Chemistry

Researchers at the Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU) and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the...

Landmark study is step towards energy-efficient quantum computing in magnets

Researchers from Lancaster University and Radboud University Nijmegen have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered...

Electrochromic films — like sunglasses for your windows?

Advances in electrochromic coatings may bring us closer to environmentally friendly ways to keep inside spaces cool. Like eyeglasses that...

Solving the problems of proton-conducting perovskites for next-generation fuel cells

As a newly developed perovskite with a large amount of intrinsic oxygen vacancies, BaSc0.8W0.2O2.8 achieves high proton conduction at low...

Reverse electrodialysis heat engine with helium-gap diffusion distillation: Energy efficiency analysis

The depletion of energy resources poses a significant threat to the development of human society. Specifically, a considerable amount of...

Turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals

Harnessing the power of the sun to convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals is the goal of a new junior...

The importance of integrated therapies on cancer: Silibinin, an old and new molecule

“This consideration could be the starting point to study whether Silibinin could contrast tumor progression, aging and inflammaging through molecular...

Synthesis, disorder and Ising anisotropy in a new spin liquid candidate PrMgAl11O19

A spin liquid is a special state of matter that arises in certain magnetic materials at very low temperatures. Despite...

Realization of integration of microanalysis chips

A research group supervised by Assistant Professor Shunya Okamoto of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, and...

Harnessing green energy from plants depends on their circadian rhythms

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2024 —When plants draw water from their roots to nourish their stems and leaves, they produce an...

Apple versus donut: How the shape of a tokamak impacts the limits of the edge of the plasma

Harnessing energy from plasma requires a precise understanding of its behavior during fusion to keep it hot, dense and stable....

Nonlinear photochromic properties in a perylene-substituted rhodamine spirolactam

Photochromic compounds, which change their color when exposed to light, have been widely used as photoswitches to control different properties...

Mystery of ‘slow’ solar wind unveiled by Solar Orbiter mission

Scientists have come a step closer to identifying the mysterious origins of the ‘slow’ solar wind, using data collected during...

Scientists uncover a multibillion-year epic written into the chemistry of life