Chemistry
AI system could save lives by predicting how modern house fires spread
A University of Waterloo research team is using artificial intelligence, data science and advanced mathematics to reveal how fires evolve...
Pusan National University Team Develops 3D-Printed Switchable Soft Actuators
A new 3D-printable material can be programmed to either stretch or shrink when heated, giving researchers a powerful new way...
Marine microplastics retain concerning plastic-additive chemicals even after breaking apart
Plastic pollution may be carrying a hidden chemical payload across Japan’s coastal waters. A study led by researchers at Japan’s...
Hebrew University Congratulates Haim Sompolinsky on Receiving 2026 Dirac Medal
Theoretical physicist and neuroscientist Haim Sompolinsky has been awarded the 2026 Dirac Medal and Prize, one of the most prestigious...
New brain model reveals how regional chemistry shapes large-scale neural activity
Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that connects molecular-scale chemistry with brain-wide patterns of activity, offering...
Topological coupler breaks bandwidth tradeoff in broadband coupled resonator waveguides
Coupled resonator optical waveguides, or CROWs, are emerging as powerful building blocks for the next generation of optical communications, photonic...
Radical Chemistry Selectively Cleaves Strong Bonds While Preserving Weaker Ones
Kanazawa University researchers have developed a light-powered method that selectively breaks strong carbon–hydrogen bonds while leaving weaker carbon–silicon bonds intact—an...
Trading food, not animal feed, could shrink U.S.-China agriculture’s environmental footprint
Agricultural trade between the United States and China is usually discussed in terms of tariffs, prices and food security. But...
Advincula Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a Governor’s Chair Professor jointly appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and...
Scientists Generate Extreme-Ultraviolet Spatiotemporal Skyrmions and Vector Hopfions
Researchers have proposed a new way to generate and control extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light carrying intricate three-dimensional polarization structures—objects known as...
Algae extracts boost protein-enriched ketchup’s nutritional punch
A familiar squeeze of tomato ketchup could soon deliver more than sweetness, acidity and a bright red finish. Researchers have...
A 50°C change determines whether ultrathin magnetic films stay intact or disintegrate
Magnetic memory could be approaching a major materials breakthrough after researchers in Japan developed a two-step heating method that produces...
Tiny Particles Defy Action-Reaction Symmetry to Stay in Motion
From schools of fish and flocks of birds to microscopic particles that assemble, scatter, and move as though they were...
Multiscale Model Uncovers Droplet Transport in Fibrous Membranes for Fog Harvesting
Fibrous membranes could soon become far more effective at collecting water from fog, separating oil from water, and moving moisture...
DTU Researchers Double Low-Noise White Laser Range in Single Optical Fibre
Supercontinuum light sources are often described as “white lasers” because they produce an extraordinarily broad, continuous spectrum containing many colors...
Scientists Discover Never-Before-Seen Woven Structure Naturally Forming Inside a Crystal
Scientists have observed a form of organization in matter that looks less like a conventional crystal and more like an...
Light-field microscopy pushes 3D neuroimaging toward unprecedented speed
Neural activity unfolds in three dimensions and at extraordinary speed. Electrical signals can travel through brain circuits on millisecond-to-microsecond timescales,...
New holographic telepresence system captures and replays 3D wavefronts in real time
Three-dimensional communication may be moving closer to reality after researchers in South Korea demonstrated a holographic telepresence system that captures...
SDSS-V Maps the Galaxy With New All-Sky Spectra, Including Southern Hemisphere Firsts
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V has released its twentieth public data release, opening access to more than two million...
Local Volume Mapper Reveals High-Definition Hyperspectral Maps of Galactic Nurseries
SDSS-V Releases an Unprecedented 3D Map of Stellar Nurseries Across the Milky Way The Milky Way may look like a...