Think with your heart: A new era of biocomputing
Researchers build the first biocomputers from heart cells and demonstrate their ability to perform complex computational tasks.
This month in pictures
From Trojan horses that help sneak therapeutics past the blood–brain barrier to advanced brain models built on microchips, we celebrate innovative science in breathtaking images.
How do viruses protect their genetic information?
Researchers uncover the mystery of how viruses avoid encapsulating unwanted genetic material from the crowded cell cytoplasm.
CO2 photocatalysis sees the light of day
A team of chemical engineers has created a pilot-scale photoreactor for making chemicals using just carbon dioxide and sunlight.
The first COVID-19 vaccines are here, but challenges remain
Whilst vaccines against COVID-19 show there is light at the end of the tunnel, three main challenges still need to be addressed.
Research highlights
Inversely designing new materials for natural gas separation
A new machine learning strategy searches for desirable materials properties rather than building blocks, which researchers hope will lead to better materials to help spark a green economy.
New method to assist fast-tracking of vaccines for pre-clinical tests
Nvel tuberculosis vaccine demonstrated strong immune response in mice.
Digital CRISPR‐assisted assay for rapid detection of SARS‐CoV‐2
The first digital CRISPR/Cas‐assisted assay that can detect SARS‐CoV‐2 in under 30 minutes.
Challenges in establishing eco-cities within urban agglomeration
Urbanization is threatening global water supplies, but finding a way to balance expansion with sustainable water management between nature, people, and the city water infrastructure.
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Phages help reverse antibiotic resistance in dangerous superbug
Scientists investigated phages that can kill the world’s leading superbug, Acinetobacter baumannii, which is responsible for up to 20% of infections in intensive care units.
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Climate hope with “positive tipping points”
Small changes in societies’ behaviors could lead to positive cascading effects that will mitigate climate change.
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An affordable, quantum‐limit‐approaching sensing chip for trace chemical analysis
Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicals.
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Learning energy efficiency networks in Argentina
The Argentinean experience can inform experts on LEEN efforts to make industrial sectors more energy efficient in developing regions.
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Researchers develop stable, high energy density supercapacitor
The Achilles heel of supercapacitors as energy storage devices, is gradually being overcome.
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Guideomics to live up to the promise of biotechnology for precision medicine of brain diseases
Personalized medicine for diseases that affect the central nervous system requires renewed focus on visualising the behaviour of drugs in the brain.
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Understanding consciousness: researchers identify key neural structures
Which structures in the brain activate when your state of consciousness changes?
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How does the structure of ice change around impurities?
On the molecular scale, ice is less ordered than you might think, but it turns out that some of that missing order can be recovered
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Playing ball with the Haber–Bosch process
Can the Haber–Bosch process be green?
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Simulations that reach biological timescales
A new computational technique allows researchers to model biological processes with better accuracy and at a lower computational cost.
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Researchers perform chemical reactions in levitating solvent
Using ultrasonic standing waves, researchers levitate droplets of solvent, which can be used for chemical reactions.
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First hint of radio emissions collected from an exoplanet
Though weak, researchers have detected what could be the first radio emissions collected from a planet outside our solar system.
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Using computational models for better thermoregulation in the ICU
Models that can predict and help us to understand the body’s thermal state could help optimize temperature management strategies in a clinical setting.
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The farthest galaxy in the universe
Chemical signatures give away the distance to the farthest galaxy, which experts say defines the very boundary of the observable universe.
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Green marine — New wind-powered vessel could reduce emissions by 90%
Oceanbird, a newly designed transatlantic car carrier, is powered by wind and could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of marine transportation.
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How do we know if our adaptations to climate change are successful?
Scientists question whether technologies such as desalination will create solutions to climate change or just shift the problem.
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Magnetic bacteria for drug delivery
Bacteria controlled by magnets could one day deliver medicine directly to the cells that need it.
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Detecting gamma rays with giant perovskite crystals
The process of detecting gamma rays causes serious damage to those detectors. Researchers have developed a large, self-healing crystal that might help to solve this problem.
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Quantum simulator poised to be major breakthrough in quantum technology
Researchers create a quantum nanochip that is capable of producing stable, high-quality qubits and could open doors for powerful quantum computers.
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Pioneers in science: Percy Julian
The world-renowned chemist and his struggle against a system of racial oppression.
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Pioneers in Science: Baruj Benacerraf
The Nobel Laureate whose research was crucial to understanding how the immune system works on the cellular level.
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Pioneers in Science: June Almeida
No formal scientific education, a single mother, author of 103 scientific papers, the first person to see a corona vi...
Pioneers in Science: Marie Daly
This Pioneers in Science celebrates Marie Daly, the first Black woman in America to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry.
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Pioneers in Science: John B. Goodenough
In honour of John B. Goodenough’s 98th birthday, we celebrate his life and career, which were shaped by some of...
Pioneers in Science: Hermann Staudinger
A century on from his groundbreaking paper on polymerization, Advanced Science News takes a look at the life and work...
Pioneers in Science: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
This edition of Pioneers in Science celebrates physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics ...
Pioneers in Science: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
The stuff of stars: The remarkable contributions of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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Pioneers in Science: Katherine Johnson
In honor of the UN’s International Day of Women in Science, this week we highlight Katherine Johnson, pioneerin...
Pioneers in Science: Sir Frederick Banting
Sir Frederick Banting and the world-changing discovery of insulin in combating diabetes.
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