Acotec Humidur Enters into JV with Jurunature Sdn Bhd
JV is set to meet increasing demand in the Asia Pacific market.
Read MoreNASA Updates Astronaut Assignments for Boeing Starliner Test Flight
NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks.
Read MoreGalveston and the Beginning of Juneteenth
General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked the official end of slavery in Texas and the U.S.
Read MoreNew polymer mesophase structure discovered
Polymers, large molecules made up of repeating smaller molecules called monomers, are found in nearly everything we use in our day-to-day lives. Polymers can be natural or created synthetically. Natural polymers, also called biopolymers, include DNA, proteins, and materials like silk, gelatin, and collagen. Synthetic polymers make up many different kinds of materials, including plastic, […]
Read MoreA celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry
Artificial intelligence has changed the way science is done by allowing researchers to analyze the massive amounts of data modern scientific instruments generate. It can find a needle in a million haystacks of information and, using deep learning, it can learn from the data itself. AI is accelerating advances in gene hunting, medicine, drug design […]
Read MoreDying stars could seed interstellar medium with carbon nanotubes
Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying stars. The findings propose a simple, yet elegant mechanism for the formation and survival of complex carbon molecules in space.
Read MorePentacene derivative has 100 times more light durability than conventional products
Due to high hole mobility, pentacene and its derivatives have been the representative organic semiconductor and have been the subject of much research, both basic and applied. In particular, they are expected to be applied to semiconductor devices, such as field-effect transistors. In addition, organic semiconductors have the advantage of being inexpensive to produce through […]
Read MoreHad Enough, Eh? Come Back and Take What’s Coming to You!
How long are we going to keep doing this? I ask because Roche announced results from a trial (API-ADAD)of their anti-amyloid antibody crenezumab in a population that’s genetically susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease. It failed. Just like it failed the Phase III CREAD trials in a general aging population group in 2019. This trial was in […]
Read MoreThese tiny marsupials survived wildfires only to face extinction from feral cats
Few marsupials have gone from miraculous survival to the brink of extinction as quickly as the Kangaroo Island dunnart. In 2019 and 2020, devastating fires burned nearly 10 million hectares of southeastern Australia. The flames threatened hundreds of species with extinction, but the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) — which already numbered less than 500 […]
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Some polar bears in Greenland survive on surprisingly little sea ice
“Pihoqahiak” means “ever-wandering one,” and is an Inuit name for the polar bear, a creature known to roam vast expanses of sea ice, sometimes plodding thousands of kilometers a year in search of seals. But along the fjord-cut coastline of southeast Greenland, where the sea freezes over for just a few months of the year, […]
Read MoreLiquid metal boosts platinum catalyst’s activity 1000 times
Gallium containing single platinum atoms outperforms solid platinum catalysts in electrochemical methanol oxidation
Read MoreLight-activated cancer treatment uses tumour-targeting enzymes to cut side effects
Enzymatic activation of a photosensitive prodrug in cancerous cells shows promise in mice
Read MoreWatching the death of a rare giant star
Extreme supergiant stars known as hypergiants are very rare, with only a few known to exist in the Milky Way. By tracing molecular emissions in the outflows around the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, astronomers obtained the first detailed map of the star’s envelope, which sheds light on the mechanisms involved in the final […]
Read MoreBiochemistry researchers repair and regenerate heart muscle cells
Researchers are reporting new technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known.
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