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UC Davis researchers achieve total synthesis of ibogaine

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at UC Davis have achieved total chemical synthesis of the psychoactive compound ibogaine and its analogs from pyridine. The discovery will make it easier to explore the therapeutic possibilities of ibogaine.

Journal: Nature Chemistry
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

New software developed at Wayne State University will help study chemical and biological systems

Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research
Grant and Award Announcement

With the help of a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of Wayne State University College of Engineering researchers are developing new software to support computational materials design.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Correlated nucleon pairs predict quark-gluon distributions

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Physicists know from previous experiments that what happens at the nuclear scale to protons and neutrons also affects their constituent quarks and gluons. A novel new framework has tapped on short-range correlations – brief pairings of protons and neutrons - to decipher the particles’ choreography and reveal this connection.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New technology lights way for accelerating coral reef restoration

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.

Journal: Limnology and Oceanography Methods

Halas awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light energy — for use in many biomedical and chemical applications.”

Toward sustainable computing: Energy-efficient memory innovation

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Data centers currently account for about one percent of global energy consumption, amounting to 200 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. This immense energy demand has driven researchers to explore innovative ways to reduce energy usage. A team of scientists has now achieved a groundbreaking advancement in memory technology in close collaboration with Antaios, a magnetic random access memory company in France. Their innovation, based on Spin-Orbit Torque (SOT) Magnetic Random-Access Memory (MRAM), offers a highly efficient and powerful solution for data processing and storage—a transformative step forward for technologies ranging from smartphones to supercomputers.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Antaios, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, European Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Norges Forskningsråd

A new way to detect inflammation

Case Western Reserve University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can’t pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body.

Now researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a method to detect inflammation using antibodies, potentially leading to blood tests for disease-specific biomarkers such as for heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and various cancers. Their breakthrough also holds promise for drug discovery.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation