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What Are Hydrothermal Vents?
Hydrothermal vents are places on the seafloor where seawater circulates through hot, chemically reactive ocean crust and returns to the ocean carrying dissolved minerals…
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Health
What Is Medical Science and How Does It Improve Health?
Medical science connects biology, chemistry, physiology, data analysis and clinical care to understand health and disease. It improves health when discoveries are tested…
New technology
How Do Batteries Work?
Batteries store energy in chemical form and release electrical energy when reactions drive electrons through an external circuit and ions through an electrolyte.
Science Events
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 honors research on proteins
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for their research on proteins at 11:45 a.m. on October 9…
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19 Vietnamese scientists in the world rankings 2024
This year, Vietnam has 19 scientists listed in Research.com's rankings, with Hanoi National University leading with 4 scientists.
Science Events
Vietnamese-origin scientist received Britain's prestigious Thomas Graham Award
According to a reporter in London, Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh was awarded the prestigious Thomas Graham Award 2023 by the SCI/RSC consortium including the Chemical I…
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Nobel Chemistry 2023 honors nanotechnology research
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists for research on quantum dots, the smallest parts of nanotechnology, applications of transmitting light…
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics 'transform' themselves - New weapon against drug resistance
Scientists recently created a new 'weapon' against drug-resistant super bacteria - an antibiotic that can change shape.
Discover science
The secret not everyone knows of the elements!
If you are a chemistry person, you are probably familiar with the periodic table, but the truth behind what those elements are is probably not everyone knows.
Scientific application
China finds a new way to capture carbon
Chemists have developed a microstructure that could potentially improve the chemistry of capturing carbon from the atmosphere.
Oceanography
Scientists show the importance of fish feces to ocean chemistry
According to many scientific studies, fish and their droppings play a huge role in ocean chemistry. Fish manure can store carbon for decades, helping to combat climate c…
Science Events
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors work on asymmetric organic catalysis
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two scientists, Benjamin List (Germany) and David WC MacMillan (USA) for their work.
Animal world
Discovered the first living creature to glow blue in South America
Research author Cassius Stevani, from the University of São Paulo's Institute of Chemistry, notes that this is the first time scientists have recorded blue emissions fro…
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Research on lithium-ion batteries won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Three scientists from the US, UK and Japan shared this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the development of lithium-ion batteries.