Chemistry
With the First Artificial Synthesis of Tanzawaic Acid B, We Move Toward New Antibiotics
A significant turning point in the history of medicine was the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Doctors now got access to a very potent and…
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Environment
How the Hidden Variety of Marine Ecosystems is Threatened by Climate Change
Climate change is causing marine heat waves, which are already common, to become more intense. Extreme warm water episodes are now a serious hazard to…
Plants and Animals
Findings of Microplastics in the Tissues of Whales, Dolphins, and Seals Raise Questions about their Safety for Humans
Numerous human activities pose a hazard to marine creatures such manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, sea lions, whales, and dolphins. Several species, including the Vaquita…
Technology
Muscles Inspired by Nature For Soft Robots: High-Performance Hydrogel Actuators
Metal and other solid-material robots are already widely utilized in industry. However, they are excessively inflexible and bulky for fine motor work and human interaction,…
Zoology
The First Flight of a Butterfly Invents a New Method for Generating Power and Electricity
Chitin, an organic polymer that makes up the majority of the shells of arthropods like crustaceans and other insects, is used to make a butterfly’s…
Biology
DNA Sequencing
DNA sequencing is the technique of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It is a method for determining the…
Chemistry
A New, Simple, and Accessible Method Creates Drug Structures with Increasing Potency
Many medications can be made more potent and have their qualities fine-tuned by using chemical structures called cyclopropanes, however conventional techniques to make these structures…
Chemistry
Condensation Polymers
Condensation polymers are any polymers whose polymerization process involves a condensation reaction (i.e., a tiny molecule, such as water or methanol, is created as a…
Engineering
PFAS Left on Water Treatment Filters Could Be Degraded by a New Method
In a recent study, Feng “Frank” Xiao and associates from the University of Missouri show how to quickly break down PFAS that have been left…
Engineering
Biomaterial
A biomaterial is a substance that has been created to interact with biological systems for either therapeutic (treating, augmenting, repairing, or replacing a tissue function…
Engineering
Servomechanism – in Control Engineering
A servomechanism, abbreviated as servo in control engineering, is an automatic system that uses error-sensing negative feedback to adjust the operation of a mechanism. A…
Medical
Scar Tissue is Monitored by an AI-Enabled Soft Robotic Implant so it can Self-Adapt for Individualized Drug Therapy
University of Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research teams have described a development in medical device technology that could result in intelligent, enduring,…
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