Chemistry
X-ray study recasts role of battery material from cathode to catalyst
Newly clarified reactions point to novel applications for a long-studied lithium-rich battery materialCredit: Berkeley Lab An international team working at...
Seeing quadruple
Machine-learning methods lead to discovery of rare "quadruply imaged quasars" that can help solve cosmological puzzlesCredit: The GraL Collaboration With...
NASA’s NICER finds X-ray boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s radio bursts
Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) A global science collaboration using data from NASA's...
Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis
Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Rochester Institute of Technology engineering leaders honored as 2021 IISE Fellows
Nabil Nasr and Iris Rivero recognized for significant contributions in industrial engineeringCredit: RIT The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers...
Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa
Research from KU Leuven and VUB on sensitive geopolitical conflict around Ethiopian mega-damCredit: Google A new study shows that several...
Filling the gaps
New image inpainting technique accurately predicts missing image regionsCredit: Hiya Roy et al. Image inpainting is a computer vision technique...
More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass...
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory...
Unique method to fabricate freeform structures of thermoplastics in microparticulate gels
3D printing of polymer inks in embedding media to fabricate freeform and overhang structures may find applications in rapid prototyping...
MOF data set provides 10k structures free for academic research
The new CSD MOF Collection provides free access for academic research to 10,636 metal -- organic framework crystal structuresCredit: Cambridge...
For highly active, sustainable catalysts, just add phosphorus
A game-changer for the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds: Researchers from Osaka University develop an air-stable reusable metal-phosphide catalyst for...
Measuring space-time ‘entanglement’ of electromagnetic waves
Credit: by Yijie Shen Extremely structured electromagnetic pulse carries not only the ultimate human dream of ultra-fast and ultra-intense energy...
The spintronics technology revolution could be just a hopfion away
Pioneering study co-led by Berkeley Lab has significance for next-gen information technologiesCredit: Peter Fischer and Frances Hellman/Berkeley Lab A decade...
A breakthrough that enables practical semiconductor spintronics
Credit: Peter Modin/LiU It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to...
Asteroid crater on Earth provides clues about Martian craters
Research team led by the University of Göttingen discovers crater floor sagging from bowl-shaped volcanic ash layerCredit: Gernot Arp, University...
IU School of Medicine researchers develop blood test for depression, bipolar disorder
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Worldwide, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime. While...
A song of ice and fiber
Sandia embarks on Arctic seafloor data project using new underwater techniqueCredit: Photo by Kyle Jones, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M....
3D implants in 3 minutes: OU engineering student recognized for thesis video presentation
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - With just three minutes to present his research on 3D printed implants, University...
Field guides: Argonne scientists bolster evidence of new physics in Muon g-2 experiment
Credit: (Image by Mark Lopez/Argonne National Laboratory.) Scientists are testing our fundamental understanding of the universe, and there's much more...
