Chemistry
Development of high-power lasers, quantum internet are plenary topics for FiO + LS Conference
Nobel laureate Donna Strickland, quantum computing expert Ronald Hanson headline meeting that features the latest advances in optics and photonics...
Polymer faculty receive NSF awards totaling over $1 million
Credit: The University of Akron Akron, OH -- Three professors in The University of Akron's (UA) College of Polymer Science...
New study shows how environmental disruptions affected ancient societies
LSU College of the Coast & Environment Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Day has collaborated with archeologists on a new analysis...
A new force for optical tweezers awakens
Credit: Giovanni Volpe When studying biological cells using optical tweezers, one main issue is the damage caused to the cell...
Origin of life – A prebiotic route to DNA
DNA, the hereditary material, may have appeared on Earth earlier than has been assumed hitherto. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich chemists...
Cell division at high speed
Credit: Image: AG Gaubatz / University of Wuerzburg In malignant tumours, the cells usually proliferate quickly and uncontrollably. A research...
Calcium phosphate to help advance bone tissue regeneration
Fadis Murzakhanov, graduate student of the Institute of Physics, elaborates on his research Mr. Murzakhanov's master thesis is dedicated to...
Redundancies in T cells
Oncologists have had great success with cancer immunotherapy in recent years, especially with the approach known as immune checkpoint inhibition,...
Rebirth of the Japanese black tea market: challenges for entrepreneurial green tea farmers
Credit: Kanazawa University In Japan, tea farms are found in warm areas, whose northern limit is Ibaraki prefecture, where green...
Dr. Minah Lee receives Wiley Young Researcher Award
Dr. Lee gained attention as an outstanding researcher in materials scienceCredit: KIST On May 22, Dr. Minah Lee from the...
Speeding up the journey towards clean energy through photocatalyst optimization
Researchers from Osaka University link the activity of water splitting catalysts to easy-to-measure parameters to enable rapid screening of clean...
Emerging device by the fusion of IGZO and ferroelectric-HfO2
Next generation memory with low-power, high-speed, and high capacityCredit: Masaharu Kobayashi As a part of JST PRESTO program, Associate professor...
‘Hot spots’ increase efficiency of solar desalination
Rice University engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 18, 2019) --...
Greentown Labs & BASF start circularity challenge to pursue ideas for a circular economy
Six-month accelerator program seeks innovation in the plastics, energy storage and recycling value chains Greentown Labs and BASF jointly launch...
Drug boosts growth in youngsters with most common form of dwarfism, new study finds
Results of the four-year study are summarised online June 18 in the New England Journal of Medicine A groundbreaking drug...
NASA scientists find sun’s history buried in moon’s crust
Credit: Simone Marchi The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun...
RNR ‘switch’ offers hope in battling antibiotic resistant bacteria
ITHACA, N.Y. - New research from Cornell University offers a new pathway for targeting pathogens in the fight against antibiotic...
Colorado enrolls first patient in clinical trial of HDAC inhibitor, OKI-179
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center OnKure, Inc. and the University of Colorado Cancer Center today announced enrollment of the...
Researchers identify enzyme that suppresses immune system in breast cancer
Inhibiting this enzyme in mice triggers an immune attack on the tumor DURHAM, N.C. - Immunotherapies have transformed cancer care,...
NASA’s Webb Sunshield undergoes rocket fitting, more testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory's spacecraft bus and the sunshield,...
