Ruthenium nanoparticles convert captured perchlorate into harmless chloride in water treatment waste

For decades, water utilities have relied on giant tanks filled with ion-exchange resin beads to remove perchlorate, a harmful ...
C&ENOpinion

Ben Katz will ‘Mass Spec Everything’ to figure out what is in our food

I wonder if there’s any real meat in a Taco Bell?” mused Ben Katz while strolling around the University of California, Irvine ...
eLife

A stable cryogenic fluorescence microscope for correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy

In this useful Tools & Resources article, the authors describe a new cryogenic light microscopy design and characterize its temperature and spatial stability. This compelling system avoids the ...

Zirconium tweak unlocks stronger cast aluminum alloy with ductility boost

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and collaborators have developed a new lightweight cast aluminum alloy that is both ...
Science Daily

Tiny silica particles wiped out aggressive prostate cancer in mice

Tiny silica nanoparticles engineered to seek out prostate cancer caused tumor cells to self-destruct and supercharged the ...
IBTimes UK

Mars Meteorite Garnet Discovery: Scientists Find Rare Ancient Egyptian Gem Inside Space Rock

Scientists have identified an entirely new type of rock on Mars, containing a mineral never previously detected on the Red Planet, in a discovery that they say could transform our understanding of ...
University of California

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Omar Yaghi, a Jordanian-American chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry today, sharing it with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, ...
CNN

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture

A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” a form of molecular architecture that packs vast amounts of space into tiny ...
Nature

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy Techniques

Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) extends conventional scanning electron microscopy by permitting investigation of specimens in gaseous or hydrated states, thus preserving near-native ...
AZOM

Streamlined Microanalysis in Scanning Electron Microscopes

Within analytical sciences, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (otherwise known as EDS) and CL in the scanning electron microscope (termed SEM) are vital microanalysis techniques. During the process ...
The Conversation

Machine learning cracked the protein‑folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins ...
MIT Technology Review

Google DeepMind leaders share Nobel Prize in chemistry for protein prediction AI

Half the prize goes to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper from Google DeepMind for using AI to solve protein folding, and the other to David Baker for tools to help design new proteins. In a second ...