MIT Engineers Create Synthetic Cells to Isolate Genetic Circuits
Engineers from MIT have developed a way to isolate genetic circuits within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing the circuits from disrupting each other. Synthetic biology allows…
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New Catalyst Promotes Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Fuels
Scientists at MIT have developed a new catalyst material that provides design principles for producing fuels from carbon dioxide emissions. The findings suggest a route…
Researchers Develop a New Approach Against Pathogens
A newly developed immunization strategy may someday offer an alternative to antibiotics against microbes that invade the gastrointestinal tract. Researchers from MIT and the University…
UCLA Researchers Reveal New Insights About Properties of Matter at the Nanoscale
Scientists from UCLA reveal that a fluid that behaves similarly to water in our day-to-day lives becomes as heavy as honey when trapped in a…
New Nanoparticle Catalysts Improve Reactivity with Much Less Platinum
Using an atomically-thin coating of noble metal over a tiny particle made of a much more abundant and inexpensive material, MIT engineers have developed new…
MIT Chemists Create New Adaptable Metallic-Cage Gels
By combining the flexibility of polymer gels with the rigid structure provided by metal-based clusters, chemists from MIT have created a new material that could…
Organic Photovoltaic Material Offers Great Promise for Solar Energy
Scientists at MIT believe modeling electron excitation in organic photovoltaic material could change the future of solar energy. The semi-conducting plastic is lightweight, flexible, relatively…
Scientists Reveal Chemical Code for Nitrogen Fixation
A team of scientists from Yale University reveal part of the chemical code that allows nature to transform nitrogen from the air into usable nitrogen…
Scientists Discover Structural Change in Manganese Steel
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute reveal that the crystal structure of metals can change at linear defects, which should affect the properties of the…
UJI Patents New Graphene-Based Catalysts
By combining graphene and organometallic compounds, researchers have developed graphene-based materials that can catalyze reactions for the conversion and storage of energy. Researchers at the…
Scientists Observed Conventional Superconductivity at Minus 70 Degrees Celsius
New research from the Max Planck Institute and the Johannes Gutenberg University reveals that hydrogen sulfide loses its electrical resistance under high pressure at minus…
Graphene Helps Turn Engine Heat Into Electricity to Boost Gas Mileage
Using strontium titanium dioxide and graphene, scientists have developed of a material that can convert engine heat into electrical energy to reduce the need for…
Scientists Discover a New Source of Greenhouse Gases
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry reveal that lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria produce large amounts of nitrous oxide. Inconspicuous creatures surprise with a…
Yale Study Reveals Why BRCA Gene Resists Cancer Treatment
A newly published study from Yale University reveals how biochemists might be able to decrease drug resistance to existing therapies that target ovarian and breast…
MIT Chemists Develop a Quantum-Dot Spectrometer
Researchers from MIT have designed a quantum-dot spectrometer that is small enough to function within a smartphone, enabling portable light analysis. Instruments that measure the…
Breakthrough Technique Accurately Detects the ‘Handedness’ of Molecules
A new technique that can determine whether a molecule is present in a left- or right-handed form may have a multitude of practical applications, potentially…
New Chemical Catalysts Are Less Expensive and More Sustainable
Researchers from Yale University have developed a new family of chemical catalysts that are expected to lower the cost and boost the sustainability of the…
Scientists Provide Novel Tools to Study Enzyme Catalysis
A newly published study details how scientists used a chemical probe to dissect individual catalytic steps of enoyl-thioester reductases, validating an active site tyrosine as…