Chemistry
Ultrastable, selective catalyst for propane dehydrogenation developed
Credit: Yuki Nakaya, et al., Nature Communications, June 5, 2020 A group of Japanese scientists has developed an ultrastable, selective...
Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics at UIC receives $8M from NIH
Continued research will test alcohol effects on whole epigenome and brain functionCredit: UIC Photos Services The University of Illinois at...
Self-assembling, biomimetic composites possess unusual electrical properties
Credit: Mert Vural, Penn State Sometimes, breaking rules is not a bad thing. Especially when the rules are apparent laws...
Discovery unlocks ‘hot’ electrons for more efficient energy use
Credit: Illustration by Enrique Sahagún WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Highly energetic, "hot" electrons have the potential to help solar panels...
Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce
Rice University lab's protein coating extends shelf life of perishable fruits and vegetablesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 4,...
Mothers ensure their offspring’s success through epigenetics
Researchers discover that mother's active epigenetic modifications drive gene activation in the offspringCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, M....
Biochemical alterations revealed in patients with Lesch-Nyhan disease
Credit: INC-UAB An international study by the Institute of Neuroscience of the UAB (INC-UAB), Emory University and Hospital Universitario La...
Universal access to spectrometers one step closer
Credit: © Leipzig University, Swen Reichhold Professor Grundmann is optimistic about the future: "In the longer term, we want this...
Showtime for photosynthesis
One of nature's most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough 'molecular movie'Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator...
New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Measuring the location and orientation of single molecules could provide new insights into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Tianben Ding, Tingting...
How efficient are solar power storage systems?
'Testbench' project improves quality of measurement results and facilitates comparisonCredit: Photo: Shutterstock/Victor Josan More and more photovoltaic systems are equipped...
Continued nicotine use promotes brain tumors in lung cancer patients, study suggests
Wake Forest researchers suggest nicotine replacement therapies may not be suitable smoking cessation strategies for this populationCredit: Wu et al.,...
The sensitive strain sensor that can detect the weight of a feather
Credit: University of Sussex Physicists have created the most sensitive strain sensor ever made, capable of detecting a feather's touch....
Phase III results show rituximab excels against pediatric Burkitt lymphoma
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of the phase III Inter-B-NHL-ritux 2010 clinical trial reported today in the New...
Hubble makes surprising find in the early universe
New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early...
A promise to restore hearing
In a first, researchers use base editing to correct recessive genetic deafness and restore partial hearingCredit: Harvard University When Wei...
Precision spray coating could enable solar cells with better performance and stability
New approach offers practical way to make multilayer perovskite solar cellsCredit: Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos, Mahidol University WASHINGTON -- Although perovskites are...
Etching the road to a hydrogen economy using plasma jets
Scientists improve light-driven water-splitting to produce hydrogen by etching the reaction catalyst with plasma jets in solutionCredit: Tokyo University of...
New test of dark energy and expansion from cosmic structures
Credit: Image credit: Jeremy Tinker and the SDSS-III collaboration A new paper has shown how large structures in the distribution...
Next-generation cockroach-inspired robot is small but mighty
HAMR-JR is one of the smallest and most dexterous robots to dateCredit: (Image courtesy of Kaushik Jayaram/Harvard SEAS) This itsy-bitsy...
