Chemistry

February 9, 2026

Effect of isovalent doping in metal chalcogenides; from design to application

Advances in thermoelectric power generation possible with various ‘metal chalcogenide’ materials, recent review shows

Scientists on the forefront of the rapidly growing field of thermoelectric power generation have found that metals and metalloid compounds...

Novel single-crystal production method opens up promising avenues for studies in solid-state physics

Single crystals are materials in which the crystal lattice is continuous and unbroken to the edges of the sample, with...

Examples of results using the proposed method for a bit length of 10. The red line represents the period.

Perturbing the Bernoulli shift map in binary systems

Is it possible for a deterministic system to be unpredictable? Although counter-intuitive, the answer is yes. Such systems are called...

Cosmic inflation is a popular scenario for the earliest phase in the evolution of the Universe

Can cosmic inflation be ruled out?

Astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation – a point in the Universe’s infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really...

From Graphene to Gravity: Exploring the Physics of Emergence

A new short volume by veteran science writer George Musser covers the concept of emergence in two domains of physics:...

How magnetism could help explain Earth’s formation

There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary...

Alexandra Zhernakova and Igor Alabugin receive RASA’s Gamow Award

G.A. Gamow award, established by the Russian-American Association of Scientists (RASA-America, Russian-American Science Association) in memory of the outstanding Russian-American...

Multiple routes of muscle-to-CNS signaling

New insights into how exercise protects against neurodegenerative diseases

Amsterdam, November 2, 2022 – Accumulating evidence finds that exercise can improve brain function and delay or prevent the onset...

The study found that neuroscientific evidence does not necessarily lead to mitigated or aggravated sentences, but rather that it interacts with society’s reasons for incarceration.

Neuroscientific evidence induces study participants to recommend longer sentences for convicted criminals if they think prison is for rehabilitation or public protection, but shorter sentences if prison is considered punishment

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276237Credit: Emiliano Bar, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276237 Article Title: The effect of neuroscientific evidence on sentencing...

Participants in the volunteer group were asked to indicate their top three motivations for participating in a COVID-19 challenge trial from a list of ten options.

Volunteers in COVID-19 human challenge trials are genuinely altruistic, not desperate for money or lacking understanding of the risks

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275823Credit: Marsh et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275823 Article Title: Characterizing altruistic motivation...

The study found that both short-term and chronic pain at age 44 were associated with pain and poor health in later decades of life.

Chronic pain associated with poor health – and COVID-19 infection – decades later

People who suffer from chronic pain at age 44 are more like to report pain, poor general health, poor mental...

Screenshot of the Global Jukebox, map view.

“Global Jukebox” performing arts database now publicly available

Extensive data behind the Global Jukebox (http://theglobaljukebox.org) —an online tool for exploring recordings of music and other performing arts from around the...

Do you speak extra-terrestrial?

What does humanity do when we discover we are not alone in the cosmos? A new international research hub at...

Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction

Sensitivity to musical rhythm supports social development in infants

Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published...

A new look at brain function and psychiatric disorders

New images from scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reveal for the first time the three-dimensional structures of a set...

Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tons of carbon

Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tonnes of carbon Credit: Greenpeace/Kevin McElvaney Climate change could trigger...

Traumatized communities

War and violence have a psychological impact on everyone involved. Victims of organized, sexual, and domestic violence are scarred by...

CItyU researchers invent smart mask to track respiratory sounds for respiratory disease identification

Wearing face masks has been recognised as one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, even...

GIF - The root epidermal cells of the twisting roots

Now we know how plants steer clear of salt

Credit: Wenna Zheng To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas....

UiB and Wild Space Productions collaborate on new Netflix documentary