Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence
Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubesCredit: Illustration by Ching-Wei Lin/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 3, 2020) - ...
Titanium atom that exists in two places at once in crystal to blame for unusual phenomenon
Researchers discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should beCredit: Caltech/USC/ORNL The crystalline ...
How to cool more efficiently
Scientists break new ground in future refrigerationCredit: Wikimedia commons, Licence: CC0 1.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MSC_Branka_(ship,_2016)#/media/File:MSC_Branka_in_Bremerhaven_1.jpg In the journal Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: ...
Photonics meets surface science in a cheap and accurate sensor for biological liquids
Credit: Timur Ermatov et al/Light: Science & Applications Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up ...
Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For homeowners, sod producers and turf industry professionals, keeping pests from feeding ...
Covert communications go quantum
University of Arizona researcher builds on WWII methods to reach the pinnacle of secret communications.Credit: University of Arizona Boulat Bash, ...
Research leads to better modeling of hypersonic flow
Credit: Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at ...
Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water
Water disinfectant reacts with chromium in iron pipes to form hexavalent chromiumCredit: Water Chemistry and Technology Lab/UCR Rusted iron pipes ...
Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived
Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/MartÃn Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make ...
3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others
New insights into protein structures could help inform drug development and predict future outbreaksCredit: Rodrigues et al. 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) ...
Dark excitons hit the spotlight
Researchers pioneer a revolutionary new method to directly observe previously hidden particles, called dark excitons.Credit: OIST Heralding the end of ...
C-Path, Ltd. announces new contract with innovative medicines initiative
Credit: Courtesy of C-Path, Ltd. DUBLIN, Ireland, December 3, 2020 -- Critical Path Institute, Ltd. (C-Path, Ltd.) announced today a ...
Can we make bones heal faster?
UIC researchers capture new real-time images of bone, tooth formationCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine A new paper in Science Advances describes for ...
Researchers confront optics and data-transfer challenges with 3D-printed lens
Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a ...
Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly ...
Army computer models unveil secret to quieter small drones
Credit: Sgt. Hillary Rustine ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- It's no secret the U.S. Army wants its small unmanned aerial ...
How hot is too hot for life deep below the ocean floor?
Publication in Science: International team researches the limits of lifeCredit: Photo: JAMSTEC At what depth beneath the seabed does it ...
Marine mammals’ adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19
Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us vulnerable to long-term effects from a disease that disrupts the body's ...
New energy conversion system will bridge gap between renewable energy and power grid
Credit: WVU Engineers at West Virginia University are creating a new energy conversion system that has the potential to bridge ...
Scientists peer into the 3D structure of the Milky Way
Survey of the sky pushes the boundaries of what we know about the structure of our galaxyCredit: Cardiff University Scientists ...
