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Nanotechnology
Solving the drug solubility problem with silica nanoparticles
Adsorption of APIs and water molecules on silica surfaces of different silica densities. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). doi:10.1073/pnas.2423426122 Researchers at Harvard University and Hong Kong China University have developed methods that increase the solubility of drug molecules up to three orders of magnitude. This could be a breakthrough in drug formulations and delivery. Over 60%…
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Chemistry
Machine learning solves protein folding problem and wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch. , honored David Baker. This year’s awards were notable because they celebrated research originating from technology companies, namely DeepMind, an AI research startup…
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Nanotechnology
Researchers have solved a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage
Artistic rendering of the important discovery that lowering the heating rate during the fabrication of cathodes in sodium-ion batteries eliminates the problem of distortion and cracking in core-shell particles with concentration gradients. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory. Lithium-ion batteries have long dominated the market as the go-to power source for electric vehicles. Consideration is also underway to store renewable energy for…
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Environment
A possible explanation for the ‘missing plastic problem’: New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons
Various microplastics collected from corals off the coast of Koh Sichang in the Gulf of Thailand. As can be seen from their color, shape and size, the corals have ingested a variety of microplastics, many of which are thinner than a human hair. Photo courtesy of Kyushu University/Isobe Laboratory Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in corals have discovered…
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