Chemistry
Salt battery design overcomes bump in the road to help electric cars go the extra mile
Credit: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Using salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and British researchers have designed a new...
More than meets the eye (of the storm): Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America
Study shows that cyclones could affect seemingly unrelated weather disasters in an entirely different continentCredit: NASA on Unsplash The year...
Are plastics and microplastics in the Ocean on the increase?
The answer might not be so straightforwardCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun That is the question that Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic...
Easily assembled gold nanoparticle scaffolding serves as molecular probe
Credit: FIGURE MODIFIED FROM Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01688H The development of pharmaceutical treatments is difficult --...
Supersaturation: The barrier between protein folding and misfolding
Researchers from Osaka University have described the link between accurate protein folding and misfolding that can lead to the formation...
Solving complex physics problems at lightning speed
Credit: Illustration: Andreas Ekström and Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology A calculation so complex that it takes twenty years to...
By changing their shape, some bacteria can grow more resilient to antibiotics
Credit: Shiladitya Banerjee New research led by Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor of Physics Shiladitya Banerjee demonstrates how certain types...
Islands without structure inside metal alloys could lead to tougher materials
These high-entropy alloys could lead to better technologies in transportation, energy and denfenseCredit: University of California San Diego An international...
Accurate drug dosages with proton traps
An electronic proton-trapping ion pump for selective drug deliveryCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a proton...
It’s elemental: Ultra-trace detector tests gold purity
Ultra-trace radiation detection technique sets new global standard for measuring the nearly immeasurableCredit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest...
Production of ‘post-lithium-ion batteries’ requires new skills
Comparative study on lithium-ion battery series manufacturing and alternative technologiesCredit: WWU - MEET Research on manufacturing battery cells is gaining...
Coiling them up: Synthesizing organic molecules with a long helical structure
Credit: Eiji Tsurumaki, Chemistry-A European Journal Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) produced and extensively characterized novel organic...
Electric car of the future to be developed in Denmark
Aarhus University is to head development of the next generation of electric car batteries with a recharging time of just...
Threads that sense how and when you move? New technology makes it possible
Engineers created thread sensors that can be attached to skin to measure movement in real time, with potential implications for...
Immune system sets ‘tripwire’ to protect against viruses
Cell defenses have evolved to turn the tables on viral attacks by using bait and sounding an alarmCredit: Brian Tsu,...
National laboratories’ look to the future of light sources with new magnet prototype
Credit: Photo: Ibrahim Kesgin, Argonne National Laboratory With a powerful enough light, you can see things that people once thought...
Harnessing the power of AI to understand warm dense matter
CASUS researchers develop effective tool to describe exotic state of matterCredit: Attila Cangi The study of warm dense matter helps...
Breakthrough for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Overcoming limitations inherent in other LIBS techniques, plasma-grating-induced breakdown spectroscopy enhances signal intensity by more than three timesCredit: SPIE Laser-induced...
Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past
Credit: NASA PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object...
Researcher wins award for strong, lightweight armor discovery
Credit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army researcher won the Army's top award for innovation, using...
