Chemistry
LMU researchers film energy materials as they form
Shooting a movie in the lab requires special equipment. Especially when the actors are molecules – invisible to the naked...
IISc physicists find a new way to represent ‘pi’
While investigating how string theory can be used to explain certain physical phenomena, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science...
Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester
A satellite telescope designed to rapidly hunt down the universe’s biggest explosions will launch later this week, carrying technology developed...
Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire
A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer and drier than...
Scientists develop 3D printed vacuum system that aims to trap dark matter
Using a specially designed 3D printed vacuum system, scientists have developed a way to ‘trap’ dark matter with the aim...
Golden ball mills as green catalysts
Aldehydes are essential compounds in the chemical industry and are used in the manufacture of medications, vitamins, and fragrances. The...
Research identifies possible new pathway to treatment of colorectal cancer
Research led by Irving Coy Allen in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has unlocked a pathway to possible future...
Molecular sponge for the electronics of the future
Porous covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of highly ordered, porous materials consisting of organic molecules that are linked...
USTC proposes new constraints on exotic spin-spin-velocity-dependent interactions between electron spins
A research team led by academician DU Jiangfeng and Prof. RONG Xing from University of Science and Technology of China...
Custom-made molecules designed to be invisible while absorbing near-infrared light
Osaka, Japan – Getting a molecule to do what you want it to do is not always easy. As an...
A million light years and still going
CLEVELAND—In a breakthrough discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists at Case Western Reserve University have unearthed new...
Making this Parkinson’s drug is just turtles all the way down (video)
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 — L-DOPA is the best drug we have for Parkinson’s disease, but its molecular mirror image,...
Reduction of esters by a novel photocatalyst
The sweet smell of strawberries and other fruits is thanks to a chemical compound called ester, which is also found...
Artificial photosynthesis to produce hydrogen peroxide
National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed hexavalent photocatalytic covalent organic frameworks (COFs) which mimic natural photosynthesis for the...
A liquid crystal source of photon pairs
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology,...
Novel strategy proposed for all-climate zinc-ion batteries
According to a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. HU Linhua from the Hefei...
25 years of massive fusion energy experiment data completely open on the “cloud”, to be available to everyone
BackgroundCredit: National Institute for Fusion Science Background High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the...
Rice lab achieves major gains in perovskite solar cell stability
EMBARGOED for release until 1pm U.S. Central Time (2pm Eastern) on June 13, 2024 HOUSTON – (June 13, 2024) –...
Pair plasmas found in deep space can now be generated in the lab
Black holes and neutron stars are among the densest known objects in the universe. Within and around these extreme astrophysical...
Making ferromagnets ready for ultra-fast communication and computation technology
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international team led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has made a significant breakthrough...
