News Feature Channel: Chemistry

This Injected Protein-like Polymer Helps Tissues Heal After a Heart Attack

University of California San Diego — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:00:00 EST

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure. The therapy both prompts the immune system to encourage tissue repair and promotes survival of heart muscle cells after a heart attack.

Preserving History with a Click of a Laser

University of Northern Colorado — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:40:37 EST

In the corner of a lab room in Candelaria Hall is a handheld tool that looks similar to a barcode scanner grocery store clerks use at the checkout line.

Transforming Chemistry Education from Greeley Around the Globe

University of Northern Colorado — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:30:52 EST

As a high school student, Isaac Subuloye noticed many of his peers were intimidated by chemistry. Many of his teachers struggled to make chemistry interesting or present the topic in a way that was easily understood by students.

Research Update: Plant-Based Calamari That Rivals Real Seafood in Texture

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:00:13 EST

Building off previous research, a team publishing in ACS Food Science & Technology describes successfully using plant-based ingredients to mimic calamari that matches the real seafood's characteristic softness and elasticity.

Algunos recubrimientos protectores de resina pueden danar las piezas arqueologicas metalicas

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:05:00 EST

Los investigadores han informado en ACS Central Science que algunas de las resinas utilizadas para estos recubrimientos reaccionan con metales ferrosos y pueden causar danos. El equipo creo una estrategia de imagen de fluorescencia no invasiva que revela las senales temprana de estas reacciones quimicas perjudiciales, y confirmo su utilidad en piezas arqueologicas antiguas.

Designing Long-Duration Toxin Sensors

Sandia National Laboratories — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:50:50 EST

Imagine a smoke detector that instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in mass-transit locations to alert travelers and first responders to hazardous chemicals in the air.

Scientists Have Found a Way to 'Tattoo' Tardigrades

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:10:15 EST

Researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters took advantage of the tardigrade's nearly indestructible nature and gave the critters tiny "tattoos" to test a microfabrication technique to build microscopic, biocompatible devices.

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American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:05:39 EST

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Some Protective Resin Coatings May Damage Metal Artifacts

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:00:00 EST

Conservators and museum technicians use clear coatings to protect archaeological metal objects, preserving their detailed views. However, some resins in these coatings react with iron-containing metals, causing damage.

How Sebastien Sauve Turned 'Forever Chemicals' Into Big News

Universite de Montreal — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:43 EST

If Quebecers are now aware of the health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), it's largely thanks to the work of UdeM's muckraking environmental chemistry professor.

A light-activated probe reveals TB immune system evasion mechanisms

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:55:05 EST

The pathogen that causes tuberculosis is deadly in part because of its complex outer envelope, which helps it evade immune responses of infected hosts. In an ACS Infectious Diseases paper, researchers developed a chemical probe to study a key component of this envelope. Their results provide a step toward finding new ways of inactivating the bacterium.

Simulations Predict How Pesticides May Affect Honeybee Colonies

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:55:03 EST

Researchers in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology demonstrate that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based monitoring system combined with a computer model can link the exposure of neonicotinoid pesticides on individual honeybees to the health of the whole colony.

Scientists Identify Agent of Transformation In Protein Blobs That Morph From Liquid to Solid

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:00:00 EST

An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. These mysterious droplets, known as biomolecular condensates, solidify when they carry a high proportion of the protein alpha-synuclein, the scientists reported in Science Advances. Clumps of alpha-synuclein are commonly found in the brain cells of people with Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative brain disorder.

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American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:20:06 EST

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American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:15:33 EST

Cuando dos materiales se tocan, sus cargas superficiales se alteran, generando electricidad estatica. Investigadores han aprovechado este fenomeno para generar electricidad a partir de gotas de agua que se desplazan por un tubo, produciendo suficiente energia para encender 12 LED.

John C. Gordon Elected International Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Brookhaven National Laboratory — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:25:06 EST

John C. Gordon, chair of the Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland's National Academy of science and letters, as an International Fellow.

A Step Toward Harnessing Clean Energy From Falling Rainwater

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:00:00 EST

Water flowing over some surfaces can gain or lose charge. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have harnessed the phenomenon to generate electricity from rain-like droplets moving through a tube. They demonstrate a new kind of flow that makes enough power to light 12 LEDs.

Probiotics Derived From People Show Promise in Poultry

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:30:52 EST

Beneficial bacteria could enhance chickens' health and reduce infection risk

Curious by Nature: Dr. Carlotta Ronda - How Science Can Solve Food Poisoning

News — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:15:31 EST

Imagine editing the bacteria in your gut the same way scientists edit DNA, targeted, precise, and powerful. That's exactly what Dr. Carlotta Ronda, a Principal Investigator at the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, is working on.

Scientists Develop Process Using Molecules in the Cell to Identify Environmental Signals

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:10:31 EST

Scientists have transformed RNA, a biological molecule present in all living cells, into a biosensor that can detect tiny chemicals relevant to human health. Research by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists centers on RNA, a nucleic acid that plays a crucial role in most cellular processes. Their work is expected to have applications in the surveillance of environmental chemicals and, ultimately, the diagnosis of critical diseases including neurological and cardiovascular diseases and cancer.