Chemistry
Formamide: a versatile small molecular building block for synthesizing heavily N-doped 1D & 2D carbon
Low-dimensional carbon materials (LDCs), including graphene and carbon nanotubes, have attracted considerable attention due to their unique morphologies and intriguing...
Merck Prize boosts work on automated air sensor for pandemic pathogens
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, awarded its 2023 Future Insight Prize to Khalid Salaita, professor of chemistry at Emory University. The...
Disruption risk along global supply chains: technology outage and IR&D investment
In the current global situation, global industrial and supply chains are being reorganized, and their safe and stable operation is...
Research group develops biodegradable film that keeps food fresh for longer
Indiscriminate use of packaging materials derived from petroleum has led to a huge buildup of plastic in landfills and the...
Why are mosquitos so obsessed with me? (video)
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2023 — Some people are more attractive to mosquitos than others, and new research is starting to...
Protons set to power next-generation memory devices
A proton-mediated approach that produces multiple phase transitions in ferroelectric materials could help develop high-performance memory devices, such as brain-inspired,...
Liverpool chemist wins prestigious Eni Energy Frontiers Award
Professor Matt Rosseinsky, from the University’s Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, has won the 2023 Eni Energy Frontiers...
Linewidth narrowing in self-injection-locked on-chip lasers
On-chip laser diodes based on quantum well (QW) and quantum dot (QD) semiconductor materials have become the primary candidates for...
Rensselaer researcher receives grant to study enzymes in deep sea organisms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for...
James Webb Telescope catches glimpse of possible first-ever ‘dark stars’
Stars beam brightly out of the darkness of space thanks to fusion, atoms melding together and releasing energy. But what...
Astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves
Astronomers at the University of Sydney have shown that a small, faint star is the coldest on record to produce...
Freeze charges in flames
A burning flame is full of charged particles that can be affected by an electric field. KAUST researchers have now...
Search for dark matter at Jülich
About 80 % of the matter in the universe consists of an unknown and invisible substance. This “dark matter” had already...
Researchers propose strategy for improving NASICON-type cathode performance
Manganese-rich NASICON-type materials have attracted widespread attention for developing advanced polyanionic cathodes, primarily driven by their abundant reserves, promising cycling...
New material could hold key to reducing energy consumption in computers and electronics
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has, for the first time, synthesized a thin film of a unique topological...
Investigating interactions at molecular junctions for novel electronic devices
The structure of a molecular junction with noncovalent interaction plays a key role in electron transport, reveals a recent study...
The picture of health: Virginia Tech researchers enhance bioimaging and sensing with quantum photonics
Imagine you just swallowed a pill containing a miniature camera that will help your doctor collect images to diagnose a...
Two UTA professors selected as Fulbright scholars
Two University of Texas at Arlington faculty members have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards from the U.S. Department of...
Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
Portable chemical imaging technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, according to a study published July 12, 2023...
Secrets of Egyptian painters revealed by chemistry
Within the scope of a vast research program undertaken in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the University...
