Chemistry

August 9, 2022

Renewable energy won’t make Bitcoin ‘green,’ but tweaking its mining mechanism might

The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is known for its massive energy footprint. Now, researcher Alex de Vries, from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the...

Three new honorary doctors at Karolinska Institutet

Paolo Chiesi, Douglas Easton, and Sophie Ekman appointed in 2019 Three new honorary doctors have been appointed by the Swedish...

A cosmic bat in flight

ESO's Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat's dusty cloudsCredit: ESO ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT has caught a glimpse...

Study shows shorter treatment for Chagas disease as effective, and significantly safer

Barcelona/Rio de Janeiro, 14 March 2019 - A two-week treatment course for adult patients with chronic Chagas disease showed, when...

Using 3D models to reduce side effects of radiotherapy

Credit: Joe Vittorio The debilitating side effects of radiotherapy could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a...

New approach to stroke treatment could minimize brain damage

Credit: University of British Columbia A new treatment for a common type of stroke may soon be possible, thanks to...

Scientists use a blender to reveal what’s in our smartphones

Credit: University of Plymouth/Real World Visuals Every year, 1.4 billion mobile phones are produced around the world. Many of us...

BPS and Rep. Bill Foster host Dr. Jennifer Doudna for CRISPR-101 Briefing

Sean Winkler - BPS; Rep. Foster; Dr. Jennifer Doudna; Jennifer Pesanelli - BPS view more Washington, DC - On March...

UTA project to show how farmers, ranchers can make food transportation more efficient

Carrying foodCredit: UT Arlington Small- and mid-scale farmers and ranchers in Texas often face challenges in getting their products to...

Martian meteorites land at Army lab

Credit: Army Research Laboratory Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 13, 2019) -- NASA officials say that some rare...

ALMA observes the formation sites of solar-system-like planets

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Kudo et al. Researchers have spotted the formation sites of planets around a young star resembling our...

UTA researcher earns grants to control ultrasound waves for detecting structural damage

Damage detectionCredit: UT Arlington Haiying Huang, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington,...

Quasar jets confuse orbital telescope

Credit: Yuri Kovalev Astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy...

Mount Sinai researchers discover serotonin can regulate gene expression inside neurons