Chemistry

April 16, 2026

Following the lizard lung labyrinth

Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patternsCredit: Robert Cieri...

Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist

Researchers synthetize nanotubes with a specific structure expanding previous theories on carbon nanotube growthCredit: IBS In a recently published paper...

Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter

Credit: Science Advances Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess...

A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs

Researchers create the ultimate non-stick coating, with medical settings and food industry in mindCredit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON,...

Chen WeiQiu’s team realized the tailoring of topological states via boundary selection

Credit: ©Science China Press In the paper, a C6v-symmetric structure is thoroughly studied in which the valley Hall effect plays...

Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair

Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...

Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair

Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...

Strengthening European biology

EMBL joins Instruct-ERICCredit: PHOTO: Udo Ringeisen / EMBL European biomedical research capabilities, and services to industry, will be further enhanced...

Researchers create synthetic nanopores made from DNA

Credit: Rasmus Peter Thomsen, Aarhus University In 2015, the first commercial nanopore DNA sequencing device was introduced by Oxford Nanopore...

Simultaneous emission of orthogonal handedness in circular polarization

Credit: by Kyungmin Baek, Dong-Myung Lee, Yu-Jin Lee, Hyunchul Choi, Jeongdae Seo, Inbyeong Kang, Chang-Jae Yu, and Jae-Hoon Kim Control...

Finding a killer electron hot spot in Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts

Credit: ERG Science Team A collaboration between researchers in Japan, the USA, and Russia has found a hot spot in...

Scientists and innovators present the Circular Carbon Economy at COP25

Credit: KAUST 12/12/2019 - COP25 MADRID, International scientists and innovators present the concept and components of the Circular Carbon Economy,...

Perinatal exposure to flame retardant alters epigenome, predisposing metabolic disease

UMass Amherst scientist expanding chemical exposure research to include humansCredit: UMass Amherst Studies have shown that perinatal exposure of rats...

Hubble watches interstellar comet Borisov speed past the sun

Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured comet 2I/Borisov streaking through...

Tiny insects become ‘visible’ to bats when they swarm

3-D simulations could provide new insights into the evolution of bat echolocationCredit: Mor Taub. Small insects that would normally be...

Unique polymer fibres: Light, strong, and tough

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth discover unique multifibrillar fibresCredit: © University of Bayreuth / Rennecke. Strong and tough yet...

New drugs more likely to be approved if backed up by genetics

New analysis confirms human genomic data could predict success in clinical trialsCredit: Andy Leppard, Flickr A new drug candidate is...

Yule log chemistry trivia — 4 hours cozy fireplace for your nerdy holiday parties (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2019 -- Ready to kick back and relax by the fire this...

Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure

Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials...

Interstellar comet 2I — Borisov swings past sun