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Researchers use a new model to project where the surge of mismanaged medical waste will end up—including beaches, seabeds, and the Arctic Ocean.

New research using an Intestine Chip has recreated viral infection of the human gut in vitro using a coronavirus called NL63, which causes the common cold and is also associated with GI symptoms.

An international research team has measured neutron form factors with previously unattained precision.

Chemists have been searching for efficient catalysts to convert methane into methanol. Adding water to the reaction can address certain challenges, but it also complicates the process. Now a team has identified a new approach using a common industrial catalyst that can complete the conversion effectively both with and without water. The findings suggest strategies for improving catalysts for the water-free conversion.

Researchers have created the world's thinnest X-ray detector using tin mono-sulfide (SnS) nanosheets. Highly sensitive and with a rapid response time, the new X-ray detector is less than 10 nanometers thick and could one day lead to real-time imaging of cellular biology.

Engineers have developed a sweat-collecting patch inspired by cactus spines. The patch readily performs body fluid analysis of sweat sensor when attached to the body and is readily applicable in wearable healthcare devices.

A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a 'proof of concept' for an innovative way to produce materials with a well-defined connectivity between the particles.