Chemistry
Columbia researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness — and loses it
How does our brain generate consciousness? New study by Data Science Institute probes that eternal question Medically-induced loss of consciousness...
Resolving the ‘invisible’ gold puzzle
Arsenic aids formation of giant gold depositsCredit: C. Kusebauch, GFZ The Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada, USA, are the origin...
Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output...
Researchers find new target to improve response to cancer immunotherapy
Study is first to define how a little-known type of cell death impacts tumor cells and immune cellsCredit: University of...
Nuclear ‘magic numbers’ collapse beyond the doubly magic nickel 78
Scientists from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Research and collaborators have used the center's heavy ion accelerator, the RI...
A new vision for neuroscience
How live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Red and blue lights flash. A machine...
Salk Institute professor Edward Callaway elected to National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2019) The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently announced that Salk Institute Professor Edward...
Drug companies warm up to continuous manufacturing
For decades, most industries, from petrochemicals to paper, have embraced continuous manufacturing processes. In contrast, the ultraconservative pharmaceutical industry has...
Mount Sinai researchers identify 20 novel gene associations with bipolar disorder
In the largest study of its kind, involving more than 50,000 subjects in 14 countries, researchers at the Icahn School...
Cranberry oligosaccharides might help prevent UTIs
Many people have heard that drinking cranberry juice can help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Although clinical trials of this...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2019
Credit: Joe Insely, Silvio Rizzi and HACC Team/Argonne National Laboratory Computing--Virtual universes Using Summit, the world's most powerful supercomputer housed...
Shrink films get a grip (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Many people fondly remember playing with toys known as Shrinky Dinks® -- sheets of polystyrene plastic...
Can the brain help heal the heart?
Credit: UCF, College of Medicine A University of Central Florida College of Medicine scientist is advancing research on how neurons...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu...
Fire-safety sectors call for global PFAS ban, no loopholes for toxic firefighting foam
New report includes just released data on PFAS exposures to Australian Firefighters (Gothenburg, Sweden): Industry fire-safety experts from the oil...
HER2 positive breast cancer: Treatment de-escalation needs to be personalized
ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 1 May 2019 -...
Effort to improve rescue kits for diabetes gets $1.4 million boost with SBIR grant
Monon Bioventures and Purdue University awarded grant to improve diabetes treatment WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Diabetes is a disease of...
Making glass more clear
New approach predicts glass' always-evolving behaviors at different temperaturesCredit: Wenjie Xia/NIST EVANSTON, Ill. -- Not everything about glass is clear....
BTI’s Maria Harrison elected to National Academy of Sciences
Maria Harrison, William H. Crocker Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute and Adjunct Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science...
Researcher gets $3.3 million grant to develop universal treatment for cystic fibrosis
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A pharmaceutical sciences researcher at Oregon State University has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the...
