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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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Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria

May 26, 2020
News
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid material system combining nanocomposite and bacteria for power generation.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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Listen to the song of the Arctic unicorn (video)

May 26, 2020
News
With the help of Inuit hunters, geophysicists recently recorded the various calls, buzzes, clicks and whistles of narwhals as they summered in a Greenland fjord. The recordings help scientists better...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Marine Biology, Oceanography
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Rats recognise rhythm

May 26, 2020
News
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a study of the biological foundations of music conducted in a mouse model by Alexandre...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Neuroscience
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DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing

May 19, 2020
News
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for use in COVID-19 tests that could also provide enhancements to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Will our climate bounce back as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown?

May 19, 2020
News
Stanford research study envisions energy and environment landscape after COVID-19, pinpointing reduced demand hotspots and estimating impact on annual emissions. Join the webinar on 21 May: ‘Post-Pandemic: Building Back Resiliently’
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Covid-19, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Oceanography
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Orbitronics: the next step for Moore’s Law?

May 18, 2020
News
SLAC scientists have broken the link between a quantum material's spin and orbital states, opening a path toward a new generation of logic and memory devices to increase the efficiency...
Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Return to work safely: Managing transmission in transport hubs

May 17, 2020
News
Aerosol specialists – ANCON Medical – discuss innovation that could detect COVID-19 in high traffic environments such as transport hubs to enable improved management to prevent transmission and slow the...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Medical/Health
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Return to work safely: Environmental surface swabbing

May 17, 2020
News
In light of the UK government’s request for employers to enable staff to safely return to work where possible, the imperative for employers to implement upgraded health and safety monitoring...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Policy
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Rothamsted turn to harvesting coronavirus data

May 12, 2020
News
A group of researchers based at Rothamsted Research, one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, has responded to a request from the White House, Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Higgs Spectroscopy: A new method to measure superconductors

May 12, 2020
News
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential to revolutionize today’s technologies. Despite intensive research, however, we still lack the necessary basic understanding to develop these complex...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics
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AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart

May 11, 2020
News
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the COVID-19 virus attacks the heart with such deadly impact. The collaboration aims to quantify...
Life Sciences
Biology, Biophysics, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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