Physicists, led by the University of Bath in the UK, are getting closer to controlling single-molecule chemical reactions – could this shape the future of pharmaceutical research?

A study led by the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council’s Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC - CSIC) presents a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The results open up new perspectives in the fight against this coronavirus and other viral diseases that still have no medical treatment, such as the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHFV).

Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets like 67P as potential sources of water for early Earth. 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is proud to announce that two of its outstanding researchers have been selected to join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme, a prestigious initiative recognizing exceptional early-career group leaders in life sciences across Europe and beyond.

From the RMS Titanic to the SS Endurance, shipwrecks offer valuable — yet swiftly deteriorating — windows into the past. Conservators slowly dry marine wooden artifacts to preserve them but doing so can inflict damage. To better care for delicate marine artifacts, researchers in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering developed a new hydrogel that quickly neutralizes harmful acids and stabilized waterlogged wood from an 800-year-old shipwreck.

Würzburg chemist Lutz Nuhn has been awarded two million euros for a new research project: he aims to develop an innovative transport system that could make RNA vaccines even better.