Chemistry
Better detection of a type of ovarian cancer could lead to better treatments
Credit: RCSI Scientists have found that a specific type of ovarian cancer could possibly benefit from existing platinum-based chemotherapy and...
Rice team makes tiny, magnetically powered neural stimulator
Tests show 'magnetoelectric' power is viable option for clinical-grade implantsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 8, 2020) -- Rice...
Shedding a new light on 2D materials
Pitt Engineers lead a study on how light affects 2D materials that can be used for improved data storageCredit: University...
First global map of rockfalls on the Moon
Credit: NASA/GSFC/ASU In October 2015, a spectacular rockfall occurred in the Swiss Alps: in the late morning hours, a large,...
Functional polymers to improve thermal stability of bioplastics
A paper was published by Kazan Federal University's Organic Compounds Lab in Reactive and Functional Polymers.Credit: Kazan Federal University One...
Cosmic quasars embrace 1970s fashion trend
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Russia, Germany, Finland and the U.S. have studied more than 300 quasars --...
Researchers developing quick and simple method of glyphosate detection
Drinking water can also be checked easilyCredit: Professor Tilo Pompe (left) and doctoral researcher David Rettke from the Institute of...
Novel computer-assisted chemical synthesis method cuts research time and cost
Credit: WPI-ICReDD Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in synthesizing an α,α-difluoroglycine derivative, a type of α-amino acid, based on a...
When cancer cells can’t make their own fat, they eat more of it
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to compensate for a halt in fat production by importing more fat molecules from their...
Single-cell yolk-shell capsules with high biological activity and stability
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, the value of the global market for microbes and microbial products is continuously increasing. However,...
Viewing the topology of thermonuclear reaction in nuclear landscape from the network perspective
Credit: ©Science China Press How is the universe formed? What's the mechanism of the nucleosynthesis of lighter nuclei to heavier...
Novel eco-friendly electrochemical reaction can synthesize useful semiconductor materials
Scientists report the first instance of an electrochemical reaction that produces thienoacenes, useful materials used in organic semiconductorsCredit: 2020 Okayama...
Titanium oxide-based hybrid materials promising for detoxifying dyes
A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in New Journal of ChemistryCredit: Kazan Federal University Photoactive materials have become...
Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) releases open source software and datasets database for wearable and connected health technologies
Credit: Open Wearables Initiative Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, today announced that the Open...
New research shows how complex chemistry may be relevant to origins of life on Earth
A popular model suggests life on Earth began with RNA. A recent study reveals how RNA precursors can arise from...
New discovery advances optical microscopy
Enables researchers to directly visualize unlabeled objects that have deep sub-wavelength separationsCredit: Lynford Goddard, Grainger Engineering URBANA, Ill. - New...
Eclipse data illuminate mysteries of Sun’s corona
Credit: Solar Wind Sherpas Researchers at the University of Hawai?i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying...
New technique for engineering living materials and patterns
Credit: University of Warwick Engineered living materials (ELMs) is a new class of materials that exploit the properties of living...
UTEP researchers help bring biofriendly materials to drug design for neuro disorders
Credit: Mahesh Narayan EL PASO, Texas - The contributions of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)...
Physicists create quantum-inspired optical sensor
Credit: Nikita Kirsanov/MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, joined by a colleague from Argonne National Laboratory,...
