Chemistry
2015 Nepal earthquake offers clues about hazards
Credit: Navin Thapa, Tribhuvan University of Kathmandu The Himalaya Mountains are a geological wonder, drawing adventurers and religious devotees from...
Practice makes perfect
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Noah Paulson Argonne team combines cutting-edge modeling with 300-year-old statistical analysis technique to enhance material properties. At some...
Interdisciplinary approach decreases broad spectrum antibiotic usage
An interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship involving comprehensive blood culture identification (BCID) testing decreased broad spectrum antibiotic use, according to...
Academic reviewers to now more easily receive credit for their work
San Francisco, CA., June 26, 2019---PLOS today announced that its collaboration with ORCID now includes credit for reviewers. For more...
The fundamental physics of frequency combs sheds light on nature’s problem-solving skills
Insight into laser frequency combs improves understanding, advances technology Nature has a way of finding optimal solutions to complex problems....
Is multiple sclerosis linked to childhood viral infections?
UNIGE researchers have discovered a potential link between viral infections in the brain in childhood and the risk to develop...
Danica Chen to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline...
Building a bridge to the quantum world
Scientists at IST Austria develop a prototype of what may, in the future, serve as a link to connect quantum...
Experimental physicists redefine ultrafast, coherent magnetism
Credit: © J.K. Dewhurst Electronic properties of materials can be directly influenced via light absorption in under a femtosecond (10-15...
The RoboBee flies solo
Cutting the power cord for the first untethered flightCredit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS In the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, on a...
Sustainability-linked loans provide opportunities for chemical firms
Spurred by calculations showing that companies with a lower environmental impact are less of a financial risk, banks are beginning...
Shell increases versatility of nanowires
Laboratory experiments show that semiconductor nanowires can be tuned over wide energy rangesCredit: HZDR / R. Huebner Nanowires promise to...
Science snapshots: A toxin antidote in frogs, atomic motion in 4D, and better biofuels
Credit: Alexander Tokarev/UCLA A Frog Worth Kissing: Natural Defense Against Red Tide Toxin Found in Bullfrogs By ALIYAH KOVNER A...
First snapshots of trapped CO2 molecules shed new light on carbon capture
A new twist on cryo-EM imaging reveals what's going on inside MOFs, highly porous nanoparticles with big potential for storing...
New mouse model of Parkinson’s disease shows how it spreads from the gut
Credit: Ted Dawson et al. / Neuron, 2019 Parkinson's disease can begin in the gut and spread to the brain...
To increase bike commuters, look to neighborhoods
New research shows downtown and campus dwellers more likely to travel by bicycle COLUMBUS, Ohio--People agree that bike commuting improves...
UIC, AbbVie scientists develop a novel device to screen advanced crystalline materials
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and AbbVie Inc. have developed a novel device that will help scientists...
Diving into water treatment strategies for swimming pools
With summer in full swing, many people are cooling off in swimming pools. However, some of the substances that are...
The observation of topologically protected magnetic quasiparticles
Credit: J-PARC(KEK/JAEA) A team of researchers from Tohoku University, J-PARC, and Tokyo Institute of Technology conducted an in-depth study of...
ALMA pinpoints the formation site of planet around nearest young star
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tsukagoshi et al. Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the...
