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 2, 2021
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A major goal of organic and medicinal chemistry in recent decades has been the rapid synthesis of three-dimensional molecules for the development of new drugs. These drug candidates exhibit a variety of improved properties ...
Biochemistry
Mar 26, 2021
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Light-absorbing molecules can transform photons into electricity or fuels by shuttling electrons from one atom to another. In many cases the molecules are surrounded by a solvent—water, in the case of photosynthesis—and ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 15, 2021
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26
Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, new research shows.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2021
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185
That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
Materials Science
Dec 4, 2020
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Diatoms are a group of phytoplankton that is widely distributed in the hydrosphere and even in moist soil. They play important roles in global carbon-oxygen cycles and provide valuable products and biomasses. Diatom cells ...
Biochemistry
Oct 22, 2020
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By creating conditions akin to the center of the Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have improved the estimate of the age of our planet's solid inner core, putting it at 1 billion to 1.3 billion years old.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2020
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570
Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as blue-green algae, are the first organisms on earth that learned to extract electrons from water and convert sunlight to usable energy through photosynthesis. Using cyanobacteria as a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 6, 2020
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25
Here's a new chapter in the story of the miniaturisation of machines: researchers in a laboratory in Singapore have shown that a single atom can function as either an engine or a fridge. Such a device could be engineered ...
Quantum Physics
May 4, 2020
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Recent advances in bioengineering and computational modeling have given researchers the ability to examine complex biological processes with molecular-level detail.
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2020
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