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Category: 6. Chemistry
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‘Democratizing chemical analysis’:Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images
Florida State University chemists have created a machine learning tool that can identify the chemical composition of dried salt solutions from an image with 99% accuracy.
By using robotics to prepare thousands of samples and artificial…
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Lords of the molecular rings: An innovative shortcut to high-performance organic materials
Scientists at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, have unveiled an innovative approach for synthesizing azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a class of highly advanced ring-shaped molecular structures with immense potential in…
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To overcome antibiotic resistance, new research says to let it flow
Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid flow found in the body than standard cultures.
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Bill to ban all Chinese nationals from receiving US student visas causes alarm | News
The US research community has been appalled by legislation that would block all Chinese nationals from receiving student visas. The bill’s sponsor, West Virginia Republican Riley Moore, who introduced to Congress on 14 March, said it will…
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Tunnelling to the heart of cell communication | Opinion
Multicellular existence is collaborative. Our cells are in constant communication, checking out one another’s state and sending signals to modulate or moderate the behaviour of neighbours. The usual textbook story identifies three means of…
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Never-Before-Seen: UCLA Physicists Discover Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer with metal films led to the discovery of intricate spiral patterns etched by a chemical reaction. Further experiments…
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US reviews chemical incident prevention planning rules | Business
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun to reconsider and ‘reassess elements’ of the previous administration’s Risk Management Program (RMP), which requires facilities that use extremely hazardous substances to develop…
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Weak Forces, Super Materials: The Breakthrough Changing Material Science
A team from Kyoto University has developed novel three-dimensional van der Waals frameworks that showcase exceptional stability and porosity. These materials, suitable for applications like gas storage and carbon capture, overturn previous…
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Kakhovka dam attack exposed ‘toxic time bomb’ of heavy metal pollution | Research
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine exposed large quantities of heavy metals that pose a ‘largely overlooked’ threat to surrounding ecosystems. Researchers who analysed pollution associated with the…
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