Volcanic glass spray shows promise in controlling mosquitoes
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Roe, NC State University. An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic ...
Tag: Chemical/Biological Weapons
CSIC researchers use whole living cells as ‘templates’ to seek for bioactive molecules
Lung cancer cells were used to design a methodology that could help in the future to differentiate healthy versus cancerous ...
Female Gulf War combat veterans have persistent symptoms more than 25 years later
Credit: Augusta University photographer Kim Ratliff AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 25, 2020) - More than a quarter century after the Gulf ...
Asymmetric iodoesterification of simple alkenes by concerto catalyst
Credit: Takayoshi Arai Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids. Published in ...
Dartmouth’s Katherine Mirica wins National Teacher-Scholar Honor
Award recognizes work in the classroom and laboratoryCredit: Photo: Eli Burakian/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - May 4, 2020 - Katherine ...
Development of new photovoltaic commercialization technology
The cause for efficiency degradation in an actual operating environment has been identified, with proposal of material processing method for ...
UAB will test a COVID-19 vaccine candidate created by Altimmune Inc.
The testing at UAB will investigate immune responses to the vaccine in mice -- an important step before any Phase ...
Atomic fingerprint identifies emission sources of uranium
Credit: © M. Martschini, University of Vienna Uranium is not always the same: depending on whether this chemical element is ...
Story Tips: Antidote chasing, traffic control and automatic modeling
Credit: Andrey Kovalevsky/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biochemistry - Chasing the antidote In the most comprehensive, structure-based ...
New state-of-the-MOF materials
Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new ...
San Antonio researchers win $18 million contract to develop tularemia vaccine
Vaccine would be the first to protect against tularemia in the United StatesCredit: The University of Texas at San Antonio ...
New neutron detector can fit in your pocket
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detectorCredit: Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory EVANSTON, Ill. -- Homeland Security might soon have a ...
Nanomaterial fabric destroys nerve agents in battlefield-relevant conditions
Metal-organic framework-based composites don't need liquid water to workCredit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Northwestern University scientists have successfully ...
State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
Credit: University of New Mexico According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, ...