Mastering the art of nanoscale construction to breathe easy and bust fraud
A new way to arrange very small materials with perfect control could lead to more secure banknotes and passports, and quicker detection of harmful gas...
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to deploy Insilico Medicine’s Chemistry42 AI platform
Insilico Medicine announces the first deployment of its flagship generative chemistry AI platform for de novo molecular design, Chemistry42™ on Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's high-performance...
Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases
Credit: Suzanne Turnock / Borneo Nature Foundation Conservation of tropical peatlands could reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the likelihood of new diseases...
Reducing aerosol pollution without cutting carbon dioxide could make the planet hotter
Solving one environmental problem could create anotherCredit: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP Humans must reduce carbon dioxide and aerosol pollution simultaneously to avoid weakening...
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest
Credit: David Warsinger/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University innovator and his team are among the quarterfinalists in a national solar desalination innovation...
Quantum tunneling pushes the limits of self-powered sensors
With just a 50-million-electron jumpstart, sensors can power themselves for more than a yearCredit: Chakrabartty Lab, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis...
UTA partners with NCTCOG to generate energy from food waste found in landfills
Project converts food waste into energyCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington environmental engineering professor is helping the North Central Texas Council of...
X-ray study explores potential of hepatitis C drugs to treat COVID-19
Credit: Michelle Lehman, Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Experiments led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have determined that...
Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale
Credit: Staffan Widstrand Photography Where the wild things are: Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale. Researchers at the Norwegian University of...
STAT honors ‘Wunderkind’ for pioneering work at UVA on focused ultrasound, cancer
Credit: Courtesy Natasha Sheybani Health news site STAT has honored Natasha Sheybani, PhD, as one of the next generation of scientific superstars for her work...
Massive dataset reveals which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers study the ability of democracies to react to global crisisThe PPI measures public health government responses to COVID-19 at all levels of government throughout...
New optical method paves way to breath test for cancer biomarker
Sensitive spectroscopy approach detects formaldehyde at a level of just 1 part per millionCredit: Mateusz Winkowski, University of Warsaw WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an...
People in developing countries eat less bushmeat as they migrate from rural to urban areas
Credit: Thais Morcatty PRINCETON, N.J.-- People around the world, especially in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, consume wild game, or bushmeat, whether...
Computer scientists launch counteroffensive against video game cheaters
Cheat detection system could gracefully kick out cheating playersCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists have devised a...
Cosmic flashes come in all different sizes
Credit: Danielle Futselaar/artsource.nl By studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion seen in April 2020, a Chalmers-led team of scientists have used four European...
