Chemistry
In the near future, unprecedented drought conditions are projected to be more frequent and consecutive in certain regions
For a successful climate change strategy, it is crucial to understand how the impacts of global warming may evolve over...
CUNY Graduate Center wins National Science Foundation award to give graduate students a head start in bio-inspired nanotechnology
From photosynthesis to the collective behavior of ants, natural phenomena inspire both discovery and innovation. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in...
Simultaneous extreme weather created dangerous cascades in U.S.
Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records last summer partly because it hit in tandem with an unusually...
Increasing heat waves affect up to half a billion people
Climate change is a reality and extremely high temperatures have been reported by India and Pakistan in the spring. In...
New NSF grant to Illinois Tech aims to foster ‘effective, caring, and empathetic’ teachers equipped with anti-racism training
CHICAGO, June 27, 2022—Illinois Institute of Technology has received a new $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to fund scholarships...
DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
HOUSTON – (June 27, 2022) – Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research...
Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis
By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Centre has magnified optical...
Long-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planets?
Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern,...
Making dark semiconductors shine
Whether or not a solid can emit light, for instance as a light-emitting diode (LED), depends on the energy levels...
Researchers extend quantum amplification to floquet systems
Detection of weak signals is a crucial step in the verification of physics hypothesis and making breakthroughs in cutting-edge and...
Research finds that Google searches may be a predictor of domestic violence
When the COVID pandemic broke out and Italy experienced a strict lockdown, news stories started reporting anecdotal evidence about women...
Supernumerary virtual robotic arms can feel like part of our body
Research teams at the University of Tokyo, Keio University and Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed a virtual...
Third and fourth robotic arms feel like a part of the user’s own body
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A research team with members from the University of...
Ancient microbes may help us find extraterrestrial life forms
Using light-capturing proteins in living microbes, scientists have reconstructed what life was like for some of Earth’s earliest organisms. These...
Scientists unravel mysterious mechanism behind “whisker crystal” growth
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered the mechanism behind the rapid growth of ultra-thin nanowires or...
Spiral wave teleportation theory offers new path to defibrillate hearts, terminate arrhythmias
A spiral wave of electrical activity in the heart can cause catastrophic consequences. One spiral wave creates tachycardia — a...
University of Houston research allows for 3D printing of ‘organic electronics’
When looking at the future of production of micro-scale organic electronics, Mohammad Reza Abidian – associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the...
Changed gene expression after heart surgery extends cardiomyocyte regeneration
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals — including humans —...
Cocrystal engineering—a clever way for designing multifunctional material
Cocrystal engineering is an ingenious strategy for assembling organic molecules through the non-covalent interaction force, avoiding harsh experimental conditions (i.e.,...
Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core
In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20...
