Chemistry
Novel machine learning model for molecular simulation under external field
Prof. JIANG Bin’s research team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a universal field-induced recursively...
Testing the limits of AlphaFold2’s accuracy in predicting protein structure
Researchers from the Center for Soft and Living Matter within the Institute for Basic Science (South Korea), recently explored the...
Understanding the strength development mechanism of chemically treated sandy soil
Chemical injection is a process that enhances sand strength and its water-sealing capacity, making sandy soil suitable for various applications...
First experimental evidence of hopfions in crystals opens up new dimension for future technology
Hopfions, magnetic spin structures predicted decades ago, have become a hot and challenging research topic in recent years. In a...
Nuclear physics traineeship program offers launchpad for research careers
Associate Professor of physics Benjamin Jones has received a $341,571 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue his successful...
Effect of aerosol particles on clouds and the climate captured better
Credit: Dom Jack, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) Leipzig/Mainz. The extent to which aerosol particles affect the climate...
Discovery of structural regularity hidden in silica glass
Glass - whether used to insulate our homes or as the screens in our computers and smartphones - is a...
Written in blood
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2023 – Forensic science has captured the public imagination by storm, as the profusion of “true crime”...
Density matters for better battery material performance, researchers find
Zinc — cheap, abundant, environmentally friendly — may be the answer to better batteries, but there’s a major problem: Aqueous...
Toward sustainable energy applications with breakthrough in proton conductors
Donor doping into a mother material with disordered intrinsic oxygen vacancies, instead of the widely used strategy of acceptor doping...
“Triple star” discovery could revolutionise understanding of stellar evolution
A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and...
Blasts to clear World War II munitions could contaminate the ocean
World War II concluded decades ago, but live mines lurking on the ocean floor still pose threats, potentially spewing unexpected...
Two conductors of a chemical reaction
Catalysts are essential for numerous chemical technologies, ranging from exhaust gas purification to the production of valuable chemicals and energy...
Boomerang-like beams of light
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have superposed two light beams twisted in the clockwise direction to...
The formation of switchable and metastable discrete structures through chiral self-sorting
This paper describes chiral coordination dimers that emerge based on effectively exclusive chiral self-sorting. The complex also exhibits thermo-/mechano-chromism originating...
Investigating the contribution of gamma-ray blazar flares to neutrino flux
Blazars belong to the family of active galactic nuclei called quasars. What differentiates them from quasars is that the flares...
Are vanadium flow batteries worth the hype? (video)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2023 — There’s a century-old technology that’s taking the grid-scale battery market by storm. Based on water,...
Tiny traps can provide new knowledge about difficult-to-treat diseases
Proteins that form clumps occur in many difficult-to-treat diseases, such as ALS, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson's. The mechanisms behind how the...
Proof of concept of new material for long lasting relief from dry mouth conditions
Proof of concept of new material for long lasting relief from dry mouth conditions Credit: Please credit: Dr Anna Tanczos, www.SciCommStudios.co.uk...
USDA selects University of Illinois team to study spring dust storms over Midwestern rural areas
Credit: University of Illinois College of ACES
