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Researchers use hybrid model on quantum computers to predict molecular behavior in solvents

Cleveland Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Kenneth Merz, PhD, Staff in Cleveland Clinic's Center for Computational Life Sciences, showed how quantum computers can be used for investigating how molecules act in aqueous solutions. The paper, published in a special issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, is also the first study to test Sample-Based Quantum Diagonalization (SQD) in the solvent phase. The paper was featured as the cover story for this issue of the journal.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry

A game-changing way to treat stroke

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Stanford have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice as effective as current techniques. It could significantly improve success rates in treating strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, and other clot-related diseases.

Journal: Nature

Researchers unveil a groundbreaking clay-based solution to capture carbon dioxide and combat climate change

Purdue University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

One of Earth's most common nanomaterials is facilitating breakthroughs in tackling climate change: clay. In a new study, researchers at Purdue University, in collaboration with experts from Sandia National Laboratories, have potentially uncovered a game-changing method for using clay to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air to help mitigate climate change. Their work, which earned them a 2024 R&D 100 Award and has a patent application in progress, was recently published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Funder: Sandia National Laboratories

Scientists build first genetic "toggle switch" for plants, paving the way for smarter farming

Colorado State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a tool that can be used to switch a plant’s key genetic traits on or off at will. The breakthrough was recently published in ACS Synthetic Biology and represents the first time that a synthetic genetic “toggle switch” has been used in a full-grown plant.

Journal: ACS Synthetic Biology

New research finds specific learning strategies can enhance AI model effectiveness in hospitals

York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If data used to train artificial intelligence models for medical applications, such as hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area, differs from the real-world data, it could lead to patient harm. A new study out today from York University found proactive, continual and transfer learning strategies for AI models to be key in mitigating data shifts and subsequent harms.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Electrifying results shed light on graphene foam as a potential material for lab grown cartilage

Boise State University College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Boise State University researchers have developed a novel bioelectronic platform that utilizes 3D graphene foam scaffolds and electrical stimulation to promote cartilage tissue engineering. This interdisciplinary study, featured in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, demonstrates how daily direct current stimulation applied to ATDC5 chondrogenic progenitor cells cultured on biocompatible graphene scaffolds enhances mechanical properties and cell proliferation—key indicators of successful cartilage formation.

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation

Museum specimens offer new lens on pollution history

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study highlights a surprising lens for tracking pollution trends over centuries: preserved plants and animals housed at natural history museums around the world. According to Shane DuBay, a researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington, these specimens contain valuable environmental data that can help scientists reconstruct pollution trends spanning more than 200 years.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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