Chemistry
Anyone can get super-hearing
New audio technique can track bats in flight and help localise sources of ultrasonic sound Humans can observe what and...
Hexagonal boron nitride’s remarkable toughness unmasked
2D material resists cracking and description by century-old theory of fracture mechanics HOUSTON - (June 2, 2021) - It's official:...
Activation of carbon-fluorine bonds via cooperation of a photocatalyst and tin
Scientists from Osaka University have succeeded in developing the world's first organic reaction that selectively converts a specific carbon-fluorine (C-F)...
World’s smallest, best acoustic amplifier emerges from 50-year-old hypothesis
Acousto-electric devices reveal new road to miniaturizing wireless tech ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have built the...
Seeking sustainable solutions for the global challenge of safe drinking water
Pitt's Leanne Gilbertson will use a $500K CAREER award to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goal to ensure access to...
Harmonious electronic structure leads to enhanced quantum materials
The electronic structure of metallic materials determines the behavior of electron transport. Magnetic Weyl semimetals have a unique topological electronic...
Study reveals diverse magnetic fields in solar-type star-forming cores
Magnetic fields are ubiquitous throughout our Milky Way Galaxy and play a crucial role in all dynamics of interstellar medium....
A novel nanometer-scale proximity labeling method targeting histidine residues
Researchers have created a new nanometer-scale proximity labeling system that targets histidine residues quickly, providing a new chemical tool in...
Best of both worlds: High entropy meets low dimensions, opens up infinite possibilities
The discovery of graphene, a 2D layered form of carbon, once caused a paradigm shift in science and technology like...
Manipulating quinary charge states in solitary defects of 2D intermetallic semiconductor
Single atomic defect is the smallest structural unit of solid material. The construction of devices based on single defect can...
Story tips: Un-Earthly ice, buildings in the loop, batteries unbound and 3D printing for geothermal
Neutrons - Space ice, un-Earthly cold Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully created amorphous...
2D natural clay offers a platform for machine learning algorithm
Algorism plays a significant role in predicting future states of a system. Particularly, non-Markov chain algorithm has been widely applied...
Victoria M Kaspi and Chryssa Kouveliotou receive the 2021 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi, Professor of Physics and Director of McGill...
Researchers measure tritium production rates in mock-up of water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket
To realize tritium self-sustaining cycle through tritium breeding blanket has been one of the core technologies of future fusion reactor....
The secret to stickiness of mussels underwater
Mussels survive by sticking to rocks in the fierce waves or tides underwater. Materials mimicking this underwater adhesion are widely...
Mind the nanogap: Fast and sensitive oxygen gas sensors
Oxygen (O2) is an essential gas not only for us and most other lifeforms, but also for many industrial processes,...
Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution
Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light...
Duetting songbirds ‘mute’ the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
There's Simon and Garfunkel, Tina and Ike, and Armstrong and Fitzgerald. But now, nature's famed duet singers, the plain-tail wren,...
Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara
New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desert The Sahara has not always been covered by only...
New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from water Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes...
