Chemistry AND Physics
Saliva test to detect GHB and alcohol poisonings
(Institute of Physics) Scientists working at Loughborough University, UK, and the University of Cordoba, Spain, have developed a new method...
Researchers ride new sound wave to health discovery
(RMIT University) Acoustics experts have created a new class of sound wave -- the first in more than half a...
Self-compacting concrete — now fire resistant as well
(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) Self-compacting high-performance concrete (SCHPC) has till now suffered from one weakness...
Your symptoms? Evolution’s way of telling you to stay home
(Weizmann Institute of Science) Research suggests that our selfish genes are behind the aches and fever.
Tiny ‘flasks’ speed up chemical reactions
(Weizmann Institute of Science) Self-assembling nanosphere clusters may improve everything from drug synthesis to drug delivery.
With the right algorithms: Optimizing cell cycle analysis
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists of the the Helmholtz Zentrum München have found a...
Scientists call for new tools to explore the world’s microbiomes
(American Chemical Society) In October, an interdisciplinary group of scientists proposed forming a Unified Microbiome Initiative (UMI) to explore the...
Leaf-mimicking device harnesses light to purify water
(American Chemical Society) For years, scientists have been pursuing ways to imitate a leaf's photosynthetic power to make hydrogen fuel...
Aluminum nanoparticles could improve electronic displays
(American Chemical Society) Whether showing off family photos on smartphones or watching TV shows on laptops, many people look at...
Grant targets quantum computing’s error control challenge
(University of Maryland) A team led by Duke University and University of Maryland researchers has been tapped by IARPA to...
Why low oxygen levels soon after birth may raise risk for learning & behavioral disorders
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, shows that the development...
Buprenorphine found superior to Methadone in treating infants born in drug withdrawal
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) A study of two opioids used to wean babies born in withdrawal from drugs their...
Lab researcher helps team that may have a key solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions
(DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to...
2015 AAAS Mentor Award honors Dr. Christine Grant, North Carolina State University
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Dr. Christine Grant, Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering...
Energy: Sources, Utilization, Legislation, Sustainability, Illinois as Model State
(World Scientific) Energy was written to educate its readers about all aspects of energy -- including energy sources, energy utilization,...
A new GMO technology could prevent human disease or make designer babies
(World Scientific) A new genetic modification technology called CRISPR has revolutionized many aspects of science. It has catalyzed novel research...
NREL’s cybersecurity initiative aims to wall off the smart grid from hackers
(DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory) A new initiative underway at Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is intended to prevent...
New findings on embryonic heart valves may prevent congenital heart defects in newborns
(Cornell University) Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life-threatening, congenital heart defects among...
New bimetallic alloy nanoparticles for printed electronic circuits
(Toyohashi University of Technology) A Toyohashi Tech researcher, in cooperation with researchers at Duke University, has invented a production method...
PPPL scientists simulate innovative method for starting up tokamaks without using solenoid
(DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have produced self-consistent computer simulations...