Chemistry
Elevating African cichlid fish as a scientific model of social disorders
University of Houston researcher wins prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award Beau Alward, University of Houston assistant professor of psychology, who...
Enantiomorph distribution maps for metals and metallic alloys
Left- or right-handedness is a symmetry property that many macroscopic objects also exhibit and which is of immense importance, particularly...
Which way does the solar wind blow?
Using supercomputers, researchers develop new software for improved space weather prediction The surface of the sun churns with energy and...
Five million years of climate change preserved in one place
An 80-meter-thick sedimentary succession at Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, recorded interactions between land, atmosphere and ocean Paleo researcher Charlotte Prud'homme, who...
3D printed micro-optics for quantum technology
In a new paper published in Light Science & Application, a team of scientists, led by, Professor Harald Giessen and...
Is Earth’s core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet’s interior
Model of how Earth's inner core froze into solid iron implies it may be only 500 million years old For...
Yale-NUS College scientist discovers how leafbirds make complex color-producing crystals
These mind-bendingly complex crystals called the single gyroid, found in blue-winged leafbirds, have the potential to make fiber optics, solar...
Dominant factor of carrier transport mechanism in multilayer graphene nanoribbons revealed
Researchers precisely set the number of layers in multilayer graphene nanoribbons, controlling the semiconducting and metallic properties of field effect...
How quantum dots can ‘talk’ to each other
So-called quantum dots are a new class of materials with many applications. Quantum dots are realized by tiny semiconductor crystals...
Quantum computing with holes
Scientists found a new and promising qubit at a place where there is nothing In a study published in Nature...
Solar energy and pollinator conservation: A path for real impact?
Entomologists say the pairing has promise, but standards will ensure it's more than just buzz Annapolis, MD; June 3, 2021--Amid...
Scientists make powerful underwater glue inspired by barnacles and mussels
Silk proteins formed fibers, crosslinks, and iron complexes similar to those used by the sea creatures If you have ever...
‘Floating’ microgrids: Optimizing naval ships’ power systems
Lehigh University electrical and computer engineering researcher Wenxin Liu awarded two ONR grants--totaling $900,000--for algorithmic design and hardware experimentation that...
Lighting Hydrogels Via Nanomaterials
Texas A&M associate professor Akhilesh Gaharwar and graduate student Patrick Lee are developing a new class of hydrogels that can...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies signaling underlying regeneration
Discovery in Salamanders by James W. Godwin, Ph.D., brings science closer to the development of regenerative medicine therapies BAR HARBOR,...
Quantum Hall effect and the third dimension
The quantum Hall effect traditionally only plays a role in two-dimensional electron systems. Recently, however, a three-dimensional version of the...
The powerhouse future is flexoelectric
'Giant flexoelectricity' breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and self-powered pacemakers Researchers have demonstrated "giant flexoelectricity" in...
Entangled quantum memories for a quantum repeater: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
* ICFO researchers report in Nature on having achieved, for the first time, entanglement of two multimode quantum memories located...
USTC constructs a multiplexed quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories
Chinese researchers realized an elementary link of a quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories (QMs) and demonstrated the multiplexed...
RUDN University chemists created cheap catalysts for ethanol conversion
RUDN University chemists proposed a new way to synthesize catalysts for the conversion of ethyl alcohol. The obtained materials are...
