“I think of chemistry as a puzzle — each experiment is one more piece, and the more experiments I do, the more I can uncover and add something new to the field.”…
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Seeking life on Mars: What you need to know about the Perseverance mission
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Tomorrow, NASA’s Perseverance rover will touch down on the Red Planet and the hype around the mission is building. Launched last summer, the endeavor aims to discover signs of…
Anonymous name change policies for a more inclusive publishing world
Image credit: Kieran O’Brien Transgender, non-binary, and/or gender diverse researchers and scholars face unique challenges as a result of a historical unwillingness to change outdated publishing practices. Theresa Tanenbaum is an assistant…
Vaccinating the most vulnerable first may not have the greatest impact on COVID-19, new model suggests
Image created by Charlie Bulmer. Submitted for United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives With the second wave of COVID-19 in full force — with some countries even experiencing a third wave…
How do viruses protect their genetic information?
Researchers uncover the mystery of how viruses avoid encapsulating unwanted genetic material from the crowded cell cytoplasm. Image credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library Understanding the intricate mechanisms behind viral infections is crucial…
New macrocycle antiviral drugs show promise in treating influenza
Creating antiviral drugs to help treat infected patients is more important than ever. Now, researchers report a non-toxic macrocycle antiviral agent that shows high efficacy against several influenza strains. H1N1 influenza virus;…
Researchers claim quantum supremacy with new light-based quantum computer
The quantum computer named Jiuzhang was able to complete a task 100 trillion times faster than one of the world’s fastest super computers. Image credit: University of Science and Technology of China…
DeepMind solves 50-year-old challenge in predicting protein folding
Image credit: Science Photo Library/Getty Images This week, the artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaFold, developed by Google’s DeepMind, has solved a decades-old problem in biology: determining a protein’s 3D structure based only…
What’s sweeter than a robot made from candy?
By mixing sugar and magnetic particles, researchers create biodegradable “CANDYBOTS” with potential applications in drug delivery and ingestible devices. Nanobots have featured heavily in film and science fiction literature, with microscopic robots…
What shapes can we make with liquid marbles?
Creating versatile liquid marbles, stabilized with polymeric plates for more durability and broader applications. Liquid marbles are a fascinating area of research that perhaps don’t garner a lot of mainstream attention. However,…