Chemistry
Gigantic jet spied from black hole in early universe
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/JPL/T. Connor; Optical: Gemini/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Infrared: W.M. Keck Observatory; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss Astronomers have discovered evidence for an extraordinarily long...
Princeton team discovers new organelle involved in cancer metastasis
Princeton cancer researchers discover link between liquid-liquid phase separations and cancer pathologyCredit: Image rendering by Mark Esposito and Gary Laevsky...
New high-performance computing cluster greatly enhances fusion research at PPPL
Credit: Dorland photo by Alison Harbaugh; Stellar photos by Kevin Abbey, PICSciE; Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Stellar,...
Recyclable bioplastic membrane to clear oil spills from water
Credit: Chongnan Ye, University of Groningen Polymer scientists from the University of Groningen and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences,...
The University of Barcelona leads the construction of a pocket high-resolution microscope
Credit: X. Fuentes/UB An international team led by researchers of the University of Barcelona builds the smallest and cheapest high-resolution...
Clemson, Nephron driving pharmaceutical manufacturing with new benchtop industrial robot
Credit: Clemson University Drug shortages have plagued the health care system for decades. Even prior to COVID-19, hospitals incurred more...
Irradiating COVID-19 cough droplets with UV-C lamps
Using supercomputer numerical modeling of saliva droplets' diffusion produced by coughs, researchers in Italy explore deactivating COVID-19 virus particles via...
Innovative flat optics will usher the next technological revolution and will touch all of us
Credit: by Andrea Fratalocchi In a new paper published in Light Science & Application, the group led by Professor Andrea...
Fruit fly research part of effort to protect human health from toxic chemicals
Clemson researchers are a part of the international PrecisionTox consortium which aims to shape regulation and policy on chemical safety...
New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Astronauts face many challenges to their health,...
Plants as protein factories: Antioxidant boosts the yield of valuable biologics
Research team at University of Tsukuba finds spraying leaves with vitamin C prevents cell death and enhances production of high-value...
Microchips of the future: Suitable insulators are still missing
Until now, hexagonal boron nitride was considered the insulator of choice for miniaturized transistors -- new investigations by TU Wien...
Microwave-assisted recording technology promises high-density hard disk performance
Flux control effect in microwave-assisted magnetic recording exploited to improve the recording field in hard disksCredit: Hirofumi Suto WASHINGTON, March...
Earth’s deep mantle may have proton rivers made of superionic phases
Credit: Qingyagn Hu Pierfranco Demontis said in 1988, "Ice becomes a fast-ion conductor at high pressure and high temperatures," but...
ACS Nano special edition highlights innovations at KAIST
The collective intelligence and technological innovation of KAIST was highlighted with case studies including the Post-COVID-19 New Deal R&D Initiative...
Engineering platform offers collaborative cloud options for sustainable manufacturing
Credit: Purdue University/Shweta Singh WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University engineering innovator has developed a cloud-based platform aimed at...
Research pinpoints unique drug target in antibiotic resistant bacteria
Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings offer...
How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer.
New measure of Hubble constant highlights discrepancy between estimates of our cosmic fateCredit: Photo courtesy of the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey...
Lights on for silicon photonics
The demonstration of electroluminescence at terahertz frequencies from a silicon-germanium device marks a key step towards the long-sought goal of...
Cheap, nontoxic carbon nanodots poised to be quantum dots of the future
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a...
