NASA to Highlight Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets TV Coverage
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 10:22 a.m. EDT Friday, June 10, to launch the agency’s next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space Station.
Read MoreWhat makes smoky, charred barbecue taste so good? The chemistry of cooking over an open flame
The mere thought of barbecue’s smoky scents and intoxicating flavors is enough to get most mouths watering. Summer is here, and that means it is barbecue season for many people in the U.S.
Read MoreEngineers model nanoscale crystal dynamics in easy-to-view system
Rice University engineers who mimic atom-scale processes to make them big enough to see have modeled how shear influences grain boundaries in polycrystalline materials.
Read MoreComputational Happiness, Delayed
We would all like to compute our way to happiness in this business, and for early-stage drug discovery that would mean being able to predict the binding affinities of small molecules to target proteins. Such predictions would allow us to search for hits and leads without actually having to prepare the protein or any of […]
Read MoreModern Phenotypic Drug Discovery
By this point, I’ve lost track of the number of times that phenotypic drug discovery has made some sort of comeback. The only competitor in that category is natural products drug discovery, which every couple of years gets written up as ready to make some sort of resurgence. In truth, neither of these have ever […]
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50 years ago, the United States and Soviet Union joined forces for science
A busy week for science in Moscow — Science News, June 3, 1972 U.S. and Soviet leaders … signed agreements on space, science and technology, health and the environment…. The space agreement … outlines plans for cooperation in fields such as meteorology, study of the natural environment, planetary exploration and space biology. Update The 1972 space agreement […]
Read MoreJust 3 ingredients can quickly destroy widely used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
The undoing of toxic “forever chemicals” may be found in products in your pantry. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, can persist in the environment for centuries. While the health impacts of only a fraction of the thousands of different types of PFAS have been studied, research has linked exposure to high levels […]
Read MoreNew research shows long-term personality traits influence problem-solving in zebra finches
Zebra finches innovate solutions to novel foraging tasks, where sometimes success is related to personality type.
Read MoreNASA’s Davinci mission to take the plunge through massive atmosphere of Venus
NASA scientists and engineers give new details about the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission, which will descend through the layered Venus atmosphere to the surface of the planet in mid-2031. DAVINCI is the first mission to study Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe.
Read MoreEvonik plans $220 million US project for pharmaceutical lipids
Project is backed by $150 million in government investment
Read MoreJotun Group, Med Investment Holding Sign Algerian JV
Technover P will produce Jotun coatings in a newly built factory in the district of Tizi-Ouzou, east of Algiers.
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