The Next Generation of Cancer Drugs Will Be Made in Space
During the course, King was part of a team tasked with identifying research that could be conducted in space with…
During the course, King was part of a team tasked with identifying research that could be conducted in space with…
(a) Schematic diagram for the prepared processing of PA-DAD, (b) FTIR spectra of DAD, PA and PA-DAD, (c) 31P NMR…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the…
Credit: Electrochimica Acta (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143680 Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, and is…
By Amy Cowen on March 19, 2024 8:00 AM As college basketball prepares for the March Madness spring championship, students…
Synthetic mucus is revealing how the slimy substance impacts human health and disease, including protection against infection and cancer. Credit:…
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995, the applied mathematician Peter Shor discovered a clever…
It is seen the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene and propylene hydroformylation can occur smoothly on Pd/Al and Rh/Al systems, respectively with…
Extreme heat kills roughly half a million people worldwide each year, but at the current rate of global warming it…
Researchers have developed a new three-dimensional 2-fold interpenetrating polyoxovanadate-based metal-organic framework that shows satisfying catalytic performances for the selective oxidation…
Credit: ACS Physical Chemistry Au (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00063 From lithium-ion batteries to next-generation superconductors, the functionality of many modern, advanced…
We have the solution to Wordle on March 7, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out…
Preparation method of PDGI/PAAM (Glycerol/H2O). Credit: Advanced Optical Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adom.202302234 Inspired by amphibians such as the wood frog,…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Whenever you’re actively performing a task—say, lifting weights at the…
Structural dynamics in the QA–QB area during S1–S2–S3 transitions. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06987-5 Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the…
Also, in a disaster, there are no good decisions, there are only least-worse decisions. Every decision will come with a…
New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that the chemicals listed on tattoo ink labels often…
But there may be opportunities to indirectly spot the signatures of those gravitons. One strategy Vafa and his collaborators are…
Inside a fish brain: the novel chemical labeling method makes use of distinguishable fluorescent dyes, here magenta and blue, to…
Some Neuralink rivals, such as Precision Neuroscience, are developing implants that sit on top of the brain, or in the…
By Amy Cowen on February 20, 2024 2:00 PM Thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers, students working on science…
This illustration highlights how two hydrogels (shown in blue) can be bonded in different ways by thin chitosan films (shown…
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander is well on its way to the moon after launching without a hitch on Thursday, but…
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last week, a long, narrow section…
Continuous photochemical reaction at the oil-water interface. Credit: Burkhard König, University of Regensburg By forming chemical bonds between atoms, complex…
It has been a rocky year for plans for large-scale cultivated-meat production. In May 2022, another Californian startup, Eat Just,…
Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01046 Scientists have combined laser 3D printing technology and an…
After a big mistake on his first run, Daniel Yule assumed he was out of the men’s slalom at this…
Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS ES&T Air (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.3c00053 Since the outbreak of COVID-19, surfaces in public spaces have been…
Phase evolution of red mud with hydrogen plasma processing and mechanism of iron recovery. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06901-z The…
Credit: Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s11705-023-2373-1 Hydrogen is widely recognized as a promising clean energy source,…
Credit: University of Connecticut As efforts to address the effects of a warming planet ramp up, CO2 removal is at…
“The very reason that we have magnetism in our everyday lives is because of the strength of electron exchange interactions,”…
Credit: Polymers (2023). DOI: 10.3390/polym15244697 Researchers from Thailand have pioneered the conversion of waste HDPE milk bottles into high-stiffness composites,…
Ice climbers and ecosystems will be forced to adapt as winter patterns change—and Arnold believes the sport will survive. People…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We all know to be careful about the details we…
by Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Schematic illustration showing the preparation process of CuⅠ…
The image shows a section taken of the photosynthetic engineered living material. On the right side of the picture clusters…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When you go running in the woods in your running tights, elastane is the reason they…
Since 2021, all dominant Covid variants have descended from Omicron. The 2023–2024 booster was tailored for the XBB.1.5 strain of…
In addition to burying solid carbon or sprinkling it on fields, researchers are also turning waste biomass into liquid carbon—oil,…
Researchers from Shinshu University report an innovative way of obtaining bleached white mycelium fibers from reishi and enoki mushrooms while…
Microfoulant dynamics under shear-driven water flow. Bottom-view image sequence showing calcium carbonate crystallites on (A) uncoated glass, (B) 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane (PFDTES)–coated…
The proximity of Cu and Ga species over Cu/Ga-SiO2-20Me catalyst could simultaneously realize tandem reactions of hydrogenation of CO2 to…
Graphical abstract of cyclic oral peptides. Credit: Christian Heinis/EPFL For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various…
Photograph showing bending and twisting of encapsulated aerogel textile. Credit: Science (2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj8013 A team of chemical engineers and…
Structure prediction of the nucleoprotein (NP) ring like structure in complex with the matrix protein Z (left). RNA can induce…
(Bloomberg) — Even by the standards of the Space Race, the idea seemed bold, maybe a bit crazy. In 1968,…
Stitched Panorama – view of bay “Tarrafal de Monte Trigo” on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) getty The world’s third-largest nesting…
James Field, founder and CEO of LabGenius. Photograph: LabGenius The tests are almost fully automated, with an array of high-end…