Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less, according to Rice University engineers.…
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Through a tight coupling of experiment and theory, scientists showed at the atomic level how changes in the surface composition of a photoelectrode play a…
Dr. Ines Zucker. Credit: Tel Aviv University Studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 remains active on aerosols and surfaces for between several hours and several days,…
Lithium-ion batteries are currently widely used in electronics but lithium-sulfur batteries could replace them in the near future as lighter, cheaper, and higher capacity alternatives,…
Scientists used both computers and microscopes to come up with a way to potentially boost the performance of devices to use the sun to split…
Structural interaction of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and ACE2 receptor. Graphic generated using ChimeraX software and published protein structure. Credit: Ohio State University Scientists develop peptides…
Ice-biasing simulations can detect the ice-binding site of the hyperactive antifreeze protein from the beetle Tenebrio molitor, TmAFP. Credit: Pavithra M. Naullage Certain molecules bind…
In research that may eventually help crops survive drought, scientists at Princeton University have uncovered a key reason that mixing material called hydrogels with soil…
Methane-eating bacteria are found in extreme environments such as active geothermal hot springs. Advanced X-ray techniques yield insights into a bacterial enzyme that turns methane…
Illinois researchers are part of multi-institutional team that found that solvents spontaneously react with metal nanoparticles to form reactive complexes that can improve catalyst performance…
It may well be possible to remove nitrate from polluted groundwater and at the same time produce ammonia in a sustainable way, according to PhD…
Quartz vial (9 mm diameter) containing ~300 micrograms of solid 253Es. The illumination produced is a result of the intense radiation from 253Es. Credit: Haire,…
An enveloped virus, Φ6 (left), clumps together and becomes damaged by conventional iron coagulation (right). Scale bar, 100 nm. Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science &…
A new discovery could make biofuel production more cost efficient. Chemists, engineers create a key component of bioenergy production in lab. Scientists have figured out…
Photosensitized synthesis of protected aminoalcohols. Credit: WWU – Glorius Group New method for generating the least accessible form of vicinal aminoalcohols; study published in Nature…
The image displays the exfoliation of hexagonal boron nitride into atomically thin nanosheets aided by surfactants, a process refined by chemists at Rice University. Credit:…
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:…
Iron-catalyzed [2+2] oligomerization of butadiene produces (1,n’-divinyl)oligocyclobutane, a new polymer that can be chemically recycled. Credit: Figure by Jonathan Darmon of the Princeton University Department…
The new polymer is made using xylose, a sugar found in wood. Credit: Leszek Kobusinski Scientists from Bath’s Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies have…
Fluorescent micrograph, above, shows the new nanomaterial in sheet form. The white scale bar is 4 micrometers in the main photo and 2 micrometers in…