Chemistry
Organizing nanoparticles into pinwheel shapes offers new twist on engineered materials
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Researchers have developed a new strategy to help build materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties....
A crystal shape conundrum is finally solved
HOUSTON – (Nov. 28, 2022) – A crystal’s shape is determined by its inherent chemistry, a characteristic that ultimately determines...
Unlocking the organic chemistry of N2O3 through continuous flow process technology
Researchers at CiTOS - Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (University of Liège, BE) led by Jean-Christophe Monbaliu have...
Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage
Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what’s happening to plants above ground, for instance exploring photosynthesis or water loss in...
How to fire projectiles through materials without breaking anything
It sounds a bit like a magic trick: Some materials can be shot through with fast, electrically charged ions without...
Bringing the Kelvin problem solutions to life with the first-ever polymeric Weaire-Phelan structures
An interesting class of problems in geometry concerns tiling or tessellation, in which a surface or three-dimensional space is covered...
Global leader in materials research will be new APL Materials Editor-in-Chief
MELVILLE, N.Y., November 28, 2022 – AIP Publishing is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bo Wang of the...
Increased grazing pressure threatens the most arid rangelands
A new study published in Science reports results from the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing...
A warmer Arctic Ocean leads to more snowfall further south
A new model explains that water evaporating from the Arctic Ocean due to a warming climate is transported south and...
In world first, scientists demonstrate continuous-wave lasing of deep-ultraviolet laser diode at room temperature
A research group led by 2014 Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano at Nagoya University's Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability...
Astronomers observe intra-group light – the elusive glow between distant galaxies
An international team of astronomers have turned a new technique onto a group of galaxies and the faint light between...
A radical new approach in synthetic chemistry
UPTON, NY—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory helped measure how unpaired electrons in atoms at...
A nanoscale view of bubble formation
When a liquid boils in a vessel, tiny vapor bubbles form at the bottom and rise, transferring heat in the...
Spin correlation between paired electrons demonstrated
Physicists at the University of Basel have experimentally demonstrated for the first time that there is a negative correlation between...
A new experiment pushes the boundaries of our understanding of topological quantum matter
New research conducted by Princeton physicists is delving with high resolution into the complex and fascinating world of topological quantum...
UC San Diego researchers show molecules change their behaviors under a polariton leader
In recent years, manipulating chemistry using hybrid light-matter states called polaritons has generated much research as it combines the speed...
Development of an easy-to-synthesize self-healing gel composed of entangled ultrahigh molecular weight polymers
1. A research team consisting of NIMS, Hokkaido University and Yamaguchi University has developed a method for easily synthesizing a...
Mental health, substance use issues prevalent among nonpsychiatric emergency room patients
INDIANAPOLIS and BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A new study by Indiana University researchers has found that about 45% of patients who...
Increase of Candida auris in the EU/EEA: Need for better surveillance
Candida auris (C.auris) is an emerging fungal pathogen associated with outbreaks of invasive healthcare-associated infections globally . It is frequently...
Rice refines analysis of MRI contrast agents
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