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Newswise: Rensselaer’s Catherine Royer To Be Honored for Her Research in Molecular Biology
Released: 7-Sep-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer’s Catherine Royer To Be Honored for Her Research in Molecular Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Catherine Royer will be honored as a 2023 Society Fellow of the Biophysical Society. Royer is a Chaired Constellation Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics; professor of biological sciences, and chemistry and chemical biology; and director of the graduate program in biochemistry and physics.

Newswise: St Petersburg University scientists help discover a new mineral
Released: 7-Sep-2022 3:05 AM EDT
St Petersburg University scientists help discover a new mineral
Scientific Project Lomonosov

A team of scientists from the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and St Petersburg University has discovered a new mineral in the Kester deposit in the Verkhoyansky District, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This could become the basis for developing super-capacity batteries.

Newswise: Pioneering mathematical formula paves way for exciting advances in health, energy, and food industry
5-Sep-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Pioneering mathematical formula paves way for exciting advances in health, energy, and food industry
University of Bristol

A groundbreaking mathematical equation has been discovered, which could transform medical procedures, natural gas extraction, and plastic packaging production in the future.

Newswise: Uncovering the Atomic Mechanism Underpinning Heat Transport in Thermoelectric Materials
Released: 2-Sep-2022 2:55 PM EDT
Uncovering the Atomic Mechanism Underpinning Heat Transport in Thermoelectric Materials
Department of Energy, Office of Science

To better understand how thermoelectric devices convert thermal energy into electricity at the atomic scale, researchers used neutrons to study single crystals of tin sulfide and tin selenide. The results revealed a strong correlation between changes in the structure at certain temperatures and the frequency of atomic vibrations (phonons). This allowed the researchers to identify temperatures ideal for energy conversion and provided basic scientific knowledge for designing new thermoelectric materials.

Newswise: ‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought
1-Sep-2022 5:00 PM EDT
‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously thought. In an earlier experiment, researchers mimicked the extreme temperatures and pressures found deep inside ice giants Neptune and Uranus and, for the first time, observed diamond rain as it formed.

Released: 2-Sep-2022 10:10 AM EDT
Making stable molecules reactive with light
Linkoping University

Researchers at Linköping University have used computer simulations to show that stable aromatic molecules can become reactive after absorbing light.

Released: 2-Sep-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Development of a new end-functionalization technique in polymer synthesis
Ehime University

Vinyl polymerization (polymerization of vinyl compounds) is a useful method for preparing sp3-carbon-based main-chain polymers including commodity plastics, where the polymer backbone is constructed from a two-carbon unit derived from vinyl groups of monomers.

Released: 2-Sep-2022 9:30 AM EDT
Biochemists reveal how a complex molecule moves iron through the body
Ohio State University

New research provides fresh insight into how an important class of molecules are created and moved in human cells.For years, scientists knew that mitochondria – specialized structures inside cells in the body that are essential for respiration and energy production – were involved in the assembly and movement of iron-sulfur cofactors, some of the most essential compounds in the human body.

   
Newswise: Natural Humic Acids Can Help in Targeted Drug Delivery
Released: 2-Sep-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Natural Humic Acids Can Help in Targeted Drug Delivery
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University pharmacists have shown that it is possible to increase the effectiveness of antiviral agents with the help of natural organic substances - humic acids. Due to their complex supramolecular structure, these compounds have the potential for targeted drug delivery of molecules with low bioavailability.

Released: 1-Sep-2022 2:00 PM EDT
AACC Releases Updated Guidance to Improve the Use of Point-of-Care Tests for Fertility and Reproductive Health
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

AACC has issued a new guidance document with expert recommendations for performing point-of-care tests for fertility and reproductive health. As the use of point-of-care testing rises in these fields, this guidance is intended to ensure that patients and their babies fully benefit from it.

Newswise: Eighteen distinguished scientists recognized as 2022 ASCB Fellows
Released: 1-Sep-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Eighteen distinguished scientists recognized as 2022 ASCB Fellows
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 18 new Fellows for 2022.

   
Newswise: American Society for Cell Biology announces 2022 honorific awards and recognition
Released: 1-Sep-2022 11:45 AM EDT
American Society for Cell Biology announces 2022 honorific awards and recognition
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recognizes 18 remarkable individuals for their various achievements in the realm of life sciences.

   
Newswise: Going Big: Unlocking The Study Of Some Of The Rarest And Most Toxic Elements On Earth
31-Aug-2022 6:45 PM EDT
Going Big: Unlocking The Study Of Some Of The Rarest And Most Toxic Elements On Earth
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and their collaborators at Oregon State University (OSU) have developed a new method to isolate and study in great detail some of the rarest and most toxic elements on Earth.

Newswise: Rensselaer Researcher To Uncover Deep Sea Mysteries
Released: 1-Sep-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher To Uncover Deep Sea Mysteries
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

A few years ago, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Sasha Wagner, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, proved false what scientists had thought for years. Soot-like molecules that formed an ancient carbon pool deep in the Pacific Ocean did not, in fact, originate from wildfires on land.“We discovered that there was an isotopic mismatch,” Wagner said.

   
Released: 1-Sep-2022 9:40 AM EDT
Protein That Could Prevent Chemical Warfare Attack Created at Rutgers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A novel protein design could lead to a new generation of defensive biosensors and treatments against weapon of mass destruction

Newswise: RUDN Scientists Describe Biopolymers Structure in Nano Medication with Different Supplements
Released: 1-Sep-2022 8:05 AM EDT
RUDN Scientists Describe Biopolymers Structure in Nano Medication with Different Supplements
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Bionanotechnologists proved that adding excipients to biopolymers, which are used in medicine as new dosage forms, can change its crystallinity and physical characteristics. Results indicate the possibility of regulating the resilience to biodegradation. For instance, when controlling the release of medicine from biopolymer composite.

Newswise: Chemists Create New Building Blocks for Supramolecules
Released: 1-Sep-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Chemists Create New Building Blocks for Supramolecules
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University chemists have created and researched new building blocks for creating supramolecules - complex molecular structures. These blocks will allow "tuning" the assembly of supramolecules .

Released: 31-Aug-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Brookhaven Awarded $11M in Funding to Support Clean Energy Research
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has been awarded funding from the DOE Office of Science for three proposals submitted in response to a DOE call for projects in Chemical and Materials Sciences to Advance Clean-Energy Technologies and Transform Manufacturing (CEM).

Released: 31-Aug-2022 1:50 PM EDT
New algorithm uncovers the secrets of cell factories
Chalmers University of Technology

Drug molecules and biofuels can be made to order by living cell factories, where biological enzymes do the job.

   


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