Chemistry
Opioid prescriptions remained elevated two years after critical care
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018...
Highly deformable piezoelectric nanotruss for tactile electronics
Credit: KAIST With the importance of non-contact environments growing due to COVID-19, tactile electronic devices using haptic technology are gaining...
Tracking cells with omnidirectional visible laser particles
Credit: by Shui-Jing Tang, Paul H. Dannenberg, Andreas C. Liapis, Nicola Martino, Yue Zhuo, Yun-Feng Xiao, and Seok-Hyun Yun Laser...
Generation of conjunctivae in a dish
Researchers from Osaka University generate functional conjunctival tissue in a dishCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Conjunctival tissue is perhaps...
How do electrons close to Earth reach almost the speed of light?
New study found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid...
EU project on development of high-performance photonic processors gets started
Consortium headed by physicist Wolfram Pernice from Münster University acquires funding of almost €6 millionCredit: AG Pernice - xvivo Artificial...
Air-guiding in solid-core optical waveguides: A solution for on-chip trace gas spectroscopy
Credit: by Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastián Alberti, Henock Demessie Yallew, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská Optical waveguides...
Fine tuned: adjusting the composition and properties of semiconducting 2D alloys
Scientists experimentally realize 2D Si-Ge alloys with tunable electronic properties, getting us closer to a breakthrough in modern electronicsCredit: Picture...
Biosensors require robust antifouling protection
Despite advances in biosensor antifouling approaches, further development is neededCredit: Yuliang Zhang and Aleksandr Noy (LLNL) WASHINGTON, February 2, 2021...
Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If...
Neutrons probe molecular behavior of proposed COVID-19 drug candidates
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman As the scientific community continues researching the novel coronavirus, experts are developing new drugs and repurposing existing...
Tiny 3D structures enhance solar cell efficiency
Credit: Lutz Mühlenbein A new method for constructing special solar cells could significantly increase their efficiency. Not only are the...
Say goodbye to the dots and dashes to enhance optical storage media
Credit: Alexander Kildishev, Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code...
Astronomers spot bizarre activity from one of the strongest magnets in the Universe
Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav. Astronomers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and CSIRO have just...
Double delight: New synthetic transmembrane ion channel can be activated in two ways
Credit: Tokyo Tech A key thread that holds together the delicate balance of a complex biological system is the transmembrane...
Optimized LIBS technique improves analysis of nuclear reactor materials
Ultrafast laser provides better measurements of hydrogen isotopesCredit: Sivanandan S. Harilal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory WASHINGTON -- In a new...
Discovery could lead to self-propelled robots
Credit: Yongjin Kim, UMass Amherst RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion,...
Ural Federal University scientists discover ways to increase oil production efficiency
The article "Instability of the fluid interface at arbitrary perturbation amplitudes. Displacement in the Hele-Shaw cell" of UrFU research group...
Origami with DNA
A team at TU Wien was able to answer important questions about the immune system - with a trick reminiscent...
Brightening the future of semiconductor-based photocatalytic processes
* The researchers have pinpointed that the true active photocatalytic species in a model ARTA reaction is a complex salt...
