Chemical engineers at Rice University and Pennsylvania State University have shown that combining machine learning and quantum chemistry can save time and…
A research team from Berlin has developed a novel catalyst system, which enables the regulation of multiple polymerization processes to produce biodegradable…
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of molecules consisting of short RNA sequences that inhibit the formation of certain proteins by destroying the corresponding…
It was already in 2012 that a team of scientists headed by Professor Benedikt Berninger first succeeded in reprogramming connective tissue cells present in the…
Brain regions that are involved in the articulation of language are also active in the perception of language. This finding of a team from the…
Physicists, chemists, and materials scientists have been probing the nature of layered magnetic materials for several decades, searching for clues to the…
Gold is a metal that is chemically inactive and does not corrode, but nanoporous gold (NPG), with its sponge-like structures, acts as a catalyst to promote…
The way an object reflects light depends not only on its albedo (the percentage of light it reflects) but also on the illumination angle. One particular effect…
On the good side, autophagy can protect cells by eliminating harmful materials (e.g. amyloid aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases and pathogen invasions),…
The idea of using a liquid medium for computing has been around for decades, and various approaches have been proposed. Among its potential advantages, this…
As silicon-based semiconductors reach their performance limits, gallium nitride (GaN) is becoming the next go-to material to advance light-emitting diode (LED)…
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have observed the formation of holes that move by themselves in droplets of ionic liquids (IL) sitting inside…
The discovery could lead to the development of new treatments for influenza, arthritis and even cancer.
In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from…
The American city of Cleveland was once a flourishing metropolis – thanks to its steel and automotive industries. But in the last century, with the opening of…
Melanomas are one of the most aggressive types of tumors in humans. Despite remarkable success with new forms of treatment such as immunotherapies, there are…
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