Physicists in the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) have developed a new approach to control the outcome of chemical reactions. This is traditionally done using temperature and chemical catalysts, or more recently ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 8, 2022
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The ability of cells to self-organize into specific patterns in tissues that serve a function is a universal feature of life. The stripes of a zebra, our eyelashes, the spiral of seeds in a sunflower and the maze patterns ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2022
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Genetic information is stored in DNA as a sequence of specific base pairings. This is passed on largely unchanged from one generation to the next. But how is it possible that cells differ so massively in form and function, ...
Evolution
Feb 10, 2022
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Carbon nanotubes are one of science's best kept secrets.
Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2021
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Polymers make up everything from the clothes we wear to the plasticware we use for eating. In recent years, polymers that can release small molecules (like drugs) have been of major interest to pharmaceutical researchers. ...
Materials Science
Oct 21, 2021
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With an increasing global energy demands and environmental pollution, the development of alternative clean energy technologies has aroused widespread research interest. Harvesting and converting natural energy from the environment, ...
Materials Science
Oct 21, 2021
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Would you wear clothing made of muscle fibers? Use them to tie your shoes or even wear them as a belt? It may sound a bit odd, but if those fibers could endure more energy before breaking than cotton, silk, nylon, or even ...
Biotechnology
Aug 30, 2021
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A new study shows that it is possible to use mechanical force to deliberately alter chemical reactions and increase chemical selectivity—a grand challenge of the field.
Materials Science
Jul 16, 2021
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A small fungal enzyme could play a significant role in simplifying the development and manufacture of drugs, according to Rice University scientists.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 6, 2021
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129
Fluorinated compounds are an important group of compounds that are widely used in pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, functional resins, and organic electronic materials. In particular, perfluorinated compounds with ...
Materials Science
Jun 2, 2021
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