Chemistry
Space weather and solar blobs
Scientists receive funding to study conditions that can disrupt communications satellitesCredit: (Astrophysical inages courtesy of NASA / headshots and collage...
ORNL’s Sergei Kalinin elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Sergei Kalinin, a scientist and inventor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National...
FAST detects 3D spin-velocity alignment in a pulsar
Credit: NAOC Pulsars - another name for fast-spinning neutron stars - originate from the imploded cores of massive dying stars...
Unusual semimetal shows evidence of unique surface conduction states
Credit: Masaki Uchida Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology experimentally verify the existence of exotic surface conduction states in topological...
The natural brightness of the night sky
A recent study analyses data collect4d at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories,...
Cell cytoskeleton as target for new active agents
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Through a unique combination of computer simulations and laboratory experiments, researchers at the Paul Scherrer...
Just a few atoms thick: New functional materials developed
Using the smallest "construction set" in the world, a research team from the universities of Marburg, Giessen and Paderborn is...
Smart magnetic soft materials to develop artificial muscles and therapeutic robots
The UC3M's 4D-BIOMAP projectCredit: 4D-BIOMAP "The overarching idea of this research project is to influence different biological processes at the...
Homing in on the smallest possible laser
German physicists generate exotic quantum state in an atomically thin crystalCredit: Johannes Michl At extremely low temperatures, matter often behaves...
Researchers produce laser pulses with record-breaking intensity
High-intensity pulses allow astrophysical phenomena to be studied in the labCredit: Chang Hee Nam, CoReLS WASHINGTON -- Researchers have demonstrated...
New method boosts syngas generation from biopolyols
Credit: DICP a Photocatalytic biomass conversion is an ideal way of generating syngas (H2 and CO) via C-C bond cleavage,...
Significant progress in lithium-air battery development
Credit: University of Liverpool Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University...
Phonon imaging in 3D with a fiber probe
Credit: by La Cavera, S., Pérez-Cota, F., Smith, R.J. et al. Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for the life sciences...
Realization of the highest laser intensity ever reached
The record-breaking laser intensity over 1023 W/cm2 enables us to explore novel physical phenomena occurring under extreme physical conditionsCredit: Institute...
AI is not perfect — Domain knowledge is a key in engineering
Enjoying Domain Knowledge for stay-cable monitoring in full automationCredit: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) The Korea...
Dead lithium batteries could find new life through unique recycling process
Credit: Illustration provided by Linda Wang American Resources Corp., a socially responsible supplier of high-quality raw materials, (NASDAQ:AREC) announced Thursday...
Dark matter detection
UD's Singh and collaborators propose repurposing tabletop sensors to search for dark matterCredit: Photo by Evan Krape, photo composite by...
Examining the one-two punch of malaria drugs
Why the combination medicines both help and hurt each otherCredit: University of Houston When a mosquito begins to nibble on...
Cardiovascular disease could be diagnosed earlier with new glowing probe
Credit: Angelo Frei / Imperial College London Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated...
The Belgian Francqui Prize 2021 awarded to Michaël Gillon
The prestigious scientific prize to Michaël Gillon for his pioneering research in exoplanetology and astrobiologyCredit: University of Liège - Michel...
