Chemistry
Scientists tame Josephson vortices
Credit: Viacheslav Dremov et al./Nature Communications MIPT physicists have learned how to locally control Josephson vortices. The discovery can be...
Discovery may help derail Parkinson’s ‘runaway train’
Researchers have discovered a new enzyme that inhibits the LRRK2 pathway, the most common cause of genetic Parkinson'sCredit: University of...
Mimicking body’s circulatory AC could keep airplanes, cars and computers cooler
Drexel researchers' program designs materials with human-like microvasculatureCredit: Drexel University The complex network of veins that keeps us cool during...
Sponge-like 2D material with interesting electrical conductivity and magnetic properties
Researchers synthesize a new 2D Metal Organic Framework with an ever-growing list of possible applicationsCredit: IBS Chemists at the Center...
Ground penetrating radar reveals why ancient Cambodian capital was moved to Angkor
Ancient spillway Cambodia reveals structure built for water storage failed and forced Cambodian Kings to relocate capitalCredit: Dr Ian Moffat,...
Astronomers catch wind rushing out of galaxy
Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first timeCredit: Image by: Jim Geach, David...
Artificial intelligence learns muscle anatomy in CT images
Credit: Yoshinobu Sato Personalized medicine has stirred the imagination of drugs and therapies that are individually tailored to patients. In...
Efficient hydrogen conversion via PEC water splitting using hematite mesocrystals
Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has...
NTU Singapore researchers create quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current setups
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than...
Vicinal reaction: A radical strategy for linking three organic groups together
Kanazawa University researchers design a radical reaction to build highly functionalized ketones, installing two new carbon-carbon bonds at adjacent positions...
Discovery of ‘cellular bike couriers’ clue to disease spreading
A previously unknown component of our cells that delivers proteins like a bike courier in heavy traffic could shed light...
Novel NRL instrument enhances ability to measure nuclear materials
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini) WASHINGTON - Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) designed...
System provides cooling with no electricity
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate awayCredit: Courtesy of Arny...
Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules
Simple photochemical method takes advantage of quantum mechanicsCredit: Credit: Yishu Jiang, Northwestern University Northwestern University chemists have used visible light...
Concrete with improved impact endurance for defense structures developed at FEFU
Credit: FEFU press office Engineers from the Military Studies Center at Far Eastern Federal University (MSC FEFU) developed a brand-new...
Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award
Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow...
More than 50 international students to receive academic travel awards for SLAS 2020
The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, (SLAS) has selected 53 life sciences students to receive SLAS Tony B. Academic...
First South American insect that emits blue light is discovered
Larvae of a fungus gnat found in Iporanga, São Paulo State, Brazil, have bioluminescent properties previously observed only in species...
Researchers use 3D printing to make glass optical fiber preform
New approach greatly simplifies silica fiber fabrication, enabling new designs and applicationsCredit: John Canning, University of Technology in Sydney WASHINGTON...
Study says Southern California earthquakes increased stress on major fault line
Credit: Bill Barnhart, University of Iowa A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes...
