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Biochemists discover first new antibacterial class in decades

Vanderbilt biochemists are part of a team taking a stride toward the development of antibacterials to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections, a pervasive bacterial infection that affects 50%–60% of women in their ...

Chemists develop method to confirm mRNA vaccine stability

University at Albany researchers at the RNA Institute have developed a new method to test COVID-19 vaccine integrity that could allow anyone with basic skills in vaccine handling to detect expired vaccines quickly and effectively, ...

Storing electrons from hydrogen for clean chemical reactions

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed a hydrogen energy carrier to address some of the biggest hurdles in the path toward a sustainable hydrogen economy. As explained in a paper published in JACS Au, this novel ...

Deciphering a dance of electrons and water molecules

A research project at EPFL has succeeded in decoding the complex dance of electrons in water, a major step in understanding a critical process of many chemical phenomena, and that might be the first step to improving energy ...

Implantable batteries can run on the body's own oxygen

From pacemakers to neurostimulators, implantable medical devices rely on batteries to keep the heart on beat and to dampen pain. But batteries eventually run low and require invasive surgeries to replace.

Researchers harness the sun to produce hydrogen gas from water

A team of chemistry researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed a unique approach to harnessing the sun's energy to produce hydrogen gas, a potential clean energy source, from water, according ...

Researchers observe salt dissolution at the atomic level

A research team, affiliated with UNIST has achieved a groundbreaking feat by observing the dissolution of salt in water at the atomic level and experimentally uncovering the underlying principle.

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Analytical Chemistry
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Polymers
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Analytical Chemistry
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Analytical Chemistry
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Biochemistry
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Materials Science
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Analytical Chemistry
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Condensed Matter
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Plants & Animals
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Evolution
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Archaeology
Study reveals evidence of violence at a time of crisis in ancient Peru
Plants & Animals
Study suggests starvation decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast: Can the giants ever recover?
Earth Sciences
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Condensed Matter
Study unveils a spontaneous toroidal polar topology in the helielectric nematic state
Astronomy
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Earth Sciences
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Quantum Physics
A method to compute the Rényi entanglement entropy in auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo simulations
Quantum Physics
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Molecular & Computational biology
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Veterinary medicine
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Environment
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Cell & Microbiology
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