Chemistry
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
New approach could lead to more efficient and less polluting fuel combustionCredit: Edouard Berrocal, Lund University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have...
Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages
New research presents a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that targets a pro-tumor protein FROUNT and suppresses tumor-associated macrophagesCredit: Tokyo University...
Buck researchers discover how cellular senescence leads to neurodegeneration
Findings available to scientists studying both dementia and brain cancerCredit: Chandani Limbad, PhD Although a link has been established between...
Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that works at night
Credit: Tristan Deppe/Jeremy Munday, UC Davis. What if solar cells worked at night? That's no joke, according to Jeremy Munday,...
Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst
Scientists discovered that a widely used compound thought to play only a 'sacrificial' role enhances key steps of the catalytic...
Smaller detection device effective for nuclear treaty verification, archaeology digs
This compact neutron resonance transmission analysis device can detect nuclear material in one minute and makes possible in 5 meters...
Unique new antiviral treatment made using sugar
New antiviral materials made from sugar have been developed to destroy viruses on contact and may help in the fight...
Research team investigates abnormal neuron activity in Rett syndrome
Credit: Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life. Its circuits readily rewire...
Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar
Credit: David Drew The consumption of sugar is a fundamental source of fuel in most living organisms. In the malaria...
Erin Schuman is awarded the 2020 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
The foundation is recognizing the scientist for her work on local protein synthesis at neuronal synapsesCredit: MPI f. Brain Research...
NRL researchers’ golden touch enhances quantum technology
Credit: Jeremy Robinson/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory discovered a new platform for...
An ultrafast microscope for the quantum world
Processes taking place inside tiny electronic components or in molecules can now be filmed at a resolution of a few...
Hybrid technique to produce stronger nickel for auto, medical, manufacturing
Credit: Qiang Li/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Nickel is a widely used metal in the manufacturing industry for both...
Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new...
It’s closeness that counts: how proximity affects the resistance of graphene
Research team led by the University of Göttingen observes greater variation than expectedCredit: Georg A Traeger/Anna Sinterhauf - University of...
A nanoscale lattice of palladium and yttrium makes for a superlative carbon-linking catalyst
Credit: Nature Communications A group of materials scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride,...
Stress test reveals graphene won’t crack under pressure
Researchers have discovered that the carbon-based material can withstand more than one billion cycles of high stress before breakingCredit: Daria...
Molecule modification could improve reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel could become safer and more efficient in future after researchers found a way to...
Key to beating colorectal cancer hiding in plain sight?
Researchers led by Osaka University link the well-characterized serine racemase-mediated production of pyruvate from L-serine to colorectal cancer, providing a...
Researchers capture first images of oxygen in cancer tumors during radiation therapy
Using specialty cameras and an oxygen probe drug injection, researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center can now image oxygen...