Chemistry
Plant-based relatives of cholesterol could give boost to gene therapy
Credit: Image provided by Gaurav Sahay, OSU College of Pharmacy. PORTLAND, Ore. - Gene-infused nanoparticles used for combating disease work...
CPRIT grant draws cell imaging specialist to Rice
Anna-Karin Gustavsson brings expertise in single-molecule imaging to bear on cancer researchCredit: Courtesy of Anna-Karin Gustavsson HOUSTON - (Feb. 19,...
New machine learning method could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles
Credit: Cube3D Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the...
New test identifies poisonous mushrooms
Credit: Candace Bever, ARS-USDA ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020--A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom...
Researchers discover new mechanism for the coexistence of species
Credit: AMOLF Researchers from AMOLF (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Harvard University (USA) show how the ability of organisms to move...
‘Flapping wings’ powered by the sun (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus' wax wings melted when he dared to fly too close to...
Smart contact lens sensor developed for point-of-care eye health monitoring
Credit: DU Xuemin A research group led by Prof. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of...
An optimized structure of memristive device for neuromorphic computing systems implemented
An original combination of nanomaterials in a memristive device with the effect of resistive switching stabilization was used for the...
Could water solve the renewable energy storage challenge?
Credit: IIASA Seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS), an already established yet infrequently used technology, could be an affordable and sustainable...
New 3D chirality discovered and synthetically assembled
Credit: ©Science China Press The origin of lives of human beings, animals and plants on earth is attributed to chirality...
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys
UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb...
Time-resolved measurement in a memory device
Credit: IMEC At the Department for Materials of the ETH in Zurich, Pietro Gambardella and his collaborators investigate tomorrow's memory...
Chemists use mass spectrometry tools to determine age of fingerprints
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Fingerprints are telling us more and more about the people...
Time of day affects global brain fluctuations
Credit: Csaba Orban As the day progresses, the strength of the brain's global signal fluctuation shows an unexpected decrease, according...
APS tip sheet: The new fate of the kaon
Preliminary reports of an extremely rare decay of a subatomic particle called the kaon could challenge the standard model of...
New tool to study how neuronal networks recover their function after neuron loss
Credit: J. Soriano/UB A multidisciplinary study led by UB researchers has developed a new experimental tool that enables the application...
APS tip sheet: Harnessing radar echoes for future neutrino detection
New high energy neutrino detection method could lead to a neutrino telescope able to observe neutrinos with energies beyond the...
Novel Quantum effect found: Spin-rotation coupling
It was predicted 30 years ago, now the effect was measured for the first time by scientists at TU Wien...
New journal to publish discoveries in biophysics
Credit: Cambridge University Press A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press - QRB Discovery - will provide an...
APS tip sheet: Capturing election interference
New model analyzes characteristics of the 2016 election and surrounding social media activityCredit: Dewhurst et al. Physical Review E, 2020...
