Chemistry
World’s highest-performance superconducting wire segment fabricated at UB
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Our energy future may depend on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires. This technology’s ability to carry electricity without...
Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites
The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions...
Concept for efficiency-enhanced noble-metal catalysts
The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic PerformanceCredit: Photo: ITCP, KIT The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic Performance Noble-metal catalysts are used in...
Lehigh University researchers dig deeper into stability challenges of nuclear fusion—with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear fusion.Credit: Lehigh University Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better...
Heating for fusion: Why toast plasma when you can microwave it!
Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought,...
Strong driving to realize super-Bloch oscillations
Full coherent control of wave transport and localization is a long-sought goal in wave physics research, which encompasses many different...
UH astronomers uncover risks to planets that could host life
A groundbreaking study has revealed that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much...
Revolutionary microfluidic sensors enable real-time detection of multiple heavy metals in water
Recently, a group of researchers from Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,...
New insights into neutron irradiation damage in high-power thyristors enhance fusion reactor safety
Recently, a research group led by Associate Prof. LI Hua from Institute of Plasma Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical...
Cold antimatter for quantum state-resolved precision measurements
Why does the universe contain matter and (virtually) no antimatter? The BASE international research collaboration at the European Organisation for...
First full 2-D spectral image of aurora borealis from a hyperspectral camera
Auroras are natural luminous phenomena caused by the interaction of electrons falling from the sky and the upper atmosphere. Most...
Angel Martí elected fellow of the American Chemical Society
By Jade Boyd Special to Rice NewsCredit: Photo by Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University. By Jade Boyd Special to Rice News Rice...
Rice, DOE labs tackle knowledge gap in materials science research
HOUSTON – (August 1, 2024) – Materials behave differently in different size regimes, and researchers tend to cluster their efforts...
Sustainable and reversible 3D printing method uses minimal ingredients and steps
A new 3D printing method developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego is so simple that it...
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