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Materials Informatics: The Time For Adoption is Now

June 3, 2020
News
Materials Informatics is the key to enabling a paradigm shift in our approach to materials science R&D. Significant investment, notable adoption from key end-users, and technology leaps make it evident...
Materials
Materials, Materials Science
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Viable sodium-ion battery for sustainable energy storage

June 3, 2020
News
Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Oil-hungry smart sponge could restore our oceans

June 2, 2020
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A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in...
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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ESPRESSO confirms Earth-sized planet around the nearest star

June 2, 2020
News
The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery

June 1, 2020
News
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long. The flow-based technology could speed up drug development and allow scientists to design...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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New technique for higher resolution molecular imaging and analysis

June 1, 2020
News
A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Plastic-eating superworms host biodegrading gut bacteria

May 29, 2020
News
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in pet stores as feed for reptiles, fish and birds. In addition to their relatively large size...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Molecular Biology
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A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19

May 29, 2020
News
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, there has been unprecedented efforts by clinicians and researchers from around the world to quickly...
Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Deep earthquake simulation may unravel geophysical mystery (video)

May 29, 2020
News
New computer modeling by Magali Billen, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis, offers new understanding of our planet's deepest earthquakes and could help unravel one of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Geology, Tectonics
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Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)

May 27, 2020
News
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
News
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Health, Medical/Health
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Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

May 27, 2020
News
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzyme which becomes catalytically active when exposed to blue light and which immediately triggers a reaction...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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