Chemistry

A research team has demonstrated for the first time a proof-of-concept tandem solar cell using antimony selenide as the bottom...

I’m not touching you! When another person’s finger hovers over your skin, you may get the sense that they’re touching...

Discoveries and progress in materials science often lay the foundation for technological breakthroughs that reshape many industrial and commercial fields,...

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in new energy vehicles due to their low self-discharge rate and long cycle life. Currently,...

A low-cost, tin-based catalyst can selectively convert carbon dioxide to three widely produced chemicals — ethanol, acetic acid and formic...

Dozens of Alaska’s most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Stuart Henderson, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, has been...

Researchers at the University of Bern have for the first time been able to pin down a prehistoric settlement of...

The human genome consists of around 3 billion base pairs and humans are all 99.6% identical in their genetic makeup....

The purposes of the present work are: (i) to achieve the up-conversion of photon energy in the presence of colloidal...

The traditional powder metallurgy compaction and sintering method was employed to produce sepiolite-reinforced copper-based brake pads, while carbon-ceramic composite brake...

University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenly vanish from the night sky. Their study of...

Not a week seems to go by without news somewhere in the world of a disastrous flood, drought, wildfire, or...

By Jade Boyd Special to Rice NewsCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University. By Jade Boyd Special to Rice News Pioneering...

Ikoma, Japan – With the growth of the Internet of Things, sustainable solution for powering wireless sensors and devices are...

Research Assistant Professor Christopher Fowler received the NASA 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award for his project “Bringing Planetary Science to...

In a ground-breaking study, researchers from Trinity College Dublin have unveiled that myriad, intricate factors influence the genesis and chemistry...

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. They...

The BESIII experiment at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II (BEPCII) has recently marked a significant achievement. It has made the...

Micelles assemble in water from amphiphilic molecules, composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic frameworks. They can be found all around us,...