Chemistry
Progress toward antiviral treatments for COVID-19
Information about the molecular shape of the viruses that cause COVID-19, SARS, and MERS reveals structural similarities that suggest possible...
Prometheus Fuels licenses energy-saving ORNL ethanol-to-jet-fuel process
Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the...
Elements of surprise: neutron stars contribute little, but something’s making gold, research finds
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now,...
Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic CO2 fixing enzyme Rubisco
Credit: Credit: Modified Fig. 1A of Matsumura et al. Molecular Plant (2020). A research group consisting of Associate Professor FUKAYAMA...
Princeton lab discovers small “Cain-and-Abel” molecule
Streptosactin named the first small molecule in the human microbiome to exhibit fratricidal activity.Credit: Figure courtesy of Leah Bushin. A...
Scientists develop a technique to dynamically curve a photon jet
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with international colleagues have found a simple technique to dynamically curve a photonic jet,...
Ultrahigh energy density transition-metal-free cathodes designed by band structure engineering
Credit: ©Science China Press The growing demands for ultrahigh energy density batteries used in electronic devices, electrical vehicles, and large-scale...
HKU Professor Zheng Xiao GUO elected Member of Academia Europaea
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Zheng Xiao GUO, Associate Dean for China & Global of Faculty of Science...
NUS Researchers propose new perspective in nurturing lattice Boltzmann methods
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) share their recent progress in constructing numerical models for fluid mechanics simulations...
City, University of London and Howden secure grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Project is targeted at reducing leakages in rotating machinery by 20% and improving the efficiency of oil free screw compressors...
Gentle probes could enable massive brain data collection
National Institutes of Health backing Rice's Chong Xie to refine flexible nanoelectronics threadCredit: Xie Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 14,...
New method to design diamond lattices and other crystals from microscopic building blocks
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University An impressive array of architectural forms can be produced from the popular...
Possible marker of life spotted on venus
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/L. Calçada & NASA/JPL/Caltech "When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus's spectrum, it was a...
Twist on CRISPR gene editing treats adult-onset muscular dystrophy in mice
Technique clears toxic RNA buildup that causes myotonic dystrophy type ICredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Myotonic dystrophy type I...
Hints of life on Venus
Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser / L. Calçada & NASA / JPL / Caltech An international team of astronomers, led...
Physicists “trick” photons into behaving like electrons using a “synthetic” magnetic field
Credit: University of Exeter Scientists have discovered an elegant way of manipulating light using a "synthetic" Lorentz force -- which...
Reducing nitrogen with boron and beer
Credit: Team Braunschweig Humankind is reliant on the ammonium in synthetic fertiliser for food. However, producing ammonia from nitrogen is...
Single atom-thin platinum makes a great chemical sensor
Credit: JO Yxell/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, together with colleagues from other universities, have...
Tandem devices feel the heat
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Understanding how solar cell operation changes as it moves from the lab into the real world...
Infinite chains of hydrogen atoms have surprising properties, including a metallic phase
Scientists with the Flatiron Institute and the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem combined cutting-edge computational methods to probe...