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Newswise: Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Released: 24-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne provides graduate students with high-level mentorship and first-hand experience on their theses and STEM journeys

Newswise: Groundbreaking discovery enables cost-effective and eco-friendly green hydrogen production
Released: 22-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Groundbreaking discovery enables cost-effective and eco-friendly green hydrogen production
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

A breakthrough technology has been developed that enables the production of green hydrogen in a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner, bringing us closer to a carbon-neutral society by replacing expensive precious metal catalysts.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
New Reagent Improves the Process of Making Sulfur-Containing Compounds that May Be Used in Medicines
Moffitt Cancer Center

In a new article published in Nature Chemistry, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers describe their development of a new reagent that allows a more efficient approach to make sulfoximines, sulfonimidoyl fluorides and sulfonimidamides that may be used in medicines.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Scientists trap krypton atoms to form one-dimensional gas
University of Nottingham

For the first time, scientists have successfully trapped atoms of krypton (Kr), a noble gas, inside a carbon nanotube to form a one-dimensional gas.

Newswise: Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Plumber’s nightmare structure presents itself as an assemblage where all exits seem to converge inward—a plumber’s nightmare but an anticipated uniqueness for researchers, suggesting distinctive traits divergent from traditional materials.

Newswise: Antibiotics highjack bacterial immunity
Released: 19-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Antibiotics highjack bacterial immunity
Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI)

Molecular defense system protects bacteria from viruses and at the same time makes them susceptible to antibiotics.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 10:20 AM EST
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Response to CMS Statement on FDA LDTs Proposed Rule
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

“We at the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) were surprised to see a statement from Drs. Jeff Shuren and Dora Hughes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in support of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) proposed rule to duplicate the regulation of laboratory developed tests by placing these tests under FDA authority, in addition to their current regulation under CMS.

Newswise: Clutch-stack-driven molecular gears in crystals could propel material innovation
Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:00 AM EST
Clutch-stack-driven molecular gears in crystals could propel material innovation
Hokkaido University

Temperature-controlled, reversible shifting of molecular gear motion in a solid crystal opens new possibilities for material design.

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Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Texas A&M AgriLife Research study may lead to novel obesity treatment
Texas AArrayM AgriLife

New study provides insights on role of ‘hunger hormone’ receptor in obesity-realted chronic inflammation.

   
12-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
Microplastics from natural fertilizers are blowing in the wind more often than once thought
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Though natural fertilizers from treated sewage sludge provide crops with nutrients, they bring along microplastics too. Recent research shows these plastics are easily spread by even slight winds.

Newswise: Glowing COVID-19 diagnostic test prototype produces results in one minute
12-Jan-2024 10:15 AM EST
Glowing COVID-19 diagnostic test prototype produces results in one minute
American Chemical Society (ACS)

What if your COVID-19 test, instead of taking 15 minutes, only took one minute —and used luminescence for the read-out? Researchers report the proof-of-concept in ACS Central Science.

   
Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Cannabis activates specific hunger neurons in brain
Washington State University

While it is well known that cannabis can cause the munchies, researchers have now revealed a mechanism in the brain that promotes appetite in a set of animal studies at Washington State University.

   
Newswise: A new approach to predicting the binding properties of forever chemicals (PFAS) and human PPARα
Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
A new approach to predicting the binding properties of forever chemicals (PFAS) and human PPARα
Ehime University

7000 forever chemicals (PFAS) and human PPARa binding properties predicted using AI technology.

Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Water molecule discovery contradicts textbook models
University of Cambridge

Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organised differently than previously thought.

Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
University of Cambridge

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs.

   
Newswise: Core-shell ‘chemical looping’ boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:05 PM EST
Core-shell ‘chemical looping’ boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Lehigh University

Ethylene is sometimes called the most important chemical in the petrochemical industry because it serves as the feedstock for a huge range of everyday products.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Potential solvents identified for building on moon and Mars
Washington State University

Researchers have taken the first steps toward finding liquid solvents that may someday help extract critical building materials from lunar and Martian-rock dust, an important piece in making long-term space travel possible.

Newswise: Toxic Algae Blooms: Study Assesses Potential Health Hazards to Humans
Released: 11-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Toxic Algae Blooms: Study Assesses Potential Health Hazards to Humans
Florida Atlantic University

Water samples from 20 sites were tested using a panel of immortalized human cell lines corresponding to the liver, kidney and brain to measure cytotoxicity. Results show that each control toxin induced a consistent pattern of cytotoxicity in the panel of human cell lines assayed.

   
Newswise: Natural Compounds Derived from Soy and Other Plants Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence and Improve Survival, Research Shows
Released: 10-Jan-2024 12:00 PM EST
Natural Compounds Derived from Soy and Other Plants Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence and Improve Survival, Research Shows
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Soy compounds called isoflavones are among the plant-derived compounds that may significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence or death, according to a new meta-analysis co-directed by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The results were published Jan. 10 in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum.

Newswise: Uncovering self-recoverable NIR mechanoluminescence from Cr3+ doped perovskite type aluminate
Released: 10-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Uncovering self-recoverable NIR mechanoluminescence from Cr3+ doped perovskite type aluminate
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In this work, researchers from South China University of Technology (SCUT) successfully synthesized a Cr3+ doped perovskite-type LaAlO3 mechanoluminescence (ML) phosphor.



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