Rice Husks Can Effectively Remove Microcystin from Water

PHYSICS & MATH 05.06.2019 10:06 AM

The rice husks removed more than 95 percent of microcystin MC-LR, the most common type found in Lake Erie, in concentrations of up to 596 parts-per-billion (ppb)

Cultivating Defective Porous Materials for Robust and Selective Heterogeneous Catalysis

05.06.2019 08:08 AM

It opens new avenues to develop robust heterogeneous catalysts for a wide variety of gas-phase reactions

Alzheimer’s Disease May Now Be Detected Years Before Symptoms Arise

05.06.2019 08:06 AM

A new two-step diagnosis process may help detect Alzheimer’s disease. A new two-step diagnostic process is maintaining to firmly detect Alzheimer's disease nearly 10 years before clinical symptoms appear.

Hempcrete Researchers Receive Grant from the EPA

05.05.2019 22:20 PM

Hemp’s potential in sustainable construction has won some California researchers a grant from the EPA.

How Hydrogen Atoms Chemically Bind to Graphene in One of the Fastest Reactions Ever Studied

05.03.2019 22:03 PM

The bond lasts for only about ten femtoseconds, ten quadrillionths of a second An extraordinary material celebrated across many platforms if graphene. It consists of pure carbon, only a single atomic layer thick.

Solving Protein Structures from Tiny Crystals with a New Approach

05.03.2019 22:02 PM

The technique indeed opens the door to dealing with microcrystals that have been previously inaccessible such as difficult-to-crystallize cell-surface receptors and other membrane proteins, flexible proteins, and many complex human proteins

10 Famous Scientists Who Believe That God Exists

05.02.2019 16:12 PM

Copernicus was a famous astronomer who lived and worked in Poland. He was the first scientist to propose the first-ever system based on mathematics that planets revolve around the sun. After studying at several universities in Europe, he was made a Canon of the Roman Catholic Church, in the year of 1497.

Safer and Purer Medicinal Drugs: A Possibility Through A New Method

05.02.2019 11:55 AM

Scientists develop a faster way of producing safer medicinal drugs Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) scientists have created a novel method that could potentially produce pure, no side-effect, higher quality medicinal drugs with a faster drug discovery process.

Sewers Could Help Clean Our Atmosphere

05.02.2019 11:16 AM

Researchers have concluded that sewer plants serving municipalities worldwide offer a major option for capturing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Although cautioning that research and development is needed before the systems could be deployed, the team identified several potentially viable paths to using sewage as a carbon sink — that is, sewer plants could clean the atmosphere as they clean water.

MIT and Harvard Receive $4.5 Million Each for Marijuana Research from Former Student

05.02.2019 08:27 AM

Man gives a total of nine million dollars to his alma maters. A Manhattan-based investor has dropped nine million dollars to fund marijuana research at his alma maters-Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Digital Filtering Could Advance Chemical Measuring

05.02.2019 08:19 AM

Technology could help move novel drugs to clinical trials faster. Precise measurements are critical to the discovery, development and usage of medications.

Hippo Poop Keeping Our Planet Habitable

05.02.2019 08:06 AM

A team of biologists found out how Hippo poop plays a role in sustaining our ecosystem. Hippos are considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa and have been feared by most.

A New Way to Store Information in Molecules for Millions of Years

05.01.2019 09:39 AM

A new way to store information in molecules could preserve the contents of the New York Public Library in a teaspoon of protein, without energy, for millions of years

Study Shows Polymer Films Fabricated to Conduct Heat

04.30.2019 09:11 AM

Scientists were able to design a polymer for heat conduction When it comes to thermal insulation, a layperson usually thinks of a polymer. Examples of polymer materials manufactured for trapping heat includes a Styrofoam coffee cup or a silicon oven mitt.

UCI Engineers Developed Next-Generation, Adaptive Space Blanket with Heat regulation Properties

04.29.2019 15:20 PM

The engineers have made a version with changeable properties for users to regulate how much heat is trapped or released