A prototype backpack harvests energy from walking to power small electronics, and it makes loads feel lighter. Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07498…
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An enveloped virus, Φ6 (left), clumps together and becomes damaged by conventional iron coagulation (right). Scale bar, 100 nm. Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science &…
Miniature robots created from bubbles can manipulate small pieces into interconnected structures. Credit: American Chemical Society Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes…
A DNA-based nanogel (shown above) is broken down in cancer cells to release chemotherapy drugs. Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolet.0c03671 Current chemotherapy…
A new type of nanofiber swab could improve sample collection and test sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 and other biological specimens; ruler at left shows centimeters. Credit:…
Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, could help decrease the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. But first, power companies need a safe,…
Researchers analyzed embalming material from the neck of this Ancient Egyptian mummy, which was acquired by a French museum in 1837. Credit: Frédérique Vincent, ethnographic…
Kombucha is a bubbly, fermented tea that has gained popularity in the health and wellness scene over the last decade –– but what is it…
An orange-red dye shows that blood clots formed in a mouse ear in which thrombin was released from light-triggered RBCs. Scale bar, 50 μm. Credit:…
When exposed to UV light on the outside, a luminescent wood panel (right) lights up an indoor space (as seen through “windows;” red arrows), whereas…
When activated by daylight, a new type of cotton face mask releases reactive oxygen species (ROS) that kill viruses and bacteria. Credit: Adapted from ACS…
Credit: ACS / Environmental Science & Technology Letters Some people refer to the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau as the “third pole” because the region has the largest…
Over the last century, the compound ammonium nitrate has been involved in at least 30 disasters and terrorist attacks. Under normal circumstances, it’s totally harmless…
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has wreaked havoc on health care systems, economies, and everyday lives worldwide. Scientists are fighting back with multiple strategies,…
Scale on the inside of cast iron alloy pipes can react with residual disinfectant in the water to release Cr(VI). Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science…
In this illustration, glycans (dark blue) coat the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (light blue), which is anchored in the viral envelope (colorful bilayer on bottom). Credit:…
A fully automated microchip electrophoresis analyzer could someday be deployed in the search for life on other worlds. Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI:…
Credit: American Chemical Society Studying viral outbreaks in single cells could reveal new ways to defeat them. Many viruses, including HIV and influenza A, mutate…
Vaccines have curtailed the spread of several infectious diseases, such as smallpox, polio and measles. However, vaccines against some diseases, including HIV-1, influenza and malaria,…
Enteroviruses and other pathogenic viruses that make their way into surface waters can be inactivated by heat, sunshine and other microbes, thereby reducing their ability…