Caltech Discovery Moves Solar Fuel Production Closer to Reality
Caltech researchers have made a discovery that they say could lead to the economically viable production of solar fuels in the next few years. For…
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Biochemists Reveal New Insight on Bacterium That Protects Plants From Disease
Like all organisms, plants are associated with bacterial communities in which helpful and harmful bacteria compete for dominance. Among the weaponry of these warring bacteria…
Quantum Chemistry Solves Amino Acid Mystery
Using quantum chemical methods, a team of researchers led by Dr. Matthias Granold and Professor Bernd Moosmann of the Institute of Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg…
Researchers Reveal How Bacteria Can Produce Gold by Digesting Toxic Metals
High concentrations of heavy metals, like copper and gold, are toxic for most living creatures. This is not the case for the bacterium C. metallidurans,…
STORM Reveals Never-Before-Seen Holes in the Cytoskeletal Mesh
One of today’s sharpest imaging tools, super-resolution microscopy, produces sparkling images of what until now has been the blurry interior of cells, detailing not only…
Scientists Identify Specific Enzyme Related to Colon Cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to a report in the January…
Algae-Powered Fuel Cells Move a Step Closer to Reality
A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more…
Chemists Reveal New Theory For How Life On Earth May Have Begun
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a fascinating new theory for how life on Earth may have begun. Their experiments, described today…
Novel Carbon Coating Technology of Li-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode
The rapid development of portable electronics and electric vehicles requires lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to have high energy/power density, low cost, good safety, and long lifespan….
Shining Molecules Detect Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease
Small shining molecules developed by scientists at Linköping University in Sweden can be designed to distinguish between plaque of different proteins in the brain. They…
New Detection System Could Dramatically Improve Early Disease Diagnosis
The presence of, or changes in the concentration of, certain proteins in biological fluids can be indicators of disease. However, in the early stages of…
Researchers Demonstrate a New Electrochemical Method to Study Thermodynamic Processes
The thermodynamic properties of compounds such as aluminum oxide, which are known as refractory materials because they melt at temperatures above 2,000 degrees Celsius (3,632…
Uranium Performs Reactions That No One Thought Were Possible
New research from the University of Manchester reveals that uranium can perform reactions that previously no one thought possible, which could transform the way industry…
Converting Sunlight into Ionic Electricity for Direct Solar Desalination
Researchers make considerable progress toward a device that directly converts sunlight into ionic electricity, which has implications for direct solar desalination. Modern solar cells, which…
Bioengineers Use Infrared Imaging to Optimize the Structure of MOFs
Bioengineers at the University of Illinois have taken a new look at an old tool to help characterize a class of materials called metal organic…
Chemists Find Potential “Missing Link” in Origins-of-life on Earth
A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a compound that may have been a crucial factor in the origins of…
MIT Develops a New Way to Harness Wasted Methane
Scientists at MIT have developed a new way to harness wasted methane that could help curb needless “flaring” of potent greenhouse gas. Methane gas, a…
Scientists Develop a New Class of Small Molecules to Fight Fungi
A team of scientists from Yale University has developed a new class of small molecules that attack fungal infections by clinging to the cell wall…
