Found: The ‘holy grail of catalysis’ — turning methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method ...
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Shining some light on the obscure proteome
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a class of drugs used in oncology. An international research team involving scientists at the ...
Shedding light on reptilian health: Researchers investigate origins of snake fungal disease in U.S.
Although only recently recognized as an issue in wildlife ecology, snake fungal disease (SFD) is of emerging concern in the ...
A new model sheds light on how we learn motor skills
Tsukuba, Japan—Even seemingly simple movements are very complex to perform, and the way we learn how to perform new movements ...
A new light in rice flowering
Light affects most organisms. In plants, many behaviors and functions are determined by the length of light and dark cycles, ...
Light during sleep in older adults linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure
Embargoed for release: 12:01 a.m. (E.T.) Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Light during sleep in older adults linked to obesity, diabetes, high ...
SwRI researcher shows how elliptical craters could shed light on age of Saturn’s moons
SAN ANTONIO — June 21, 2022 — A new SwRI study describes how unique populations of craters on two of ...
Nanoparticles control flow of light like road signs direct traffic
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images by ...
Exciting light emission and measuring temperature with ultrasound
Jena, Germany (17.06.2022) If mechanoluminescent materials are subjected to external mechanical stress, they emit visible or invisible light. Such excitation ...
Successful development of pentacene derivative that has 100 times more light durability than conventional products
Due to their high hole mobility, pentacene and its derivatives have been the representative organic semiconductors and have been the ...
A light twist
Tsukuba, Japan—A scientist from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Tsukuba developed a method for ...
Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast Greenland sheds light on the species’ future in a warming Arctic
Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with limited ...
Chinese Medical Journal Review shines a light on the overlooked virus, hepatitis D
Viral hepatitis is a serious health condition that affects the liver. While hepatitis B and C viruses are commonly targeted ...
Nanochannels light the way towards new medicine
To develop new drugs and vaccines, detailed knowledge about nature’s smallest biological building blocks – the biomolecules – is required. ...
Shedding light on linguistic diversity and its evolution
Is it true that many languages in the world use words similar to “mama” and “papa” for “mother” and “father”? ...
Physicists make leaps in reading out qubits with laser light
Qubits are a basic building block for quantum computers, but they’re also notoriously fragile—tricky to observe without erasing their information ...
Oregon State research sheds light on how bacteria communicate their way to causing infection
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University scientists have identified proteins that prevent a bacterial cell from becoming misguided by its ...
What shedding light on plant growth could mean for cancer
Understanding how plants process light is key to improving crop yields. Light helps plants know when to grow and flower ...
Oregon State research sheds light on why not all obese patients develop type 2 diabetes
PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on an enduring ...
Fecal transplant throws new light on inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease is accompanied by a number of changes in the intestines, such as a change in epithelial permeability, ...
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nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
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A closer look into the emergence of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols and its monitoring
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Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
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Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal ‘unprecedented’ sea level rise
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Scientists find greenhouse gas warming likely cause of industrial-era sea level rise
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Organoids reveal similarities between myotonic dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome