In her lab at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, computational biochemist Parisa Hosseinzadeh is using computer modelling to design synthetic peptides as potential drugs to treat challenging diseases. Hundreds of synthetic peptides are either in…

Hold on there, graphene. Seriously, your grip could help make better catalysts. Rice University engineers have assembled what they say may transform chemical catalysis by greatly increasing the number of transition-metal single atoms that can be placed into a carbon carrier. The technique uses graphene…

Long-standing images of dinosaurs as cold-blooded creatures needing tropical temperatures could be a relic of the past.  The University of Alaska Fairbanks and Florida State University palaeontologists have found that nearly all types of dinosaurs — from small bird-like forms…

Machine learning came along at just the right time. The world is now awash in more data than ever before, and computer algorithms that can learn and improve as they perform data analysis promise to help scientists handle that information…

The SARS-CoV-2 virus contains a gene that codes for a strange protein that could be a good target for drugs to fight COVID-19 and possibly other coronavirus infections, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. When…