A new stable form of plutonium discovered at the ESRF
Credit: Kristina Kvashnina An international team of scientists, led by the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), have found a new compound of plutonium with an unexpected,...
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This blacksmith forged a sword using chemistry (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2019 -- This week on Reactions, we head to Portland, Oregon, and learn how blacksmithing is just...
Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it
A study that was published today in Cell Host & Microbe explored for the first time the variation and evolution of Prevotella copri, a common...
All plastic waste could become new, high-quality plastic through advanced steam cracking
Credit: Illustration: Boid A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a...
Ugandans and Kenyans in cities happy to pay for food that is more nutritious
Malnutrition remains a serious problem for many people in East Africa; poor consumers are willing to pay a premium for healthier foods, pointing to a...
Genes linked to sex ratio and male fertility in mice
Michigan Medicine researchers find genes that help maintain the 50-50 balance between male and female offspringCredit: Leila Mullison, University of Michigan Stamps School of Art...
Bean tree plan to protect Amazon
Credit: Toby Pennington Amazon deforestation could be slowed by planting bean trees that would keep soils fertile and help smallholders make a living. Rainforest soils...
New polysomnography electrode set enables easy at-home assessment of sleep bruxism
Credit: Tomi Miettinen An easy-to-use electrode set can assess sleep bruxism severity as well as a conventional polysomnography, a new study from the University of...
Can the design of a building improve the creative output of its occupants?
New study published in Creativity Research Journal shows Maharishi Vastu architecture increased workplace creativityCredit: Ron Blunt A ground-breaking study published in the September issue of...
Nobel Laureate Prof. John B. Goodenough discusses lithium-ion batteries in Science China Chemistry
Credit: (a) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. (b)Chemical Reviews, The American Chemical Society. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Prof....
Nitrogen-embedded polycyclic compound with strong antiaromaticity and stability
Expedited approach toward antiaromatic compoundsCredit: Figure Adapted with Permission from Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141. © 2019 American Chemical Society. The synthesis...
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan’s dunes
Credit: University of Hawaii A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to...
Paving a way to achieve unexplored semiconductor nanostructures
Peculiar Bi provoked nanostructures in compound semiconductor nanowires controlled by atomically precise epitaxial crystal growthCredit: Ehime University Nanowire is a rod-structure with a diameter typically...
A compound effective to chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells identified
Credit: Hokkaido University A compound effective in killing chemotherapy-resistant glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs) has been identified, raising hopes of producing drugs capable of eradicating refractory tumors...
Whole genome sequencing could help save pumas from inbreeding
Credit: Sebastian Kennerknecht When students at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) found a dead mule deer on campus, they figured it had been...
