Chemistry
Scientists thread rows of metal atoms into nanofiber bundles
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully threaded atoms of indium metal in between individual fibers in...
Intellifoods Labs, LLC strengthens partnership with Mason scientists to reduce food bacterial contamination detection time
Mason Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Ramin M. Hakami has received a total of $35,000 in grants from Intellifoods Labs,...
Unique hybrid reefs deployed off Miami Beach
The first piece of a series of concrete structures was lowered into the water off the coast of Miami Beach...
Speeding up extreme fast charging capability in lithium-ion batteries
Ishikawa, Japan -- Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries. Despite the...
The dual face of photoreceptors during seed germination
Seed germination depends on light in many plants. But not always: Aethionema arabicum, a plant adapted to challenging environmental conditions,...
Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber
Tree-ring analysis – so-called dendrochronological analysis – has been part of archaeology for many years and has made it possible...
Most detailed geological model reveals Earth’s past 100 million years
Climate, tectonics and time combine to create powerful forces that craft the face of our planet. Add the gradual sculpting...
Ocean surface tipping point could accelerate climate change
The oceans help to limit global warming by soaking up carbon dioxide emissions. But scientists have discovered that intense warming...
Grasshopping robots made possible with new, improved latch control
If animals and insects can jump across grass and sand, why can’t robots? Sarah Bergbreiter, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has...
Coastal water pollution transfers to the air in sea spray aerosol and reaches people on land
New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to...
Using light to connect molecules
Molecular clusters are aggregates of molecules that are held together non-covalently, by relatively weak forces. When these clusters are excited,...
New method can provide rapid detection of food adulteration
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri scientist Colleen Ray can now add the job of “food detective” to her resumé....
Helping construction material manufacturers reduce the energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information...
NASA awards $680,000 to study evolution of chemical systems on Titan
Vincent Chevrier, an associate professor at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded $680,000...
Quantum chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling
Tunneling reactions in chemistry are very difficult to predict. The quantum mechanically exact description of chemical reactions with more than...
Metal ion plasma generation under strong magnetic field
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview Professor Satoshi Fujii (Department of Electrical and Electronic Information...
Modulating and characterizing d-band center on Pt-based electrocatalysts under practical conditions
This study is led by Prof. Yanxia Jiang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University) and Prof. Bin-Wei Zhang...
Sustainable process for the production of vanillin from lignin makes further progress
The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus used to...
Illinois researcher receives $5.8 million grant to develop modular quantum computing platform
An initiative led by Wolfgang Pfaff, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a...
Aging | Telomere shortening linked to depression and cognitive impairment in older adults
“ we believe that our findings will help prevent and treat depression and cognitive impairment in the healthy elderly.”Credit: 2023...
