Chemistry
Noisy bubbles impede ultrasound-enhanced chemical reactions, sonochemistry model reveals
Ultrasound can make chemistry happen inside a liquid by creating microscopic bubbles that collapse with extraordinary force. Yet a new...
SNU Researchers Boost Ammonia Selectivity While Suppressing Hydrogen and Preserving Nitrogen Reduction
A molecular “Tetris” strategy could help solve one of green chemistry’s most stubborn problems: producing ammonia without wasting most of...
World’s Largest Detector Joins Search for Elusive Dark Matter
Dark matter may be invisible, but a new study suggests Earth itself could help reveal its presence. Researchers from Kyoto...
Optical Frequency Transfer Reaches 10⁻²¹ Precision Across 2,067-Kilometer Fiber Network
The world’s most precise clocks may soon be able to share their time across entire countries without losing the extraordinary...
KAIST Advances Giant Batteries Toward Commercialization for AI Data Centers
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centers is creating a new demand for energy-storage systems capable of operating at...
ACS Unifies Its Identity to Advance Science and Support Its People
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2026 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) has unveiled an evolved global brand designed to reflect how...
China study finds hospitals minimally affect antibiotic resistance in nearby waters
Antibiotic resistance is no longer confined to hospitals or clinics. Resistance genes that allow bacteria to withstand antibiotics are now...
Skin-mimicking test models could improve medical devices for all skin tones
A New Skin Model Could Help Make Optical Health Devices More Accurate for Every Skin Tone Medical devices that read...
Scientists make first measurement of antineutrinos emitted by spent nuclear fuel
When a nuclear reactor shuts down, its most visible activity may stop almost instantly, but the physics inside the core...
Scientists Capture Electron Orbitals in Three Dimensions
Quantum mechanics has long forced scientists to abandon the idea that electrons occupy fixed, sharply defined locations. Instead, each electron...
Halide Solid Electrolytes Advance All-Solid-State Batteries Through Interface and Performance Design
The race to build safer, more powerful batteries has brought a once-overlooked class of materials into the spotlight. Researchers from...
Scalable High-Density Integrated Photonic Convolution via Spatiotemporal Interleaving
A new silicon photonic architecture could make optical convolution far denser and more adaptable, offering a potential path toward faster...
Researchers uncover how high-capacity lithium-ion anodes become activated
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries may be losing access to their full energy-storage potential for a reason hidden inside individual electrode particles....
New membrane speeds industrial solvent purification
Researchers from the University of Bath and an international team led by KU Leuven have developed a graphene oxide membrane...
Synergistic design resolves iron catalyst activity–stability trade-off for efficient CO₂ conversion
The race to turn carbon dioxide from an atmospheric liability into a useful industrial resource has taken a significant step...
Ferroelectric Reconfigurable Homojunctions Enable Energy-Efficient In-Sensor Computing
Conventional cameras and computer vision systems typically divide the work of seeing and interpreting an image between separate components. Photodetectors...
Embedded heterojunction enables superior pH-universal hydrogen evolution catalysis
Green hydrogen has long been promoted as a key component of a low-carbon energy system, but its expansion has been...
Green chemistry breakthrough converts lignin-derived quinones into valuable cyclohexanediol using pure water
Lignin, the complex polymer that gives wood its strength, has long been viewed as one of the most promising yet...
Theoretical physicists uncover discoveries using cloud computing for cutting-edge physics experiment
Researchers have remotely observed the effects of anomalous tunneling in a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC), marking the first peer-reviewed scientific result...
Gelatin-Stabilized Liquid Metal Enables Conductive Hydrogels for Sensing, Energy Harvesting
Researchers at Fuzhou University have developed a gelatin-stabilized liquid-metal hydrogel that combines stretchable electronics, artificial intelligence and solar-energy conversion in...