New type of extremely reactive substance in the atmosphere
A commonly known chemical compound is hydrogen peroxide. All peroxides have two oxygen atoms attached to each other, making them highly reactive and often flammable...
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The “fuel of evolution” is more abundant than previously thought in wild animals
Darwinian evolution is the process by which natural selection promotes genetic changes in traits that favour survival and reproduction of individuals. How fast evolution happens...
New class of substances detected in atmospheric chemistry
Leipzig/Copenhagen/Pasadena. An international research team has now succeeded in detecting hydrotrioxides (ROOOH) for the first time under atmospheric conditions. Until now, there was only speculation...
Smart, dissolving pacemaker communicates with body-area sensor and control network
Last summer, Northwestern University researchers introduced the first-ever transient pacemaker — a fully implantable, wireless device that harmlessly dissolves in the body after it’s no longer needed....
Harsher COVID-19 restrictions associated with faster “pandemic fatigue”
Between November 2020 and May 2021, adherence to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions decreased in Italy, with the fastest decreases taking place during times of the most...
Why haven’t we discovered co-orbital exoplanets? Could tides offer a possible answer?
So far, we haven't discovered any exoplanets with co-orbital objects. A new study suggests tides could be causing oscillations that remove co-orbitals before we can...
A unique catalyst paves the way for plastic upcycling
A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers led by Ames Laboratory scientists...
All-optical computation of a group of transformations using a polarization-encoded diffractive network
Implementing large-scale linear transformations or matrix computations plays a pivotal role in modern information processing systems. Digital computer systems need to complete up to billions...
Two Virginia graduate students get a boost for research
NEWPORT NEWS – Two graduate students at Virginia universities who plan to conduct research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility...
Pandemic-related stressors in pregnant women may impact their babies before they’re born
Prolonged levels of stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to altering key features of fetal brain development — even if the mother was...
Professional ‘guilds’ of bacteria gave rise to the modern microbiome
Even the smallest marine invertebrates—some barely larger than single-celled protists—are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according to new research from University...
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
HOUSTON – (May 26, 2022) – The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better part for...
Harnessing the immune system to treat traumatic brain injury in mice
A therapeutic method for harnessing the body’s immune system to protect against brain damage is published today by researchers from the Babraham Institute’s Immunology research...
Fishing for new source of proteoglycans, an important health food ingredient
Aggrecan, a major component of proteoglycan (PG) having chondroitin sulfate (CS) in cartilaginous tissues, has become increasingly popular as an ingredient in health food. In...
FAU awarded $1 million to help prevent injury, death from falls in older adults
Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them dies from the fall. More...
