Industrial Chemicals Delay Recovery of the Ozone Layer | Newswise
[ad_1] BYLINE: Manuel Martin Newswise — Although ozone-depleting chemicals such as carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) or certain chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are no longer used in refrigerators and foams, they continue to serve as feedstocks in industrial processes for the production of modern refrigerants and plastics. Until now, these so-called feedstock chemicals have flown under the radar of […]
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Contributes to International Study on Contrail Formation | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — ALBANY, N.Y. (April 14, 2026) — Fangqun Yu, a senior research faculty member at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, has been studying the microphysics of contrail formation for more than two decades. Contrails, the thin white streaks often seen trailing behind airplanes, form through a complex process involving the mixing […]
AI Rebuilds Molecules From Exploding Fragments
[ad_1] BYLINE: Ula Chrobak Read this story in the SLAC News Center Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the movement of the molecule’s ions after they are blasted apart by X-rays, a technique […]
Cracking the Code: Using AI to Solve Difficult-to-Map Proteins
[ad_1] BYLINE: Ashleigh Papp Newswise — Using a tool to solve a protein’s structure, for most researchers in the world of structural biology and computational chemistry, is not unlike using the Rosetta Stone to unlock the secrets of ancient Egyptian texts. Once a protein’s structure has been discovered, or defined, one can infer crucial information […]
Target the Tumor. Spare the Body | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Exhaustion creeps in. Appetite vanishes. Hair thins. The person in the mirror looks gaunt. It’s the paradox of cancer treatment: The same drugs meant to save a life can also wear the body down. Nick Housley, assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences, wants to change that. He studies where […]
Researchers Decode Bacterial Energy Production, Paving the Way for Future Antibiotics | Newswise
[ad_1] Many disease-causing bacteria — including pathogens that can cause cholera, meningitis, and certain types of pneumonia — contain an enzyme called Na⁺-NQR. The enzyme is essentially a pump that helps bacteria generate energy by moving sodium ions across their cell membranes while transferring electrons. Crucially, the enzyme is present in many types of harmful […]
Changing the Playing Field in Nickel Catalysis | Newswise
[ad_1] BYLINE: Tracy Crane, Department of Chemistry Newswise — Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported a breakthrough in nickel catalysis that harnesses a rare oxidation state of nickel that has proved challenging to control yet is highly valued for its potential to facilitate important chemical reactions. The researchers, led by Liviu Mirica, a […]