3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (203+ words) Mirage News A review in Quantitative Biology demonstrates that scientists can now reliably build and combine very large pieces of DNA, making it much easier to redesign microbes such as yeast and bacteria to act as efficient "cell factories." With…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (146+ words) Through atomically precise simulations and experiments, the research team discovered that two key changes occur depending on the voltage applied to the electrode. In simple terms, on one side, water molecules line up in an orderly fashion, while on the…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (527+ words) Mirage News A new study by a team at Tohoku University, published in Chemical Engineering Journal on April 6, 2026, has shown that more isn't always better when it comes to nanoscale chemical reactions. You might think that giving reactants completely unrestricted…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (319+ words) Recently described in the International Union of Crystallography Journal, this method is based on a lab-in-the-loop approach combining large computer vision models with expert input captured via the CRIMS software. It provides a simple and cost-effective AI-assisted automated screening system…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (354+ words) Just as swirly, wave-like patterns can appear on computer screen when pixels do not align, new research led by Flinders University is investigating atomic-scale 'moir" patterns' in the promising field of ferroelectricity. The new study, with experts at Monash University…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (430+ words) One of the most important chemical technologies that has supported modern society is the Haber-Bosch process. This method produces ammonia (NH) by reacting nitrogen (N) from the air with hydrogen (H), and it plays an essential role in fertilizer production. However, there…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (426+ words) Wollongong-based online news outlet covering Australia and beyond. If you have anything newsworthy - a story, video or picture to share with us, please email us. Streamlining the synthesis of valuable amines, researchers present a new method that can selectively insert…...

1+ week, 5+ min ago  (293+ words) Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular machines - molecules that convert chemical energy into mechanical work and motion. Machines from the AAA+ family, which exist in the…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (565+ words) Mirage News Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a simple and efficient method for synthesizing polyfunctionalized biaryls without transition-metal catalysts or complex multistep prefunctionalization. Through an innovative substrate design strategy, the researchers achieved a benzidine-type sigmatropic rearrangement…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (859+ words) After nearly 40 years of service and 4, 726 firings, called "shots," Sandia National Laboratories' Saturn accelerator finally got a spa day. Of course, a rejuvenating break for one of the nation's brightest X-ray generators did not involve a deep-tissue massage, a mani-pedi…...