Chemistry
The physics of gummy candy
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2023 – For gummy candies, texture might be even more important than taste. Biting into a hard,...
High efficiency, salt resistance and high strength desalination achieved with new Janus sponge-like hydrogel solar evaporator
In the face of increasing global scarcity of freshwater resources, desalination is considered one of the most effective ways to...
Apochromatic X-ray focusing
Diffractive and refractive lenses are widely used in X-ray analysis and high-resolution X-ray microscopy with many scientific applications in materials...
Degradation of Rhodamine B in the photocatalytic reactor containing TiO2 nanotube arrays coupled with nanobubbles
The study is led by Xiaojun Han (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology).Credit: Beijing Zhongke Journal...
Chemists unravel reaction mechanism for clean energy catalyst
UPTON, NY—Hydrogen, the simplest element on Earth, is a clean fuel that could revolutionize the energy industry. Accessing hydrogen, however,...
Chipps appointed to federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Nuclear...
Seeing electron orbital signatures
No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere. But now, scientists...
Physicists take the temperature of fluid flows and discover new role for turbulence
A team of physicists has discovered a new role for a specific type of turbulence—a finding that sheds light on...
Professor Vivian Yam becomes the first Asian and Chinese recipient of the Bailar Medal for her contributions to the field of inorganic chemistry
Professor Vivian Yam, who holds the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professorship in Chemistry and Energy at The University of Hong...
What is meat? (video)
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2023 — Beyond “burgers.” Impossible “meat.” A huge meatball (supposedly) made from wooly mammoth DNA. Chemistry is...
Porous crystals made from plant extracts purify water from pharmaceutical pollutants
Researchers from Stockholm University have developed porous crystals made from pomegranate extract to capture and degrade pharmaceutical molecules found in...
Sea anemone’s sweet efforts help reef ecosystems flourish
Tropical oceans are typically nutrient-poor, yet they host vast biologically diverse reef ecosystems built by symbiotic cnidarians (including corals and...
NTU Singapore scientists discover why wavy wounds heal faster than straight wounds
Wavy wounds heal faster than straight wounds because shapes influence cell movements, a team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University,...
Latest research provides SwRI scientists close-up views of energetic particle jets ejected from the Sun
SAN ANTONIO — May 15, 2023 —Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists observed the first close-ups of a source of energetic...
Crushed clams, roaming rays: acoustic tags reveal predator interactions
Clam leases are designated underwater locations used to produce hard clams of all sizes from littlenecks to chowders. Clam production...
Coastal lights trick coral reefs into spawning earlier than they should
The light pollution caused by coastal cities can trick coral reefs into spawning outside of the optimum times when they...
Save the phages to protect Big Blue
The plastic era has begun, and for sure, it will last for decades or even longer. Polymer-based materials are almost...
Scientists discover semi-metallization and novel photoelectric behavior in lead iodide under high pressure
Accoding to a research published in Advanced Optical Materials, Prof. DING Junfeng and his team at the Institute of Solid State...
Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles: “It can only be done with a blackboard, chalk – and plenty of coffee”
"Imagine one of those spectacular opening ceremonies at the Olympics, where a huge crowd suddenly gathers as a unit and...
Google Quantum AI braids non-Abelian anyons for the first time
Our intuition tells us that it should be impossible to see whether two identical objects have been swapped back and...
