Chemistry
Defects may help scientists understand the exotic physics of topology
Credit: Kitt Peterson Real-world materials are usually messier than the idealized scenarios found in textbooks. Imperfections can add complications and...
Highly functional membrane developed for producing freshwater from seawater
A desalination membrane laminated with nanosheets featuring 2D nanochannelsCredit: Membrane Engineering Group, Kobe University Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto's research group at...
AI: ensuring that humans remain in the center
KIT coordinates MeKIDI project on digitization of processes in the energy sectorCredit: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Valuable support or job killer?...
1 million Euros for black holes made from semimetals
Credit: © pixelwg/Jörg Bandmann One of the central goals is to control the flow of electrons in these materials so...
AI trained to read electric vehicle charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps
Credit: Ha et al./Patterns Although electric vehicles that reduce greenhouse gas emissions attract many drivers, the lack of confidence in...
The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositions
Precise measurements reveal that the exoplanets of the system discovered by ULiège researchers have remarkably similar densities, which provides new...
Reducing traps increases performance of organic photodetectors
Credit: Christian Körner Organic photodetectors (OPDs) have a huge potential for applications in low-cost imaging, health monitoring and near infrared...
Targeted coating improves graphene oxide membranes for nanofiltration
Credit: LI Sushuang Nanofiltration (NF) is an advanced technology for treating wastewater containing organic micropollutants (OMPs). Recently, a research group...
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
This marks the second time astronomers have ever observed a cloud-free exoplanetCredit: M. Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian...
Bringing atoms to a standstill: NIST miniaturizes laser cooling
Credit: NIST It's cool to be small. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have miniaturized the...
Combining best of both worlds for cancer modeling
Tiny devices use samples taken directly from patients to combine in vivo and in vitro testing.Credit: Terry Juang WASHINGTON, January...
Squeezing a rock-star material could make it stable enough for solar cells
A promising lead halide perovskite is great at converting sunlight to electricity, but it breaks down at room temperature; now...
Researchers develop new graphene nanochannel water filters
Credit: Hurt lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When sheets of two-dimensional nanomaterials like graphene are stacked...
A display that completely blocks off counterfeits
Credit: POSTECH Despite the anticounterfeiting devices attached to luxury handbags, marketable securities, and identification cards, counterfeit goods are on the...