Chemistry
Radioactive material detected remotely using laser-induced electron avalanche breakdown
New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entryCredit: R. Schwartz/H. Milchberg/U....
Scaling forward
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientist's approach to molecular modeling may accelerate the development of new organic materials for electronics....
Montana State professor wins NSF CAREER award for biosensor diagnostics
Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- One day, a technician in a small, rural hospital may be able...
Scientists argue for more comprehensive studies of Cascade volcanoes
Credit: Jeff Basinger CORVALLIS, Ore. - The string of volcanoes in the Cascades Arc, ranging from California's Mt. Lassen in...
Dr. Johan Auwerx to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, March 22, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing the end-to-end drug discovery...
Brookhaven Lab publishes second edition of nuclear nonproliferation textbook
Updating the 2013 edition, the new release describes important changes that have since been implemented in the International Atomic Energy...
Novel MD simulation sheds light on mystery of hydrated electron’s structure
Credit: Vladimir Rybkin The e-aq species is difficult to observe directly because it is short-lived and cannot be separated or...
New research shows highest energy density all-solid-state batteries now possible
Credit: Sangryun Kim and Shin-ichi Orimo Scientists from Tohoku University and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization have developed a...
Optical ‘tweezers’ combine with X-rays to enable analysis of crystals in liquids
Credit: Robert Horn/Argonne National Laboratory Understanding how chemical reactions happen on tiny crystals in liquid solutions is central to a...
A first glimpse deep beneath an ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean ridge
Technology allows researchers to make images from 120 km below a mid-ocean ridgeCredit: Illustration: NTNU More than 100 years ago,...
When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work
Altered neuron growth and gene expression may be related to why some depressed individuals do not respond to SSRIsCredit: Salk...
‘Tremendous contributions’
Professor Otger Campàs receives 2019 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award from the Society for Developmental Biology How do we...
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding...
Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington’s coast
Credit: Brendan Philip /University of Washington Off the coast of Washington, columns of bubbles rise from the seafloor, as if...
Researchers discover hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University...
Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter...
Open-source solution: Researchers 3D-print system for optical cardiography
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office An international research team from the George Washington University, U.S., and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
Revealing the plant genes that shaped our world
Library enables a new understanding of the various processes associated with photosynthetic function Palo Alto, CA--The creation of new library...
Hannover Messe: Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film
Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze The valves and pumps being developed by the research group led by Professor Stefan Seelecke at...
SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting
Scientists present latest research on environmental toxicology and chemistry in Helsinki Brussels -- The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry...