Chemistry
Dixit receives 2023 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
Marm Dixit, a Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2023...
Physics professor receives best paper award
Wei Chen, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, is co-author of an article that has received...
Boosting multi-hole water oxidation catalysis on hematite photoanodes under low bias
This study is led by Prof. Yuchao Zhang (Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences).Credit: ©Science China Press This...
Teasing strange matter from the ordinary
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – In a unique analysis of experimental data, nuclear physicists have made the first-ever observations of how...
Carbon ‘bank’ at risk of failure: Scientists trying to determine what will happen to massive carbon stores as rainforests dry out
Tropical rainforests store 25%-40% of global soil carbon, though they occupy only 7% of Earth’s land area. By functioning as...
Quantum liquid becomes solid when heated
Supersolids are a relatively new and exciting area of research. They exhibit both solid and superfluid properties simultaneously. In 2019,...
p21 facilitates chronic lung inflammation via epithelial and endothelial cells
“Our results implicate p21 as a critical regulator of chronic bronchitis and a driver of chronic airway inflammation and lung...
Oregon State researchers make breakthrough in understanding the chemistry of wildfire smoke in wine
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that contributes to the ashy or...
Father of the photonic bandgap to speak at Utah State University
Renowned physicist, engineer and entrepreneur Eli Yablonovitch will visit Utah State University on April 25 for two lectures about his...
KAIST team develops highly-sensitive wearable piezoelectric blood pressure sensor for continuous health monitoring
A KAIST research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the...
Controlling thermal conductivity in liquid crystals
Doping a liquid crystal with azobenzene molecules can induce reversible changes in its thermal conductivity under light irradiation. These findings...
Visit Jefferson Lab on a self-guided virtual adventure
Credit: DOE's Jefferson Lab
What they don’t teach you about climate change (video)
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 — We all know about the greenhouse effect, but how many of us actually understand it?...
Renewable route to rubber material
A key ingredient in the manufacture of car tires and sneaker soles could be made sustainably, following new analysis of...
Erik Paulson gaveled in as president of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
Honolulu, HI | April 16, 2023—Erik K. Paulson, MD, chair of the radiology department at Duke University, has been named...
Company owned by TTUHSC researchers named to Regional Incubator Program
In an important step toward commercialization, a company co-owned by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) researchers Ted Reid,...
Scientists develop new way to measure wind
Wind speed and direction provide clues for forecasting weather patterns. In fact, wind influences cloud formation by bringing water vapor...
International consensus highlights the importance of molecular testing for antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis management
A multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis experts from the TBnet and RESIST-TB networks have reached a consensus on key issues related to the molecular prediction...
New family of wheel-like metallic clusters exhibit unique properties
While the wheel does not need to be reinvented, there are benefits to the development of new nano-wheels, according to...
Treasure hunt in hot springs?
The demand for precious metals and rare earths is expected to continue increasing in the future. Due to limited production...
