Chemistry
What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary Institute-led team aims to find out
Tropical forests like the Amazon lock away vast amounts of carbon, but that carbon is not equally distributed. The largest...
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology researchers develop highly efficient organometal halide perovskite photoelectrodes for water splitting
Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced by natural gas, which, unfortunately, also generates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide as by-products....
Measuring lithium transport in solid-state batteries with lithium isotopes
Solid state batteries are still not very fast and powerful. One reason is that Lithium ions may find it difficult...
A route to ultra-fast amplitude-only spatial light modulation using phase-change materials
A team of researchers from the Center for Research and Innovation in Metamaterials at the University of Exeter and the...
2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists Honorees Announced
NEW YORK – August 9, 2023 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences today announced...
Researchers use SPAD detector to achieve 3D quantum ghost imaging
WASHINGTON — Researchers have reported the first 3D measurements acquired with quantum ghost imaging. The new technique enables 3D imaging...
Ammonia as a carbon-free hydrogen carrier for fuel cells: a perspective
Due to the environmental and energy problems caused by fossil fuels, the search for alternative clean and renewable energy solutions...
Drops of seawater contain traces of an ancient world
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Sea salt hides a secret: tiny droplets of the seawater from which it came, preserving geologic history.Credit: Binghamton...
Physicists open new path to an exotic form of superconductivity
Physicists have identified a mechanism for the formation of oscillating superconductivity known as pair-density waves. Physical Review Letters published the...
Successful polycarbonate synthesis using the photo-on-demand interfacial polymerization method
As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs,...
Insilico Medicine joins Montreal Chamber of Commerce to drive continued innovation
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery company, has announced that it is now a...
‘Crushing’ chemical innovations at the heart of newly expanded NSF Center
NEW YORK, August 8, 2023 — CUNY ASRC researcher Adam Braunschweig’s lab is part of a newly awarded $20 million...
“Spider-like” mitochondrial structure initiates cell-wide stress response
LA JOLLA, CA—Often referred to as the “powerhouses of the cell,” mitochondria are well known for their role as energy...
Fanning the flames
As Canadian wildfire smoke continues to impact large swaths of the United States, resulting in poor air quality and negative...
Self-supervised AI learns physics to reconstruct microscopic images from holograms
Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have unveiled an artificial intelligence-based model for computational imaging and microscopy without...
Unveiling the anomalous dynamics of non-collinear antiferromagnets
Researchers at Tohoku University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a representative effect of the anomalous dynamics at...
Discovery in nanomachines within living organisms – cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) unleashed as living soft robots
Study reveals an important discovery in the realm of nanomachines within living systems. Prof. Sason Shaik from the Hebrew University...
Go with the flow
The antibiotic cefazolin is an essential drug according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is usually produced via batch...
Five ORNL scientists to receive DOE Early Career Research awards
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected five Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists for Early Career Research Program awards.Credit: Carlos...
In the treetops: USU ecologist studies canopy soil abundance, chemistry
LOGAN, UTAH, USA - When we think of soil, most of us think of dirt on the ground. But a...
