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An international research team has demonstrated that solar-powered synthesis gas could repurpose carbon dioxide into fuels and beneficial chemicals.

Scientists can now identify mirror-image molecules more easily, thanks to a new technique. This is crucial for drug development among other things since the two types might have quite different impacts on the human body. In the academic journal Nature Photonics, researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, EPF Lausanne (EPFL), and the University of Geneva present the innovative technique.

At the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives at Osaka University, scientists have found a new feature of solar cells that has been created from antimony sulfiodide: sulfide composite they referred to as the wavelength-dependent photovoltaic effect (WDPE).

Taking Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy could substantially reduce the chances of babies up to a year old suffering from atopic eczema, according to a new study by University of Southampton researchers.

The so-called compound wind and precipitation extremes (CWPEs) are caused as a result of co-occurrences of wind extremes and precipitation extremes and they could interrupt and threaten shipping and shipment logistics.

Due to their ultra-thin thickness, dangling-bond-free flat surface, and superior gate controllability, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, such as MoS2, open up previously unimaginable possibilities for overcoming the transistor scaling bottleneck and creating novel logic circuits with increased speed, reduced power consumption, flexibility, and transparency.

Exosomes are lipid-bilayer nanoscale membrane particles with an average size of around 200 nm, which are secreted by many cell types.

A study of 10,775 high-risk adult patients during the COVID-19 delta variant surge in late 2021 finds that treatment with one of three anti-spike neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for mild to moderate symptoms led to low rates of severe disease, hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

Humans have a long history of showing empathy for the devices or digital representations they control.

A terahertz optical spectroscopy system prototype with a sensing area comparable to the cross-sectional area of only five human hairs was developed by researchers from Osaka University’s Institute of Laser Engineering.