....
Diamonds shine a light on hidden currents in graphene
A new quantum sensing technique uses diamonds to reveal the fluid-like electrical currents in graphene.Credit: Walsworth and Yacoby research groups,...
O Christmas Tree: DNA shows WA’s largest parasitic plant adapts to climate
Credit: Curtin University A closer look at DNA from south-western Australia's native Nuytsia floribunda, known as the WA Christmas Tree,...
First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope
Credit: ESO/Bohn et al. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has taken the first ever image of...
Junk DNA might be really, really useful for biocomputing
Flipon-based ComputersCredit: Alan Herbert Dr. Herbert asks what if our genome was far smarter than everyone previously believed? What if...
Study suggests increased risks for COVID-19 patients who smoke, vape
TTUHSC researchers look for links between virus and strokeCredit: TTUHSC As the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or COVID-19 has unfurled its tentacles...
Solar-driven membrane distillation technology that can double drinking water production
Development of highly efficient membrane distillation process with excellent solar absorption; successful case of research that combines material technologies with...
Invention offers new option for monitoring heart health
Credit: Wenzhuo Wu/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An invention may turn one of the most widely used materials for...
While birds chirp, plasma shouldn’t: New insight could advance fusion energy
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory...
Russian scientists identified energy storage mechanism of sodium-ion battery anode
Credit: Zoia V.Bobyleva et al./Electrochimica Acta Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow State University (MSU) identified the type of electrochemical reaction...
Postdoc pushes backward physics to fore
Postdoctoral Prize winner Wenliang "Bill" Li won the 2020 JSA Postdoctoral Prize to run experiments that will examine proton structure...
Researchers develop a portable blood ammonia detector
Credit: Thomas Veltman Seated around the dinner table, faculty affiliated with Stanford ChEM-H - one of Stanford University's interdisciplinary institutes...
IU School of Medicine, Eli Lilly research agreement to focus on autoimmune diseases
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Indiana University School of Medicine announced today a strategic research agreement with Eli Lilly and...
How the regulator is regulated — Insight into immune-related protein holds therapeutic value
Scientists unravel how the immune checkpoint protein PD-L2 is regulated, which has potential implications in immune therapyCredit: Tokyo University of...
Physicists find ways to control gamma radiation
A paper appeared in Physical Review LettersCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers from Kazan Federal University, Texas A&M University and Institute...
Working on the frontier of nanoparticle research
Mpourmpakis's CANELa lab work featured on cover of the Journal Dalton Transactions and selected as hot articleCredit: Mpourmpakis and Cowan...
Photon-based processing units enable more complex machine learning
Using photons to create more powerful and power-efficient processing units for artificial intelligenceCredit: Mario Miscuglio WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 --...
Can social unrest, riot dynamics be modeled?
Exploring episodes of social unrest and rioting, discovering a way to model its spreadCredit: Sergio Rica Mery WASHINGTON, July 21,...
Lithium ion battery waste used in biodiesel production from discarded vegetable oil
Using mixtures of metal hydroxides as a catalyst provides way to make cleaner fuel in minutes at room temperatureCredit: Gilberto...
Li-ions transport across electrolytes and SEI like beads passing through a Galton Board
Credit: ©Science China Press The kinetics of Li-ions transport across the electrolyte and the SEI is usually the rate-determining step...
