Chemistry
Electronic nose sniffs out free radicals
Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at...
Time-expanded phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry
Credit: by Miguel Soriano-Amat, Hugo F. Martins, Vicente Durán, Luis Costa, Sonia Martin-Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez and María R. Fernández-Ruiz Distributed...
A simple laser for quantum-like classical light
Credit: by Yijie Shen, Isaac Nape, Xilin Yang, Xing Fu, Mali Gong, Darryl Naidoo and Andrew Forbes Tailoring light is...
Metasurfaces for manipulating terahertz waves
Credit: by Xiaofei Zang, Bingshuang Yao, Lin Chen, Jingya Xie, Xuguang Guo, Alexei V. Balakin, Alexander P. Shkurinov, and Songlin...
An exotic metal-insulator transition in a surface-doped transition metal dichalcogenide
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Metal-insulator transition (MIT) driven by many-body interactions is an important phenomenon in...
Discovery of non-toxic semiconductors with a direct band gap in the near-infrared
New compound may replace toxic mercury cadmium telluride and gallium arsenide in near-infrared devicesCredit: NIMS NIMS and the Tokyo Institute...
New result from the LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics
Credit: LHCb Collaboration Imperial physicists are part of a team that has announced 'intriguing' results that potentially cannot be explained...
Recurrent neural network advances 3D fluorescence imaging
Credit: by Ozcan Lab, UCLA Rapid 3D microscopic imaging of fluorescent samples has gained increasing importance in numerous applications in...
Demonstration of unconventional transverse thermoelectric generation
Composite of thermoelectric and magnetic materials with high thermopower may open up a new way to wide-ranging energy applicationsCredit: NIMS...
Algorithms inspired by social networks reveal lifecycle of substorms, a key element of space weather
Evolution of auroral substorms revealed by physicists at University of Warwick using the same methods that link people through social...
Novel thermometer can accelerate quantum computer development
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a novel type of thermometer that can simply and quickly...
UMass Amherst researchers develop ultra-sensitive flow microsensors
Research could lead to more breakthroughs in neuroscience, metabolismCredit: UMass Amherst A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts...
Planting the seed for DNA nanoconstructs that grow to the micron scale
A concept for seeded all-or-nothing assembly of micron-scale DNA nanostructures that could extend nanofabrication capabilities and enable creation of highly...
First closeups of how a lithium-metal electrode ages
Scientists have documented a process that makes these next-gen batteries lose charge -- and eventually some of their capacity for...
New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean
Credit: EXP 351 Science Team A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been...
Renewable energy grants
University of Delaware's Shafarman, Firestone lead Department of Energy funded projectsCredit: Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape University...
A project by Russian scientists will help create capsules for targeted drug delivery
Credit: Authors of the article from ITMO Scientists from MIPT and ITMO University and their colleagues have studied the formation...
Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol: Low temperature, high efficiency, and long working time
Credit: DICP Efficient conversion of CO2 is strategically significant for alleviating the energy crisis and achieving the goal of carbon...
New porous material promising for making renewable energy from water
Credit: Thor Balkhed/LiU One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight....
Superconductivity from buckled-honeycomb-vacancy ordering
Credit: ©Science China Press Crystals inherently possess imperfections. Vacancies, as the simplest form of point defects, significantly alter the optical,...
