Chemistry and Biochemistry Research
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Student’s Nanocrystals Make Him a Wanted Man
From an underground lab on campus, an undergraduate student discovered how to harvest more energy from sunlight.
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Big Setback Helps Student Land Publication in Prestigious Science Journal
Midway through her pursuit of a Ph.D. in biochemistry, Rebecca Plimpton hit a complete dead end with her research.
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How Far Urine Flows in a Tiny Tube Says a lot About Your Health
When you flush the toilet, you may be discarding microscopic warning signs about your health.
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Discovery May Lead to Lower Doses of Chemotherapy
No matter what type of chemotherapy you attack a tumor with, many cancer cells resort to the same survival tactic: They start eating themselves.
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Questions Leading to . . . More Questions?
Oftentimes in science, finding answers results in more questions, but Dr. Adam Woolley understands that it’s just part of the process.
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A Helpful Hobby Made the Difference for BYU Chem Professor
Dr. Kara Stowers has a unique hobby: setting goals for herself.
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Nature Inspires Pharmaceutical Research
Life-saving chemical compounds are traditionally created using hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple years in the lab, but Dr. David Michaelis, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is currently working on a process that could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry.
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Using Sponges to Soak Up Smog’s Secrets
In Utah winters, smoggy skies are a forgone conclusion, and people muddle through as best as they can by staying inside or wearing protective facemasks. But what if smog wasn’t a problem? What if Utah could be beautiful and healthy all year round?
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BYU’s Matthew Linford Awarded Honor of Being a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
Matthew R. Linford, Ph.D., a professor of analytical chemistry at BYU, has been awarded the honor of being a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society. This award is meant to recognize members of the society who have made sustained and outstanding technical contributions in areas of interest to AVS.
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Decoding Disease
If you have ever had any blood work done, you understand the hassle of drawing blood and filling a separate tube for each criterion to be tested, each sample then requiring time-consuming analysis. Imagine, instead, only giving one drop and having your results instantaneously.
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Scientists Find New Way to Upgrade Natural Gas
America’s current energy boom may take a new direction thanks to the discovery of a new way to turn raw natural gas into upgraded liquid alcohol fuel.
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Disinfecting Space
If your spaceship crashed on Mars, what would survive? Perhaps not you, but the bacteria on your hands might.
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Finding a Target for Tumor Suppression
One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die.
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Ironing Out the Differences: Fighting Alzheimer’s and Diabetes with a New Model for Ferritin Iron Loading
When Richard Watt came to BYU as a professor in 2006, he was determined to understand iron in such a way that it would lead to something significant. And now, finally, almost eight years later, the hard work is paying off.
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Chemistry Graduate Becomes a Hero
Zhifeng Ye, a 2005 MS graduate of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was recently honored as a Hero of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society for her work on the development of a new drug that treats the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF).
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Chem/Physics Professors Collaborate, Maximizing Research and Enjoyment
Though scientific research is a serious thing, full of deadlines, proposals, and intricate experiments, it can be fun as well. This has been true of Paul Farnsworth and Ross Spencer’s collaboration on the flow of plasma ions into a mass spectrometer, through which the two professors have developed a great friendship.
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CPMS Researchers Assist in Groundbreaking Medical Advancement
Four faculty members from the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences have assisted in the development of a groundbreaking new silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses.
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