Chemistry
Hubble watches how a giant planet grows
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a rare look at a...
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Credit: Sean Nealon, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and...
New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch
Credit: Lilian Hsiao Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have a hard time...
Blueprint for a robust quantum future
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Claiming that something has a defect normally suggests an undesirable feature. That's not the...
Machine learning algorithm helps unravel the physics underlying quantum systems
Protocol to reverse engineer Hamiltonian models advances automation of quantum devicesCredit: Gentile et al. Scientists from the University of Bristol's...
Silicon chip will drive next generation communications
A new design of ultra-small silicon chip called a multiplexer will effectively manage terahertz waves which are key to the...
Creation without contact in the collisions of lead and gold nuclei
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN When heavy ions, accelerated to the speed of light, collide with each other in the depths...
Mantis shrimp larvae punch just like Ma and Pa
Credit: Jacob Harrison, Duke University. Adult mantis shrimp pack an explosive punch that can split water, but no crustacean emerges...
Touched by light: Photoexcited stannyl anions are great for producing organotin compounds
Credit: Yuki Nagashima Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology developed a new strategy for producing a wide range of organotin...
Researchers investigate structural changes in snap-frozen proteins
A novel method allows visualization of molecular motions lasting a few millionths of a secondCredit: (c) Tobias Hett / Universität...
Designing new alloys for additive manufacturing
Wei Xiong receives $526K NSF CAREER Award for work on additive manufacturing of complex concentrated alloysCredit: University of Pittsburgh Additive...
UC San Diego engineering professor solves deep earthquake mystery
A University of California San Diego engineering professor has solved one of the biggest mysteries in geophysics: What causes deep-focus...
Protein linked to sex differences in age-related dopamine neuron loss
Credit: Zachary Freyberg PITTSBURGH, April 28, 2021 - It is not every day that scientists come across a phenomenon so...
How acidic are atoms?
The acidity of molecules can be easily determined, but until now it was not possible to measure this important property...
Black hole-neutron star collisions may help settle dispute over Universe’s expansion
Studying the violent collisions of black holes and neutron stars may soon provide a new measurement of the Universe's expansion...
HKUST develops a novel raman spectroscopy platform to characterize IDPs in dilute solution
Credit: Vince St. Dollente Mesias, Jinqing Huang / The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology It is challenging to...
Novel imaging method to visualize respiratory activity of 3D tissue models
Credit: Kaoru Hiramoto, et al. Cells breathe, to an extent, exchanging gases, taking in energy sources from the environment and...
U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development
Credit: Nigel Michki Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies,...
New AI tool calculates materials’ stress and strain based on photos
The advance could accelerate engineers' design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equationsCredit: Courtesy of Zhenze Yang, Markus...
Physical activity reduces cardiovascular risk in rheumatic patients
People with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are more likely to have heart attacks, angina, and strokes. A...
