Chemistry
Discovery of a mechanism for making superconductors more resistant to magnetic fields
Rotation of electron spins in superconductors of atomic-scale thickness may be used to make qubits for quantum computingCredit: NIMS Superconductivity...
faster imaging in rubber x-ray CT imaging helps tires become smarter and more efficient
Credit: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd (SRI) and Tohoku University teamed up to increase the speed of...
Breaking records like baking bread
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Heno Hwang Alloying, the process of mixing metals in different ratios, has been a known method...
Topological protection of entangled two-photon light in photonic topological insulators
Credit: MBI/HU In a joint effort, researchers from the Humboldt-Universität (Berlin), the Max Born Institute (Berlin) and the University of...
Biggest “local” 5G network in Japan comes to Tokyo Metropolitan University
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) is constantly striving to maintain a cutting-edge research environment, not just to...
Relationship between psoriasis treatments and cardiovascular risk explained
New review shows available psoriasis treatments differ in terms of how they affect a patient's likelihood of experiencing adverse cardiovascular...
Researchers first to link silicon atoms on surfaces
Interdisciplinary team develops highly efficient surface reactions / Results published in 'Nature Chemistry'Credit: Klaasen/Witteler Materials such as gallium arsenide are...
Decoding smell
Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odorsCredit: Qiang Qiu, PhD, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY,...
Brazilian researchers obtain more efficient red bioluminescence
Luciferin-luciferase system developed in collaboration with Japanese researchers produces brighter and longer-lasting far red light. The innovation can be used...
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
Rice University lab's optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissionsCredit: Tour Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 29, 2021) -...
First detailed look at crucial enzyme advances cancer research
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In order to develop more effective drugs against a range of cancers,...
Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An international team of researchers led by a University of Virginia School of Medicine...
Scientists find explanation for abnormally fast release of gas from nuclear fuel
Credit: MIPT Scientists at MIPT have found a possible explanation for the anomalously fast release of gas from nuclear fuel....
New study finds satellites contribute significant light pollution to night skies
Credit: Andreas Möller Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening...
Plants remember drought
Credit: (Picture: Rainer Hedrich / University of Wuerzburg) "I've been studying how plants regulate their water balance for over 35...
Stellar eggs near galactic center hatching into baby stars
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Lu et al. Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of...
String theory solves mystery about how particles behave outside a black hole photon sphere
Credit: EHT Collaboration; Kavli IPMU (Kavli IPMU modified EHT's original image)) A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics...
An industrially viable competitor to silicon-based solar cells is in the works
Researchers from Kanazawa University fabricated a highly efficient perovskite solar cell with nearly the energy conversion efficiency of commercial silicon-based...
Deciphering the secrets of printed electronics
We live in a world where we want our electronics to be flexible, bendable and stretchable apart from being intelligent....
Natural resources decrease income inequality in resource-rich countries
The main conditions are a developed democracy and a transparent market economyCredit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. A group of researchers...
