Chemistry
Species are our livelihoods
Biodiversity doesn't feature enough in large-scale assessments of ecosystem servicesCredit: Theresa Hickfang Functioning ecosystems provide the basis for security, basic...
Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
New method for more accurately estimating the location of tectonic tremors in deep ocean faults could help to better understand...
Sixth mirror casting brings Giant Magellan Telescope closer to completion
In a marvel of modern engineering that takes four years of effort, the 8.4-meter mirror is the second-to-last being made...
Samara Polytech chemists have predicted more than 200 new carbon allotropes
One of the predicted substances turned out to be harder than a diamondCredit: @SamaraPolytech Employees of the Samara Center for...
Compression or strain – the material expands always the same
Credit: Thomas Heine et al. If you stretch an elastic band, it becomes thinner - a physical behavior that applies...
Built to last: New copolymer binder to extend the life of lithium ion batteries
Scientists develop a novel binder material that protects the graphite anode of Li-ion batteries from degradation even after 1700 cyclesCredit:...
‘Fungal ghosts’ protect skin, fabric from toxins, radiation
Inspired by fungus, new form of synthetic melanin acts as natural detoxifierCredit: Nathan Gianneschi lab / Northwestern University The idea...
Speeding up commercialization of electric vehicles
Credit: POSTECH Professor Byoungwoo Kang develops a high-density cathode material through controlling local structures of the Li-rich layered materials. Researchers...
Instrument at BESSY II shows how light activates MoS2 layers to become catalysts
Credit: Martin Künsting /HZB MoS2 thin films of superposed alternating layers of molybdenum and sulfur atoms form a two-dimensional semiconducting...
How bone marrow regenerates after chemotherapy
Researchers from Osaka University identify the molecular mechanism underlying bone marrow regeneration after chemotherapyCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Chemotherapy...
Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated
When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches...
Taking 2D materials for a spin
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of High Pressure Physics fabricate a novel molybdenum disulfide transistor and...
New quantum theory heats up thermodynamic research
Credit: Beth Morris, University of Nottingham Maths PhD Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought...
New Corona test developed
Researchers develop a low-cost and fast method to detect a COVID-19 infection from a pool of gargle lavage samplesCredit: MPI...
Tracking proteins in the heart of cells
For the first time, a UNIGE team has been able to follow precisely the path taken by a protein within...
Twistoptics–A new way to control optical nonlinearity
Researchers engineer 1st technique to exploit the tunable symmetry of 2D materials for nonlinear optical applications: laser, optical spectroscopy, imaging,...
National panel chaired by PPPL expert urges fusion pilot plant by 2035-2040
Such a plant would impact the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical systemCredit: Photos and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office...
Earth has a hot new neighbour — and it’s an astronomer’s dream
A rocky planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how we look for life in the universeCredit: RenderArea, https://renderarea.com...
Peter Goadsby, migraine expert, awarded the Brain Prize 2021
Credit: UCLA Health Dr. Peter Goadsby, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been...
Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion power
Credit: Photo by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Simulation and image from Robert Hager and Seung-Hoe Ku. Efforts to duplicate...
