Chemistry
Hubble captures cosmic face
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears...
New findings could improve diagnosis, treatment of depression
Scientists find potential biomarker for major symptom of depression: lack of motivationCredit: Image courtesy of Stephan Lammel, UC Berkeley Researchers...
Signaling waves determine embryonic fates
Rice University lab shows cell-signal pathway dynamics prompt first patterns in embryosCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019)...
An overlooked piece of the solar dynamo puzzle
Researchers demonstrate particular form of magnetic instabilityCredit: NASA / SDO A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's...
Lithuanian scientists’ research may contribute to a better diagnosis of cancer
The method discovered by Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania researchers together with colleagues from other countries opens up an opportunity...
Transforming DNA repair errors into assets
CiRA scientists create a new bioinformatics tool, MHcut, to generate gene mutations with high precision to study diseasesCredit: Kyoto University/Woltjen...
DNA is like everything else: it’s not what you have, but how you use it
Flipons -- an instructive Genetic CodeCredit: Alan Herbert DNA sequences encode information in many different ways. Codons specify the amino...
Giant neutrino telescope to open window to ultra-high-energy universe
Credit: ©Science China Press The long-sought, elusive ultra-high-energy neutrinos, ghost-like particles that travel cosmological-scale distances, are key to understanding the...
Argonaute proteins help fine-tune gene expression
Credit: © 2019 Heno Hwang A nuclear protein bound to RNA molecules affects chromatin structure and gene expression. The finding...
Development of mass production equipment for thin magnetic ribbon, minimizing energy-loss
Energy-saving benefits expected in a wide variety of devices through substituting magnetic steel sheetsCredit: Tohoku Magnet Institute JST announces that...
The frostier the flower, the more potent the cannabis
Advanced microscopy reveals internal structures of cannabis biochemical factoriesCredit: Samuels Lab/UBC Cannabis flowers with the most mushroom-shaped hairs pack the...
Insight-HXMT team releases new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries
Credit: Image by IHEP Scientists with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) team presented their new results on black hole...
X-ray scout sees first light
Observations with eRosita promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic universeCredit: T. Reiprich (Univ. Bonn), M. Ramos-Ceja (MPE),...
Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
There's a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn't mean they're not...
Solving the plastics problem
Research from Texas A&M and Teysha Technologies aims to reduce plastics pollution through the development of biodegradable polymersCredit: Texas A&M...
Super-strong magnetic supercrystals can assemble themselves
Credit: Photo: Nancy Bazilchuk/NTNU Verner Håkonsen works with cubes so tiny that nearly 5 billion of them could fit on...
Sharing solar technology with developing countries
£800,000 award for Swansea-led projectCredit: Sunrise Project, Swansea University A Swansea-led project which will help communities in developing countries to...
IKBFU researchers have discovered another natural antioxidant — alder bark
An alder bark may become a great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidantsCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University An...
New portable DNA sequencer quickly and accurately diagnoses wheat viruses
Credit: John P. Fellers, Christian Webb, Madison C. Fellers, Jessica Shoup Rupp, and Erick De Wolf New Portable DNA Sequencer...
Svetlana Jitomirskaya wins 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
The award recognizes outstanding publications in the field of mathematical physicsCredit: Svetlana Jitomirskaya WASHINGTON, D.C., October 22, 2019 -- The...
