Researchers at the UAB have designed minimalist biostructures that imitate natural enzymes, capable of carrying out two differentiated and reversibly regulated activities thanks to a unique combination of structural and functional ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 8, 2021
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As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 3, 2021
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Although opposite charges always attract, they do not always interact as closely as possible. In a new study, researchers used a combination of molecular simulations and experiments to demonstrate the effects of subtly changing ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 24, 2021
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Organic molecules that capture photons and convert these into electricity have important applications for producing green energy. Light-harvesting complexes need two semiconductors, an electron donor and an acceptor. How ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 24, 2021
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Graphene, a two-dimensional material composed exclusively of carbon, has revealed extraordinary properties, including thermal and electrical conductivity, transparency, and flexibility. When combined, these properties become ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2021
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Cold temperatures, prevalent during glacial periods, had a significant impact on past and modern unglaciated landscapes across much of North America, according to a recent study by University of Arkansas geologist Jill A. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2021
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Exposure to air pollution causes around 1.1 million deaths per year across India—this problem is thought to be most severe in Delhi. The steady upswing in India's population and energy consumption is a significant factor ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2021
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Aerosols are everywhere. These tiny liquid or solid particles populate the atmosphere, emerging from natural and artificial sources like volcanoes and oceans, and fossil fuels and agriculture. Ranging in size from less than ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2021
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Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Materials Science
Jan 11, 2021
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Scientists at Japan's Nagoya University and the National Institute for Materials Science have found that a simple one-drop approach is cheaper and faster for tiling functional nanosheets together in a single layer. If the ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 8, 2021
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