Dec. 8, 2020 — The binding of a SARS-CoV-2 virus surface protein spike -- a projection from the spherical virus particle -- to the human cell surface protein ACE2 is the first step to infection that may lead to ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A mechanical engineering research team has invented a novel light-controlled, contamination-free fluidic processor, which can serve as a useful tool to greatly reduce the risk of infection of ...
Dec. 5, 2020 — Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), which produce electricity using methanol, will be an alternative solution in the transition away from fossil fuels and toward a 'hydrogen' economy. ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers report the ability to improve safety and efficacy using a CRISPR-Cas9 variant known as ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have fabricated a tiny electronic sensor that can detect very low levels of a commonly used weed killer in drinking ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — A new database of electron-molecule reactions is a major step forward in making nuclear fusion power a reality, by allowing researchers to accurately model plasmas containing molecular ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Humans are exposed to various environmental or dietary molecules that can attenuate or even increase the effect of therapeutic drugs. Studies on the industrial chemical bisphenol A and the ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Scientists have broken the rules of enzyme engineering to unlock a new method for creating chemical reactions that could unlock a wide range of new applications -- from creating new drugs to food ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Light-induced processes are critical in transformative technologies such as solar energy harvesting, as well as in photomedicine and photoresponsive materials. Theoretical studies of the dynamics of ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Scientists have stumbled onto a simple method for controlling the introduction of defects, called 'vacancy layers', into perovskite oxynitrides, leading to changes in their physical ...
Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers describe a new process to produce ammonia with a potentially much lower carbon ...
Nov. 30, 2020 — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these investigations on an extensive scale is through ...
Nov. 30, 2020 — By embedding titanium-based sheets in water, a group led by scientists has created a material using inorganic materials that can be converted from a hard gel to soft matter using temperature changes, ...
Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers have made reported some exciting findings relating to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous materials, which could benefit a wide range of important gas separation ...
Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers have reported a breakthrough in the development of magnesium batteries, allowing them to operate at room temperature and deliver a power density comparable to that of lithium-ion ...
Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers report on a new model for spider silk assembly. The key to spider silk 'spinning' is a combination of acidification and a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation, or ...
Nov. 25, 2020 — Scientists report the detection of neutrinos from the sun, directly revealing for the first time that the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) fusion-cycle is at work in our ...
Nov. 25, 2020 — Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in ...
Nov. 24, 2020 — A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks to a simple new ...
Nov. 24, 2020 — Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not always a welcome feature for microbiologists: it interferes with metabolic engineering or prevents ...
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