Chemistry
New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis
Credit: Professor Ji-Ho Park, KAIST Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam...
Nanofiber masks can be sterilized multiple times without filter performance deterioration
Credit: Copyright ©2020 American Chemical Society With the global spread of coronavirus infections, personal protective equipments especially hygeine face masks...
Cellular nanosponges could soak up SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02278 Scientists are working overtime to find an effective treatment for COVID-19, the...
New structural ‘map’ solves mysteries of gigantic gene regulator
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Structural biology has been used to 'map' part of a protein called SMCHD1,...
Thinking small: New ideas in the search for dark matter
Physicists propose a new table-top experiment for detecting dark matterCredit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)...
A $26.9-million project to create better psychiatric medications without side effects
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - June 16, 2020 - Rapidly acting drugs to treat depression, anxiety,...
Experts analyze options for treating multiple sclerosis-related cognitive impairment
Next decade will see inclusion of cognitive rehabilitation and exercise training in treatment protocols for multiple sclerosisCredit: Kessler Foundation East...
$345K NSF grant to fund research to modify paper electronics to make them stretchable
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York A three-year, $345,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research...
‘Relaxed’ T cells critical to immune response
Rice University researchers model how cells handle invaders, ignore impostersCredit: Hamid Teimouri/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 16, 2020) - Like...
Scientists grow optical chips in a petri dish
A team of scientists led by ITMO researchers proposed a quick and affordable method to create optical chips right in...
Brain research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of depression
Credit: Lauri Nummenmaa A new study conducted in Turku, Finland, reveals how symptoms indicating depression and anxiety are linked to...
Nanostics re-opens ClarityDX prostate clinical study with new US recruitment site
Credit: Hoopla Summary Nanostics' clinical validation study for ClarityDX Prostate, a liquid biopsy test for the early diagnosis of clinically...
Flushing toilets create clouds of virus-containing particles
Coronavirus could be transmitted through a long-lasting cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets ejected from a flushing toilet.Credit: J.-X. Wang WASHINGTON,...
Quantum material research facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our society
Quantum material research connecting physicists in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our societyCredit:...
Scientists discover a long-sought-after nitrogen allotrope in black phosphorus structure
Credit: Cheng Ji Graphene, or a single layer of graphite, has a set of novel properties that have attracted tremendous...
New Editor-in-Chief appointed for Journal of Photonics for Energy
Sean Shaheen will lead the journal beginning in July 2020Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington - On 1 July, Sean Shaheen, associate...
Previously undetected brain pulses may help circuits survive disuse, injury
Research may lead to treatment advances for patients with immobilizing illness, injuryCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A neuroscientist's neon...
Determining effective magnetic moment of multicore nanoparticles
Magnetic nanoparticles can be used for drug targeting, storage media, moreCredit: Frank Ludwig WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 -- Magnetic nanoparticles,...
A new family of nanocars ready for the next nano Grand Prix
Credit: G. Rapenne, NAIST and UPS Gwénaël Rapenne, Professor at NAIST (Nara, Japan) and University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France) -...
All of the performance, none of the fuss: Nitrile hydrogenation done right
Osaka University researchers synthesize an easy-to-handle nano-cobalt phosphide catalyst for efficient hydrogenation of nitriles to primary aminesCredit: Osaka University Osaka,...