Chemistry

February 7, 2026

100 days, 100 nights: Sensor network reveals telltale patterns in neighborhood air quality

Berkeley Lab deploys custom-built sensors for 100 days and nights to track black carbon pollutionCredit: Berkeley Lab Black carbon, commonly...

DARPA grants ASU $38.8 million to create epigenetic tool for fight against WMD

Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University announced today that it...

Unconventional phenomena triggered by acoustic waves in 2D materials

Opening a new way to manipulate valley transport by acoustic methodsCredit: IBS Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics of...

A new concept for self-assembling micromachines

Polarisable microrobots components can be designed to find each other in an electric fieldCredit: MPI for Intelligent Systems / Nature...

Many Dallas-Fort Worth area faults have the potential to host earthquakes, new study finds

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Bureau of Economic Geology A study led by The University of Texas at Austin...

Towards a light driven molecular assembler

Chemists at Kiel University built the first artificial molecular machines that performs synthesisCredit: Rainer Herges Chemists usually synthesize molecules using...

Renewable and nonrenewable energy in Myanmar’s economic growth

A mathematical model created by scientists The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is located in the western part of...

Critical heart drug too pricey for some Medicare patients

Researchers say cost may be more than $1,600 after insurance payments An effective drug to treat chronic heart failure may...

Astronomers map vast void in our cosmic neighborhood

Credit: UH An astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and an international team published a new study...

The early days of the Milky Way revealed

A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which...

Vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

Multiple species of pathogen challenge commercial algae productionCredit: Seth Steichen and Judith K. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson,...

New study explains the molecular mechanism for the therapeutic effects of cilantro

Herbs, including cilantro, have long been used as folk remediesCredit: Bo Abbott Herbs, including cilantro, have a long history of...

Exosomes may hold the answer to treating, diagnosing developmental brain disorders

New discovery suggests cellular 'cargo' transporters play a profound role in creating brain cells and circuitsCredit: Confocal image courtesy of...

Search for new semiconductors heats up with gallium oxide

Credit: ACS Nano CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois electrical engineers have cleared another hurdle in high-power semiconductor fabrication by...

Airborne lidar system poised to improve accuracy of climate change models

Instrument improves measurements of atmospheric gases that shape the planet's climate WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a laser-based system that...

Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims

Credit: Alex Crookshanks Mosquitoes are smarter than people think. Scientists have found that mosquitoes are changing their hunting routines in...

ORNL scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops

Credit: Jessy Labbe/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn. July 22, 2019--A team of scientists led...

Quantifying how the brain smells

Credit: Albeanu lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Scientists haven't quite decoded how animals smell, but researchers at Cold...

Scientists from Samara Polytech learned to control the oil lens

New method will ensure environmental safety in oil productionCredit: @SAMARAPOLYTECH Reconstruction of factories (the construction of modern parks and the...

Gut microbes may affect the course of ALS