"Back-to-school" season means buying pens and paper, figuring out the new bus route, and … earaches. Doctors typically treat these infections with antibiotics, but children don't always complete the full course, accelerating ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 15, 2023
0
36
Antitumor agents must kill off cancer cells while protecting healthy tissue and create no toxic side-effects. A novel approach based on "self-immolative" polyferrocenes—copolymers that split apart into their components ...
Biochemistry
Jun 21, 2023
0
43
Acoustic waves may be able to control how particles sort themselves. While researchers have been able to separate particles based on their shape—for example, bacteria from other cells—for years, the ability to control ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2023
0
78
Two Southwest Research Institute scientists were part of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team that observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long—roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan—spewing ...
Astronomy
May 30, 2023
0
748
In aerobic organisms, reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydroxide (OH), singlet oxygen (1O2), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and superoxide (O2–) ions are produced during aerobic respiration, which causes serious oxidative ...
Biochemistry
May 25, 2023
0
6
At least 2 billion people worldwide routinely drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes.
Materials Science
May 18, 2023
0
49
Although diabetes is a common condition, no cure exists yet. Current therapies can manage blood sugar levels, but they do not address insulin resistance. But now, recent research reported in ACS Nano shows that targeting ...
Bio & Medicine
May 17, 2023
0
41
A team of geochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with colleagues from the University of Hong Kong, Tianjin University and the University of California, has found evidence that suggests much of the oxygen ...
Reactive oxygen species—very reactive molecules containing oxygen—have a great impact on mineralization processes in tidal sandflats, finds a study now published in Nature Communications. Their investigation is thus ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
0
81
Hydrogen peroxide is a ubiquitous chemical found in most homes and used in everything from dying hair to treating wounds. It is also an invaluable agent for many industries from food, textiles, and even in semiconductor production.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 9, 2023
0
152
