Chemistry
Cheap, nontoxic carbon nanodots poised to be quantum dots of the future
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a...
A better way to measure acceleration
NIST researchers rely on a light touch.Credit: F. Zhou/NIST You're going at the speed limit down a two-lane road when...
Finding key to low-cost, fast production of solid-state batteries for EVs
Conventional Li-ion manufacturing tools drive better fabrication options for lighter, safer, more energy-dense batteriesCredit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech A new...
Aging-US: DNA- and telomere-damage does not limit lifespan: evidence from rapamycin
@Blagosklonny concluded in his Aging-US Research Output that here he discussed new evidence that normal aging is not caused by...
Aging-US: High-CBD Cannabis sativa extracts modulate ACE2 expression in COVID-19
'The Aging-US authors developed over 800 new C. sativa cultivars and hypothesized that high-CBD C. sativa extracts may be used...
Young Investigator Award
UD engineering professor honored for excellence in molecular beam researchCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Periods of history are often defined...
Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming
Shelled organisms helped buffer ocean acidification by consuming less alkalinity from seawaterCredit: Northwestern University Microscopic fossilized shells are helping geologists...
What is life? And will we find it on other planets? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 -- Chemistry is helping us figure out how life got started...
Six research teams win Carbon Hub funding
Zero-emissions initiative aims to 'move the needle, far and fast'Credit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 8, 2021)...
Establishing the origin of solar-mass black holes and the connection to dark matter
Credit: Takhistov et. al. What is the origin of black holes and how is that question connected with another mystery,...
Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop...
Meet Turing structures in manmade interface
Credit: ZHANG Xiaolong In 1952, Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, proposed that certain repetitive natural...
Novel hydrogen fuel purification membrane paves the way for greener future
Researchers develop a novel membrane that efficiently purifies hydrogen fuel from a mixture of gasesCredit: Picture courtesy: Yuji Iwamoto from...
Chiral amines synthesized by nickel-catalysed asymmetric reductive hydroalkylation
Credit: WANG Jiawang Recently, research group, led by Prof. FU Yao and associate research fellow LU Xi From Hefei National...
Sweden’s electromobility test bed is being established in Gothenburg, Nykvarn and Boras
Chalmers and RISE are now commencing construction of Sweden's electromobility test center: SEEL. Electrification of the transport sector is to...
Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser With the help of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have discovered and...
Reduced heat leakage improves wearable health device
Credit: Photo courtesy of Mehmet Ozturk. North Carolina State University engineers continue to improve the efficiency of a flexible device...
Study shows cactus pear as drought-tolerant crop for sustainable fuel and food
Cactus crops remove carbon from the atmosphere, provide biofuel, food and livestock feedCredit: Photo by John Cushman, University of Nevada,...
Christopher Tunnell wins NSF CAREER Award
Grant will support combined physics and computer science effort to find dark matterCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 5,...
Tantalizing signs of phase-change ‘turbulence’ in RHIC collisions
Fluctuations in net proton production hint at a possible 'critical point' marking a change in the way nuclear matter transforms...
