This study introduces a novel lignin-based hydrogel with controlled release and enhanced mechanical strength, leveraging lignin's antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. The hydrogel shows promise in wound healing and drug delivery due to its pH-responsive release behavior, high cell viability, and reactive oxygen species scavenging capability.

Nearly three dozen Binghamton University researchers have been honored for their work by a Stanford University study that looks at the impact of scientists worldwide.

Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a study published November 12^th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ariana S. Huffmyer of the University of Washington, US, and colleagues.

A new study has uncovered important behavior in the flow of electric current through quantum superconductors, potentially advancing the development of future technologies like quantum computing.

So-called “XYZ states” defy the standard picture of particle behavior and have given rise to several attempts to understand their nature. But researchers with the Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics (Theory Center) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility say there is a simpler way to explain the abundance of exotic charmonium particles using lattice quantum chromodynamics.

The airflow from an indoor badminton court’s HVAC system and cross ventilation can affect the path of a birdie and have a significant role in play, but research published in Physics of Fluids proposes that different roof configurations could help mitigate wind drift. The authors recommend that important badminton games be played on courts with a barrel roof and a ventilation opening. The team modeled the airflow in a barrel roof stadium with different ventilation opening directions and tested this against a simulation of a flat roof to understand the roof effects.

The strategy developed at the University of São Paulo uses magnetic nanoparticles that bind to tiny plastic particles and permit their removal with the aid of a magnet.