Ultra-thin metal-organic layers prevent ice crystal formation in novel cryoprotectants

Small amounts of nanometer-thin metal-organic layers efficiently protect red blood cells during freezing and thawing, as…

Methanol biotransformation to efficiently produce fatty alcohols

Methanol is a potential feedstock for biomanufacturing since it’s easily obtained in an environmentally friendly manner.…

Math unlocks molecular interactions that open window to how life evolved

A “window to evolution” has opened after mathematicians uncovered the universal explanatory framework for how molecules…

How AI might speed up the discovery of new drugs

Artificial intelligence can generate poems and essays, create responsive game characters, analyze vast amounts of data…

Researchers call for incorporating heat stress indices into communication of dangerous heat waves

In the summer of 2022, over 20,000 excess deaths across Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain…

Iron oxide nanoparticles for medical applications: Study clarifies effect of microstructure on magnetic properties

Iron oxide nanoparticles are often used in medical technology as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging…

Record ammonia production achieved with inexpensive cobalt catalyst at low temperatures

Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, with production at…

NASA's Voyager will do more science with new power strategy

The plan will keep Voyager 2’s science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously…

Newly observed effect makes atoms transparent to certain frequencies of light

A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed “collectively induced transparency” (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop…

New nanoparticle source generates high-frequency light

High-frequency light is useful. The higher the frequency of light, the shorter its wavelength—and the shorter…