Chemistry
Chemist develops potential drug to treat type 2 diabetes without harsh side effects
Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse University chemistry professor Dr. Robert P. Doyle has developed a new drug lead...
Gear treated with ‘forever chemicals’ poses risk to firefighters
Credit: University of Notre Dame Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows they face additional...
Scientists modelled natural rock arcades
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Russia and the Czech Republic performed numerical modelling of natural rock arcades using...
A bacterial toxin turning cells into swiss cheese
Researchers from Kanazawa University purified the pore-forming bacterial toxin Monalysin to study how the innate immune system fights off bacterial...
Physicist Andrea Alù selected for a highly competitive Simons Collaboration Research Award
Supported by a major multi-year funding, the collaboration seeks to change our understanding and control of wave propagation, enabling leapfrog...
New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate
Credit: MBI Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new...
Brexit’s and research networks: Lower efficiency, reorganization of research communities
An analysis of 19,200 private companies, research organizations, public entities and higher education institutions involved in Horizon 2020 projects shows...
Virtually captured
Biomechanical analyses and computer simulations reveal the Venus flytrap snapping mechanismsCredit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg biologists Dr. Anna Westermeier,...
Towards a green future: Efficient laser technique can convert cellulose into biofuel
Scientists developed a novel laser-based strategy for the effective degradation of cellulose into useful productsCredit: Tokyo University of Science With...
A blue spark to shine on the origin of the Universe
An interdisciplinary team of scientists has demonstrated that it is possible to build an ultra-sensitive sensor based on a new...
SwRI receives $1.3 million to build robotic inspection system for nuclear waste storage tanks
Engineers will build guided wave robot to help ensure continued safe storage of nuclear wasteCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO...
Lack of damage after secondary impacts surprises researchers
Study on damage caused by high-velocity impacts provides answers about how materials exposed to secondary shocks recompactCredit: David Jones WASHINGTON,...
Lehigh University awarded state grant to develop coronavirus-killing functional material
With support from Manufacturing PA Innovation Program, industry-academic partnership through Lehigh's Institute for Functional Materials and Devices (I-FMD) will work...
Fluorocarbon bonds are no match for light-powered nanocatalyst
Rice U. lab unveils catalyst that can break problematic C-F bondsCredit: H. Robatjazi/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 22, 2020) --...
New design for ‘optical ruler’ could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, telecommunications
Credit: NIST Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great...
SLAC and Stanford scientists home in on pairs of atoms that boost a catalyst’s activity
They discovered that the messy environment of a chemical reaction can actually change the shape of a catalytic nanoparticle in...
Virginia Tech scientists confirm usually harmless virus attacks the heart’s electrical system
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show adenovirus disrupts electrical signaling, impedes new communication channels.Credit: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Adenovirus, which...
Oil forecasting technique adapted for spreadsheets may cut shale operator costs
3D reservoir models predict the amount of oil in shale wells, but they are usually very complicated and slowCredit: Texas...
Future space travelers may follow cosmic lighthouses
For centuries, lighthouses helped sailors navigate safely into harbor. In the future, space explorers may receive similar guidance from the...
Experimentally identifying effective theories in many-body systems
Heidelberg researchers develop new method and demonstrate its application in experimentsCredit: Photo: Alexis Bonnin One goal of science is to...
