Chemistry
‘Dual login’ mechanism found to resist fungal infection in cells
Indiana University-led research has revealed how two specific immune receptors coordinate to trigger a powerful response against fungal invadersCredit: Image...
Quantum light improves sensitivity of biological measurements
New approach combines quantum physics and biology to improve enzyme activity measurementsCredit: Simonetta Pieroni WASHINGTON -- In a new study,...
Antibiotics from the sea
International research team taps potential source of new antibioticsCredit: Christian Jogler Nearly three-quarters of all clinically relevant antibiotics are natural...
The measurements of the expansion of the universe don’t add up
The mystery of the Hubble constantCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltetch/ESA-Planck Collaboration/SINC Physicists use two types of measurements to calculate the expansion rate of...
NTU and Dutch scientists show how perovskite solar cells can capture more electricity
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG)...
Discovery in ferroelectric material reveals unique property, application potential
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; illustration by Sabine Neumayer A discovery from a team of physicists...
Protein imaging at the speed of life
The European XFEL marks a new age of protein movie-making that enables enzymes involved in disease to be observed in...
Balancing elementary steps for boosting alkaline hydrogen evolution
Credit: ©Science China Press Electrocatalytic reaction, like other heterogenous catalytic reaction, commonly consists of multiple elementary reaction steps. For example,...
Sierra Nevada has oldest underground water recharge system in Europe
Scientists from the University of Granada, the IGME, and the Universities of Cologne and Lisbon have demonstrated that the careo...
Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill...
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
Credit: Erping Sun In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the...
Subtle changes, big effects
Credit: iStock (CC BY 4.0) "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?"...
Directional control of self-propelled protocells
The future of drug delivery?Credit: Ambika Somasundar, Penn State Synthetic protocells can be made to move toward and away from...
Metabolic syndrome: New use for an old drug
The syndrome, which affects more than 35% of the over-50 population in Western countries, could be treated with Ibrutinib, a...
Teens with heart disease improve exercise capacity in large clinical trial
CHOP cardiologists report milestone results for Fontan survivors in multicenter, phase 3 FUEL TrialCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The largest-ever...
Hot electrons harvested without tricks
Credit: Maxim Pchenitchnikov, University of Groningen Semiconductors convert energy from photons (light) into an electron current. However, some photons carry...
Scientists develop near ambient pressure photoemission electron microscopy based on tunable deep-ultraviolet laser source
Credit: Image by LIU Wansheng A research group led by Prof. FU Qiang and Prof. BAO Xinhe at the Dalian...
Water could modulate the activity and selectivity of CO2 reduction
Credit: ©Science China Press As an alternative to the depletion of fossil resources, the reduction of CO2 emitted from fossil...
Near-infrared electrochromism of a new multilayered complex
Credit: ©Science China Press Electrochromic films that display reversible spectral and color changes in response to electric or electrochemical stimulus...
First research results from the Estonian-Finnish FinEstBeAMS beamline
Credit: Photo credit: Mati Kook, University of Tartu. The public might not even know that scientists from the University of...
