Differentiating amino acids
Credit: Source: Nature Biotechnology A large part of the work inside cells is done by proteins acting as enzymes, transporters, ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Taking an X-ray of an atomic bond
Credit: Image courtesy of Tiffany Bowman, Brookhaven National Lab. Understanding the behavior of materials at their interfaces - where they ...
Turning light energy into heat to fight disease
Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold ...
New way to identify and track progression of Huntington’s disease
Credit: George Devitt Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Cambridge have developed a new technique to analyse biochemical changes ...
Seasonal forecasts challenged by Pacific Ocean warming
Credit: CSHOR CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a ...
Millions with swallowing problems could be helped through new wearable device
Credit: Jared Pike/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for ...
Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments
Credit: Mas Subramanian, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State University chemistry researcher who made history a decade ...
How we transport water in our bodies inspires new water filtration method
Credit: Erik Zumalt, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin A multidisciplinary group of engineers and scientists ...
Leptons help in tracking new physics
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Electrons with 'colleagues' - other leptons - are one of many products of collisions observed in ...
Neutrons optimize high efficiency catalyst for greener approach to biofuel synthesis
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman OAK RIDGE, Tenn., December 16, 2019--Researchers led by the University of Manchester have designed a catalyst that ...
Big step in producing carbon-neutral fuel: Silver diphosphide
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett A new chemical process described in the journal Nature Communications does in the lab what ...
Change of shifts at the north pole
As the second leg of the 1-year-long MOSAiC expedition begins, participants review the mission so farCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Esther Horvath, CC-BY ...
Scientist breaks down chemistry in iconic cartoons: SpongeBob SquarePants and Popeye
Are bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, ...
New way to make biomedical devices from silk yields better products with tunable qualities
Using methods common to plastics manufacturing, properties of silk-based devices can be tuned for strength, flexibility, molecular function and biodegradabilityCredit: ...
From cancer medication to antibiotic
Modified cancer drug effective against multi-resistant bacteriaCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasingly the source of deadly infections. ...
Physics through fiction — string theory and divine intervention
Credit: Springer Nature In his book, Mark Alpert reimagines Saint Joan of Arc as a teenage math whiz from New ...
Get ready for a new periodic table
Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley. Are you ready ...
Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist
Researchers synthetize nanotubes with a specific structure expanding previous theories on carbon nanotube growthCredit: IBS In a recently published paper ...
Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
Credit: Science Advances Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess ...
City College leads new photonics breakthrough
Credit: ITMO University A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led ...
