Chemistry
Improving climate predictions by unlocking the secrets of soil microbes
Climate models are essential to predicting and addressing climate change, but can fail to adequately represent soil microbes, a critical...
Scientists mix and match properties to make new superconductor with chiral structure
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new superconductor with a chiral crystalline structure by mixing...
A sleeker facial recognition technology tested on Michelangelo’s David
Many people are familiar with facial recognition systems that unlock smartphones and game systems or allow access to our bank...
A physical qubit with built-in error correction
There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are...
Biodegradable sensor monitors levels of pesticides via direct contact with surface of fruit and vegetables
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in Brazil have developed a...
A new kink in proton spectrum will enhance our knowledge of cosmic ray origin
The GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India, operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has discovered a new feature in...
Advancing clean energy: bifunctional electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen production via overall hydrazine splitting
Hydrogen is widely recognized as a promising clean energy source, primarily attributed to its high energy density and the absence...
Scientists successfully simulate protein complex that initiates fertilization
Who hasn't seen it before: the view through the microscope in which a sperm penetrates an egg cell and fertilises...
Strategies for enhancing the performance of nickel single-atom catalysts for the electroreduction of CO2 to CO
Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered as an effective strategy for mitigating the energy crisis and the greenhouse...
A clutch stretch goes a long way
Kyoto, Japan -- Cell biology has possibly never jumped to the next level in the same way. Credit: KyotoU/Sawako Yamashiro...
How leafcutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to degrade plants and provide insights into future biofuels
By Maegan MurrayCredit: Illustration by Mike Perkins and Nathan Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory By Maegan Murray Scientists have...
Study shows that Rio Grande Rise was once a giant mineral-rich tropical island near Brazil
A study led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has shown that the Rio Grande...
Intensifying the production of high-value compounds from industrial waste
A study by the Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (CiTOS, Univerisity of Liège) demonstrates how glycerol carbonate, a...
France’s National Center for Scientific Research and U.S. Department of Energy sign ‘Statement of Interest’ on EIC collaboration
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives of France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a...
Short X-ray pulses reveal the source of light-induced ferroelectricity in SrTiO3
Mid-infrared and terahertz frequency laser pulses are powerful tools to manipulate the properties of quantum materials through tailored modifications of...
Government Chief Scientific Adviser opens ground-breaking lab facility
New state-of-the-art microscopes will revolutionise UK research into tiny chemical and natural particles as small as one-eightieth of the width...
Researchers develop highly efficient heat-driven thermoacoustic refrigerator
Researchers led by Prof. LUO Ercang from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC) of the Chinese Academy of...
Hexagonal copper disk lattice unleashes spin wave control
A collaborative group of researchers has potentially developed a means of controlling spin waves by creating a hexagonal pattern of...
Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed
Excavation workers have finished carving out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino...
Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
HOUSTON – (Feb. 1, 2024) – A team of Rice University researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move...
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