HKU researchers identify promising new biologics for obesity-related diseases
Credit: The University of Hong Kong The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI ...
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Novel method of labeling DNA bases for sequencing
Credit: IOCB Prague An international research team headed by Michal Hocek of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of ...
World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant ...
Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
Credit: Caltech On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of ...
Therapeutics that can shut down harmful genes need a reliable delivery system
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Viruses attack the body by sending their genetic code -- DNA and RNA ...
New approach to growing cubic boron nitride: a pathway to next-gen semiconductors
Lehigh University materials researcher Siddha Pimputkar wins NSF CAREER award to develop novel method of growing bulk single-crystal nitrides--an advance ...
Stanford study reveals new biomolecule
Credit: Ryan Flynn Stanford researchers have discovered a new kind of biomolecule that could play a significant role in the ...
Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter named fellow of the Combustion Institute
Credit: (Image by Robert Tranter.) Tranter explores the reactions of chemicals under high temperatures and pressures. Senior chemist Robert (Rob) ...
What’s a calorie? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 17, 2021 -- Did you know that the calorie labels on foods are ...
The perfect blend: Optimizing gas mixtures for hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates
Scientists find optimal hydrogen-natural gas blend to trap hydrogen in cage-like molecules more effectivelyCredit: GIST In our ongoing quest to ...
Some RNA molecules have unexpected sugar coating
Credit: Emily M. Eng/R. Flynn et al./Cell 2021 In a surprise find, scientists have discovered sugar-coated RNA molecules decorating the ...
A LiDAR device the size of a finger available
Credit: POSTECH The nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature ...
Future sparkles for diamond-based quantum technology
Two research breakthroughs are poised to accelerate the development of synthetic diamond-based quantum technologyCredit: Igor Aharonovich Marilyn Monroe famously sang ...
Skoltech researchers developed an enriched method for increasing the capacity of next-generation metal-ion battery cathode materials
Credit: Skoltech Scientists at Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology have developed an enriched and scalable approach for increasing ...
Mechanics of the infinitely small: NanoGear, towards a molecular gear
Credit: Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (Clan) / University of Bologna Gears and mechanical transmissions are at home in the ...
Lehigh chemist Xiaoji Xu selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Xu is one of only sixteen selected this year for this highly competitive grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus ...
Etching process enhances the extraction of hydrogen during water electrolysis
Credit: The authors Extracting hydrogen from water through electrolysis offers a promising route for increasing the production of hydrogen, a ...
Harvesting light like nature does
Synthesizing a new class of bio-inspired, light-capturing nanomaterialsCredit: (Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Inspired by nature, ...
Building a foundation for high-power tech
Pitt researchers receive $820K from Office of Naval Research for work on ultra-high frequency soft magnet technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh ...
New research shows: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek led rivals astray
Credit: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave/TU Delft A microscope used by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to conduct pioneering research contains a surprisingly ordinary lens, ...