Chemistry
Construction of hollow nanoreactors for enhanced photo-oxidations
Credit: ©Science China Press Oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids is of importance in both organic chemistry and chemical...
Hierarchical self-assembly of atomically precise nanoclusters
Credit: ©Science China Press Metal nanoclusters have been served as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials owing to their atomically...
2D molecular crystals modulating electronic properties of organic semiconductors
Credit: ©Science China Press Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are the heart of plastic electronics. Doping has been proven to improve...
Molybdenum telluride nanosheets enable selective electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide
Credit: ©Science China Press H2O2 is an important commodity chemical and potential energy carrier, and is widely used for various...
4D electric circuit network with topology
Credit: ©Science China Press In recent years, topology has emerged as an important tool to classify and characterize properties of...
Caves tell us that Australia’s mountains are still growing
Buchan Caves unlock technique for measuring uplift of mountainsCredit: John Engel Australia has often been unfairly portrayed as an old...
Elucidating the mechanism of a light-driven sodium pump
Credit: Paul Scherer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded for the first time in recording,...
NIST team builds hybrid quantum system by entangling molecule with atom
Credit: Burrus/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted their control of the fundamental properties...
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birth
The twist marks the spotCredit: ESO/Boccaletti et al. Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT)...
Determining the quantity and location of lipids in the brain
Credit: Photo by Della Perrone for the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Researchers at the Beckman Institute at...
Protein shapes matter in Alzheimer’s research
Credit: Ashutosh Tiwari/Michigan Tech Sometimes proteins misfold. When that happens in the human brain, the pileup of misfolded proteins can...
Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world
Credit: Image courtesy of Jigang Wang/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents and...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space...
London’s CO2 emissions cut by almost 60% during lockdown
Measurements from BT Tower observatory show impact of reduced activity in UK's capital due to COVID-19 pandemicCredit: UKCEH A new...
New artificial intelligence model to bridge biology and chemistry
Generative biology meets generative chemistry: Bidirectional conditional autoencoder to generate novel molecular structures for the desired transcriptional responseCredit: Insilico Medicine...
Rapid screening method targets fatty acids in yeast; Key to sustainable bioproducts
CABBI researchers at Illinois have developed a high-throughput screening tool, a chemical characterization approach based on MALDI-ToF MSCredit: Center for...
Novel tool developed to diagnose and monitor autoimmune disorders
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow...
An open-access tool to accelerate drug discovery
Credit: SBNB lab, IRB Barcelona Barcelona, 19 May 2020.- Knowledge of how a molecule interacts with the organism is crucial...
Image analysis technique provides better understanding of heart cell defects
A new algorithm combines gradient methods with fast Fourier transforms to quantify the organization of cardiac myofibrilsCredit: Brett N. Napiwocki...
Scientists find a high hydrofluorocarbon emissions intensity in the Yangtze River Delta region
Credit: Bo Yao Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) have been widely used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances--for example, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)....
