Chemistry

May 6, 2026

Better solutions for making hydrogen may lie just at the surface

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A clean energy future propelled by hydrogen fuel depends on figuring out how to reliably and...

Learning what makes the nucleus tick

Two FRIB researchers create computer model to help explain and make nuclear discoveriesCredit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Michigan State...

Discovery could help lengthen lifespan of electronic devices

The research could lead to electronics being designed with better enduranceCredit: University of Sydney Ferroelectric materials are used in many...

University of Tartu scientists develop materials for future fusion reactor

Credit: Wikipedia.org The energy source of the Sun and other stars is determined by the fusion reaction between two hydrogen...

An on-off switch for gene editing

New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchangedCredit: Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/Whitehead Institute Over the past...

A lightweight and durable radiator for cooling electric vehicle batteries

The radiator was developed using friction stir welding technologyCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great...

Glass injection molding

Credit: Photo: Neptun Lab/University of Freiburg Glass is ubiquitous, from high-tech products in the fields of optics, telecommunications, chemistry and...

The European Hexa-X project for the development of 6G technology starts

Credit: Hexa-X The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in the development of the European Hexa-X project, through...

Brain organoids uncover various mechanisms of virus-induced microcephaly

Credit: Copyright: Krenn/CellStemCell/IMBA Researchers at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - demonstrate that...

X-ray study recasts role of battery material from cathode to catalyst

Newly clarified reactions point to novel applications for a long-studied lithium-rich battery materialCredit: Berkeley Lab An international team working at...

Seeing quadruple

Machine-learning methods lead to discovery of rare "quadruply imaged quasars" that can help solve cosmological puzzlesCredit: The GraL Collaboration With...

NASA’s NICER finds X-ray boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s radio bursts

Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) A global science collaboration using data from NASA's...

Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis

Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -...

Rochester Institute of Technology engineering leaders honored as 2021 IISE Fellows

Nabil Nasr and Iris Rivero recognized for significant contributions in industrial engineeringCredit: RIT The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers...

Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa

Research from KU Leuven and VUB on sensitive geopolitical conflict around Ethiopian mega-damCredit: Google A new study shows that several...

Filling the gaps

New image inpainting technique accurately predicts missing image regionsCredit: Hiya Roy et al. Image inpainting is a computer vision technique...

More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year

Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass...

Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons

Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory...

Unique method to fabricate freeform structures of thermoplastics in microparticulate gels

3D printing of polymer inks in embedding media to fabricate freeform and overhang structures may find applications in rapid prototyping...

MOF data set provides 10k structures free for academic research