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New benzofuran synthesis method enables complex molecule creation

In the field of organic chemistry, scientists are always looking out for new types of reactions to unlock synthesis routes for challenging compounds. Most of the progress that we have witnessed in pharmaceutics and agrochemicals ...

Research revives 1800s photos

Researchers from Western University developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossils and prevent corrosion ...

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Nanophysics
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Plants & Animals
Uncovering key players in gene silencing: Insights into plant growth and human diseases
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Social Sciences
Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone—it means they struggle to navigate life on the outside
Astronomy
Technical trials for easing the (cosmological) tension
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Ghost particle on the scales: Research offers more precise determination of neutrino mass
Astrobiology
Unraveling water mysteries beyond Earth: Ground-penetrating radar will seek bodies of water on Jupiter
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Warming of Antarctic deep-sea waters contribute to sea level rise in North Atlantic, study finds
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Light show in living cells: New method allows simultaneous fluorescent labeling of many proteins
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Key protein regulates immune response to viruses in mammal cells
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Research team resolves decades-long problem in microscopy
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New strategy for assessing the applicability of reactions

Chemists often develop and optimize new chemical reactions using so-called model systems, i.e., simple, easily accessible substrates. They then use up to around 100 other substrates as examples to show that the reaction works. ...

A promising target for new RNA therapeutics now accessible

Only recently, a new era in medicine began with the first RNA vaccines. These active substances are modified RNAs that trigger immune responses of the human immune system. Another approach in RNA medicine targets the body's ...

Finding new chemistry to capture double the carbon

Finding ways to capture, store, and use carbon dioxide (CO2) remains an urgent global problem. As temperatures continue to rise, keeping CO2 from entering the atmosphere can help limit warming where carbon-based fuels are ...