Chemistry
Simulating borehole ballooning helps ensure safe drilling of deep-water oil, gas
Experimental study on borehole ballooning leads to a device which may help prevent serious drilling accidentsCredit: Reyu Gao WASHINGTON, April...
Finding the genes to build a better cancer treatment
Credit: WSU Scientists are one step closer to understanding how the cancer-fighting drug Taxol is produced by trees. In a...
MA3Bi2I9 single-crystal enables X-ray detection down to nanograys per second
Credit: ©Science China Press Sensitive X-ray detectors are essential for medical radiography, industrial inspection and security screening. However, commercially available...
X-ray analysis sheds light on construction and conservation of artefacts from Henry VIII’s warship
21st century X-ray technology has allowed University of Warwick scientists to peer back through time at the production of the...
A leap in using silicon for battery anodes
Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredientCredit: Illustration by Michael Perkins/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- The same...
TAMA300 blazes trail for improved gravitational wave astronomy
Credit: NAOJ Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have used the infrastructure of the former TAMA300 gravitational...
Giving distressed lungs a safer fighting chance
FDA grants Pitt spinout ALung Technologies emergency use approval for its Hemolung to treat COVID-19 patients with respiratory distressCredit: ALung...
It takes a neutron beam to find a proton
Researchers from Osaka University use neutron crystallography to pinpoint hydrogen atoms and protons in the structure of a large enzyme...
Researchers make key advance toward production of important biofuel
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable...
Novel anti-PD-1 drug was approved for melanoma treatment
Credit: BIOCAD The first Russian original PD-1 inhibitor Forteca® (INN: prolgolimab) was granted approval for market authorization by the Russian...
Antibiotic exposure can ‘prime’ single-resistant bacteria to become multidrug-resistant
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antibiotics save lives -- but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve...
Superconductivity: It’s hydrogen’s fault
Nickel is supposed to herald a new age of superconductivity -- but this is proving more difficult than expected. Scientists...
‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
A direct, observation-based test of one of the pillars of cosmologyCredit: Photograph by Yuri Beletsky, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution...
Researchers’ method holds promise for brain study, better tests for viruses
Nanoparticles, lasers help stimulate brain, play key role in virus projectCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas...
Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Like fans that blow in sync, certain magnetic materials can exhibit interesting energetic properties. In order...
Abundant element to power small devices
A thin, iron-based generator uses waste heat to provide small amounts of powerCredit: © 2020 Sakai et al Researchers have...
Scientists develop stable luminescent composite material based on perovskite nanocrystals
Scientists develop light-emitting composite material based on perovskite nanocrystals with air- and water resilient optical characteristicsCredit: ChemNanoMat An international team...
New understanding of asthma medicines could improve future treatment
Credit: Image reproduced with permission from RDD Online / Virginia Commonwealth University. New research has revealed new insights into common...
Biochemists unveil molecular mechanism for motor protein regulation
Lis1 activates dynein by preventing dynein's ability to turn itself offCredit: Markus Lab/Colorado State University Movement signals life, and nowhere...
NUS-led team develops artificial intelligence platform to combat infectious diseases
Novel tool identifies optimal drug combination therapies at unprecedented speedCredit: National University of Singapore As the COVID-19 crisis continues to...
