Chemistry
APS tip sheet: Modeling supermarket traffic jams
Modeling supermarket layouts could help reduce aisle congestionCredit: APS / Physical Review E December 9, 2019 - Studying how people...
Research provides new design principle for water-splitting catalysts
Credit: Peterson Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists have long known that platinum is by far the best...
NASA’s GISMO instrument maps inner Milky Way, sees cosmic ‘candy cane’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A feature resembling a candy cane appears at the center of this colorful composite...
Solving the puzzle of IgG4-related disease, the elusive autoimmune disorder
Scientists piece together the inflammation mechanism in IgG4-related disease, an autoimmune condition with no current cure, revealing possible therapeutic targetsCredit:...
New clues on dark matter from the darkest galaxies
A study by SISSA provides important information on its composition and on its interaction with luminous matterCredit: ESA/Hubble & NASA...
Researchers discover how ant species uses abdomen for extra power during jumps
Researchers in the department of entomology at the University of Illinois have shown how a species of ant uses its...
A new concept of future robot manipulators will be developed from studying elephants
The project PROBOSCIS has been funded by the European Commission with 3.5 million euros and it is coordinated by IIT-Istituto...
Study: Obesity could affect brain development in children
Credit: Courtesy Yale University Published studies have long found a correlation between obesity in children and decreased executive function. New...
Chemical compound found in essential oils improves wound healing, IU study finds
Credit: Photo courtesy of Sachiko Koyama BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound found in...
Membrane inspired by bone and cartilage efficiently produces electricity from saltwater
Credit: Chen et al. Inspired by membranes in the body tissues of living organisms, scientists have combined aramid nanofibers used...
If the world can capture carbon, there’s capacity to store it
Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or...
Interfacial chemistry improves rechargeability of Zn batteries
Credit: ZHAO Jingwen, ZHAO Zhiming and QIU Huayu With strong interest in environmentally benign and e?cient resource utilization, green and...
Submarine cables: billions of potential seismic sensors!
Seismic waves generated by a 1.9 magnitude earthquake located north of Fréjus (Var), recorded along the 41 km-long fibre optic...
Martin, Pappu, Yang among most highly-cited researchers worldwide
Washington University ranks seventh in the world for its number of highly-cited researchersCredit: Washington University in St. Louis Randall Martin,...
Developing a technique to study past Martian climate
UH Geology student awarded $285,000 NASA grantCredit: University of Houston Joanna Clark has been interested in geology ever since she...
Distant milky way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Credit: SARAO; NRAO/AUI/NSF Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies far beyond previous beliefs
Credit: NAOJ Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young...
Short story collection to entangle readers in the quantum world
Quantum shorts: Collected flash fiction inspired by quantum physicsCredit: N. Syafiqah Are you ready to get entangled in the science...
Differentiating amino acids
Credit: Source: Nature Biotechnology A large part of the work inside cells is done by proteins acting as enzymes, transporters,...
Newly discovered protein gives signal for virus infection
Credit: University of Zurich Viruses have been part of animals and humans for eons. When viruses invade a cell, they...
