Tag: chemistry
A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
Judith Su, University of Arizona
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
My Little Sensor Lab at the University of...
Designing batteries for easier recycling could avert a looming e-waste crisis
Zheng Chen, University of California San Diego and Darren H. S. Tan, University of California San Diego
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate...
Nobel prize: two women share chemistry prize for the first time...
Kalpana Surendranath, University of Westminster
Emmanuelle Charpentier, director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany, and Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry at...
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Julio M. D'Arcy, Washington University in St Louis
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In my synthetic chemistry lab,...
How does a baby ‘breathe’ while inside its mom?
Julie Pollock, University of Richmond
“Mothering” is synonymous with “nurturing,” probably because moms start providing for their kids even before they’re born.
A fetus relies...
How does a baby ‘breathe’ while inside its mom?
Julie Pollock, University of Richmond
“Mothering” is synonymous with “nurturing,” probably because moms start providing for their kids even before they’re born.
A fetus relies...
Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment...
Erick Leite Bastos, Universidade de São Paulo
What’s your favorite color? If you answered blue, you’re in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences...
What makes wine dry? It’s easy to taste, but much harder...
Aude Watrelot, Iowa State University
When you take a sip of wine at a family meal or celebration, what do you notice?
First, you probably note...
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The Asian Canadian gay activist whose theories on sexuality were decades...
Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington
Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th...
