Jessica Gorman

All Stories by Jessica Gorman

  1. Chemistry

    Buckymedicine

    Scientists are turning carbon-cage molecules called fullerenes into drug candidates and medical diagnostic tools.

  2. Materials Science

    Healing Wounds: Interactive dressing speeds the process

    A new, easily prepared hydrogel material promotes more rapid wound healing in laboratory animals than do conventional dressings.

  3. Materials Science

    Molecular template makes nanoscale helix

    Using ribbons made of organic molecules as minuscule templates, researchers have coaxed a semiconductor material into tiny helical coils.

  4. Materials Science

    X Rays to Go: Carbon nanotubes could shrink machines

    A new type of X-ray machine operates at room temperature by producing X-ray-generating electrons with carbon nanotubes instead of traditional heated metal filaments.

  5. Materials Science

    Spring in your step? The forces in cartilage

    Researchers are uncovering the role of molecular forces in cartilage's ability to resist compression.

  6. Chemistry

    Ions on the Move: Theory of hydroxide’s motion overturned

    New computer calculations reveal that a long-held belief about the hydroxide ion's movement in water is wrong.

  7. Chemistry

    Molecule Sorting: Antibody membrane lends a hand

    A new membrane may make it easier to separate mixtures of drug molecules that exist in mirror-image versions into their two components.

  8. Chemistry

    A crystal takes on an unusual topology

    A single crystal exhibits the unusual topology known as a Möbius strip.

  9. Astronomy

    Rare Find: Odd type of ammonia detected in space

    The discovery of deuterated ammonia in space could help astronomers better understand the complex chemistry of dark clouds in star-forming regions.

  10. Earth

    The Air That’s Up There

    Researchers are exploring how trees affect the chemistry of the atmosphere.

  11. Chemistry

    Carbon nanotubes burn when flashed

    Carbon nanotubes can ignite when exposed to an ordinary camera flash.

  12. Materials Science

    Beyond Jell-O: New ideas gel in the lab

    Researchers have created a new class of hydrogels that might prove useful in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and other biomedical applications.