Group produces materials via self-organization in chemical systems
Applications range from sensors and batteries to fuel cells, among other technological possibilities. Achieving a deeper understanding and control of the processes involved is the...
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Warming threat to tropical forests risks release of carbon from soil
Credit: Geetha Iyer Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide risk being lost into the atmosphere due to tropical forest soils being significantly more sensitive to...
Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone
UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher of The University of Texas...
First in Human Study with Novel Antisense Oligonucleotide
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 11, 2020--A single intravenous dose of MRG-110, an anti-microRNA drug, significantly reduced miR-92a levels in...
NSF CAREER award to study engineering pathways for Appalachian youth
Credit: Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs believes that teachers and their school systems, universities, and companies are uniquely positioned to come together and create positive engineering...
Identifying molecular targets to prevent obesity-induced cardiovascular diseases
University of Houston researcher receives $2.2 million grant from National Institutes of HealthCredit: University of Houston In the early stages of obesity, endothelial cells -...
The First Cell named LUCA
New Springer book tackles questions around the mystery of the origin of lifeCredit: Springer How did life on earth begin, and what does LUCA have...
Selective conversion of reactive lithium compounds made possible
Catalysis without unwanted by-productsCredit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new catalyst that can catalyse reactions to produce pharmaceuticals or chemicals used...
Porous liquids allow for efficient gas separation
New material opens up the possibility of saving up to 80 percent of energy when separating raw materials for the plastics industry - Publication in...
Spider silk inspires new class of functional synthetic polymers
Credit: Giuseppe Portale, University of Groningen Synthetic polymers have changed the world around us, and it would be hard to imagine a world without them....
Australian Indigenous banana cultivation found to go back over 2,000 years
Findings help dispel the view that Australia's first peoples were 'only hunter gatherers'Credit: ANU Archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found the earliest...
Collaboration is key to rebuilding coral reefs
Credit: Corales de Paz The most successful and cost-effective ways to restore coral reefs have been identified by an international group of scientists, after analysing...
A phylogenetic analysis reveals the evolution of the mitochondrial calcium transporter
Credit: IRB Barcelona The system that regulates cellular calcium levels duplicated, generating two non-equivalent systems, some one billion years ago before fungi and animals diverged...
Forest geneticist receives $810,000 grant to study disease resistance in sugar pines
Amanda De La Torre is studying the genome of sugar pines to find out what makes some trees resistant to the devastating effects of white...
New advance in superconductors with ‘twist’ in rhombohedral graphite
Credit: The University of Manchester An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that mirrors the "magic angle" effect...