A team of scientists has discovered a new type of crystal that can “breathe”—releasing and absorbing oxygen repeatedly at relatively low temperatures. This unique ability could transform the way we develop clean energy technologies, including fuel cells, energy-saving windows, and smart thermal devices. The newly developed material is a special kind of metal oxide made […]
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably taken a calculus course before. How was it? Chances are you found it frustrating or, at least, complicated. You may remember one of the most feared parts of calculus courses: the computation of derivatives and integrals. For most students, this is the first time they face a mathematical problem […]
Positron Emission Tomography, or PET, is one of medicine’s most powerful tools for looking inside the human body, revealing not only anatomy but also how tissues are functioning. In a PET scan, a patient receives a tiny dose of a radioactive tracer that emits positrons, the antimatter counterparts of electrons. When a positron encounters an […]
Authors: Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University; Basran Burhan, PhD Candidate, Archaeology, Griffith University; Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh, Researcher in Palaeontology, University of Wollongong; Maxime Aubert, Professor of Archaeological Science, Griffith University, and Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University Stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago […]
Astronomers have discovered potentially the most massive black hole ever detected. The cosmic behemoth is close to the theoretical upper limit of what is possible in the universe and is 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. It exists in one of the most massive galaxies […]
Biochemistry • Biotechnology • Catalysis • Chemical engineering • Chemistry
Authors: Fernando López-Gallego, Principal Investigator, Ikerbasque Professor and group leader at the Heterogeneous Biocatalysis Laboratory at CIC biomaGUNE; Ainhoa Oliden-Sánchez, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Heterogeneous Biocatalysis Laboratory at CIC biomaGUNE; Clara García-Gorro, Science Communication Manager at CIC biomaGUNE. Self-sufficient heterogeneous biocatalysts are emerging as powerful tools for greener, more efficient chemical manufacturing. By cleverly combining […]
Biochemistry • Chemistry • DIPC Biochemistry • Medicine • Nanotechnology
When you hear the word nanoparticle, it might sound like something futuristic or abstract. In reality, nanoparticles—tiny structures tens of thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair—are already part of modern medicine. Some are used to deliver drugs more effectively, while others help doctors see inside the body by acting as […]
Authors: José Manuel Cabrero, Catedrático. Estructuras Arquitectónicas y Construcción con Madera. Cátedra Madera Onesta, Universidad de Navarra and Rayder Willian Leonardo Laura, Científico investigador, Universidad de Navarra Most of us are already quite comfortable recycling our household waste. In Spain, for instance, millions of tonnes of packaging are processed every year, but did you know […]
From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise. By combining large-scale data analysis of scientific literature with case studies, researchers led a deep investigation into scientific fraud. Although concerns around scientific misconduct typically focus on lone individuals, the Northwestern study instead uncovered sophisticated global networks of individuals and […]
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy arising from the occurrence of genetic mutations in hematopoietic progenitors, which cause a blockage in the maturation and an uncontrolled growth of leukemic blasts in the bone marrow (BM). The resistance to current therapies and relapse remain a major clinical challenge. For this reason, a novel approach […]