Artist's impression of a split beam with vitamin B12 in a liquid jet. Scientists have developed a new X-ray technique that can capture ultrafast molecular changes in extremely dilute liquid samples - a breakthrough that…
Rice experts available to discuss gravitational waves
HOUSTON – Two Rice University physicists are available to discuss the highly anticipated announcement that may confirm the discovery of gravitational waves by two detectors in the United States. Matthew Baring, a professor of physics and…
Long-term picture offers little solace on climate change
[caption id="attachment_7595" align="alignnone" width="604"] Chrisangel Nieto, age 3, rode his tricycle in front of the Valero refinery in Houston. This refinery processes almost 7 million tons of carbon per year, most of which will end…
Small molecule slows down ticking of the biological…
A group of biologists, theoretical chemists and synthetic chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University, Japan, have come together to develop a small molecule that slows down the circadian clock rhythm…
Visualising atoms
[caption id="attachment_7617" align="alignnone" width="700"] Source: MPE–M. Kretschmer[/caption] How atoms interact and behave is common high-school knowledge, but what we know is based on assumptions or snapshots. Electron microscopes have taken images of atoms so we…