Chemistry
NASA’s TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has confirmed the tiniest planet in its catalog so far -- one of three discovered...
Strong showing for UTA in unmanned aerial vehicle competition
UAV expertiseCredit: UT Arlington Yan Wan, an associate professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington and...
A peculiar ground-state phase for superconductor NbSe2 — It’s a Bose metal!
Credit: Physical Review B The application of large enough magnetic fields results in the disruption of superconducting states in materials...
US Department of Energy renews Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials
Credit: Image courtesy of UChicago. DOE seeks to accelerate design of new materials through high-performance computing The U.S. Department of Energy...
Space station mold survives high doses of ionizing radiation
New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference in Bellevue, Wa. BELLEVUE, WA--The International Space Station, like all human...
UT study shows how to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
Credit: NOAA New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane...
Some extinct crocs were vegetarians
Comparisons of the teeth of extinct crocodyliforms to modern day animals allow new insights into dietCredit: Keegan Melstrom/NHMU Based on...
Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks
Credit: Takahashi et. al / Stem Cell Reports Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human...
Curtain raiser: ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6, 2019 Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the...
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
Credit: Zhan Wang The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by...
Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver
At least 100 human genes are pressed into the parasite's service; represent possible drug targets for early stages of infectionCredit:...
Protein scissors for cellular transport
In many ways, a cell is like a city. Proteins or people do daily work to keep the economy going,...
Old at heart: Solution to red giants’ age paradox
A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists...
Applying pressure is way toward generating more electricity from waste heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able...
New cuprate superconductor may challenge the classical wisdom
Credit: JIN Changqing Superconductivity is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature in that the materials can conduct electrical...
Cryo-electron microscopy at reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes
Groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy at Aarhus University reveals the first structures of a protein that maintains cell membranesCredit: Milena Timcenko Using...
Lightning bolt underwater
Credit: RUB, Kramer Electrochemical cells help recycle CO2. However, the catalytic surfaces get worn down in the process. Researchers at...
Rich defects boosting the oxygen evolution reaction
Credit: ©Science China Press The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with sluggish reaction kinetics and large over-potential is the severe reaction...
A new way to make droplets bounce away
Engineers design surfaces that send rain flying away, potentially preventing icing or soakingCredit: Kripa Varanasi CAMBRIDGE, MA -- In many...
‘Mystical’ psychedelic compound found in normal brains
A study in rats has revealed the presence of naturally occurring DMT, an increasingly popular hallucinogen In the past few...
