Chemistry
To spread or slide? Scientists uncover how foams are spread on surfaces
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered the physics behind how foams are spread on surfaces. Balls...
Royal Society of Chemistry honors Hong with fellow selection
The Royal Society of Chemistry has named Yi Hong, a distinguished university professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas...
How atomic nuclei vibrate
Using ultra-high-precision laser spectroscopy on a simple molecule, a group of physicists led by Professor Stephan Schiller Ph.D. from Heinrich...
Recent advances and perspective of photonic bound states in the continuum
The interactions between light and matter are a central research focus in the field of photonics. Resonant cavities with high...
Curved post-garnet phase boundary may explain puzzled subducting slabs and upwelling plumes
An international research group led by Dr. Takayuki Ishii from HPSTAR and Okayama University, Institute for Planetary Materials, in collaboration with...
Crowd control
On a rush-hour train or an oversold flight, you might draw your limbs in close, shrinking as people crowd the...
Scientists develop hydrous liquid metals for use in rhythmic bionic tissues
In a new study published on July 27 in Matter, a research group led by Prof. LIU Jing at the...
Total recall on HIV
Kyoto, Japan -- Having control over how a dish is cooked is always a good idea. Taking a hint from...
A nanoprobe developed for visual quantitative detection of pesticides
Recently, Prof. JIANG Changlong and his research team at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of...
The approaches to achieve high-performance wearable sensors with hydrogels
This review is written by Dr. Weixing Song from the Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University. The paper reviewed the...
Broadband tip-enhanced nonlinear optical response in a plasmonic nanocavity
Squeezing light beyond the diffraction limit and controlling the optical processes caused by nano-confined light are central issues of...
Researchers reveal a powerful platform for studying high-entropy alloy electrocatalysis
Introduced in 2004, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are alloys composed of multiple principal elements in nearly equiatomic proportions. Their unique chemical...
Selectivity effect of molecular chirality may have universal applications, researchers find
Matter behaves differently at various scales. At the microscopic, the behavior of molecules and their atomic constituents can shift drastically...
Bacteria as Blacksmiths
A hot bath is a place to relax. For scientists, it is also where molecules or tiny building blocks meet...
Twinkling of giant stars reveals how their innards churn in first-ever simulations
Secrets hide in the twinkling of stars.Credit: E.H. Anders et al./Nature Astronomy 2023 Secrets hide in the twinkling of stars....
Manchester scientists caught Hofstadter’s butterfly in one of the most ancient materials on Earth
Researchers in the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have revisited one of the most ancient materials on Earth –...
The Kavli Foundation announces inaugural Kavli Scholars
Credit: Katie McKissick, The Kavli Foundation
A demonstration of substituent effects in anti-aromatic compounds
Circularly conjugated compounds with 4n+2 pi-electrons are known as aromatic compounds. They are generally stable and are therefore found in...
Breakthrough in solid-state storage innovates how biological materials are stored and handled
Scientists have developed a novel method for storing biological materials such as RNA and proteins in a solid-state. The storage...
Predicting lifespan-extending chemical compounds for C. elegans with machine learning
“We created datasets for predicting whether or not a compound extends the lifespan of C. elegans ”Credit: 2023 Ribeiro et...
