Scientists create a new electronegativity scale
Skoltech chemists have proposed a new electronegativity scale and published their findings in Nature Communications.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 07, 2021
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Nature Communications
Researchers reveal elusive inner workings of antioxidant enzyme with therapeutic potential
Mitochondria, known as the powerhouses within human cells, generate the energy needed for cell survival. However, as a byproduct of this process, mitochondria also produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). At high enough concentrations, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 06, 2021
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Origins of life could have started with DNA-like XNAs
Nagoya University scientists in Japan have demonstrated how DNA-like molecules could have come together as a precursor to the origins of life. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, not only suggest ...
Evolution
Apr 06, 2021
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Discovery is key to creating heat-tolerant crops
By 2050 global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. UC Riverside researchers have identified a gene that could put the genie back in the bottle.
Biotechnology
Apr 06, 2021
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Water surface molecules lose energy through rotation of free OH group
Chemical reactions and physical processes that involve water surfaces will be easier to model thanks to the discovery by an all-RIKEN team of how the molecules at water surfaces lose energy.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 02, 2021
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Spin-to-charge conversion achieves 95% overall qubit readout fidelity
A team led by Professor Du Jiangfeng and Professor Wang Ya from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance of the University of Science and Technology of China put forward an innovative ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 01, 2021
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Search for skyrmion phenomenon finds even stranger magnetic beaded necklace
Physicists on the hunt for a rarely seen magnetic spin texture have discovered another object that bears its hallmarks, hidden in the structure of ultra-thin magnetic films, that they have called an incommensurate spin crystal.
General Physics
Apr 01, 2021
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Melting ice sheets caused sea levels to rise up to 18 meters
It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. New research has found that previous ice loss events could have caused sea-level rise at rates of around 3.6 meters per century, offering vital clues ...
Environment
Apr 01, 2021
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'Designer' pore shows selective traffic to and from the cell nucleus
The nucleus is the headquarters of a cell and molecules constantly move across the nuclear membrane through pores. The transport of these molecules is both selective and fast; some 1,000 molecules per second can move in or ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2021
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Preconditions for life already present 3.5 billion years ago
Microbial life already had the necessary conditions to exist on our planet 3.5 billion years ago. This was the conclusion reached by a research team after studying microscopic fluid inclusions in barium sulfate (barite) from ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2021
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