Chemistry
Unexpected similarity between honey bee and human social life
Credit: Tim Gernat, University of Illinois Bees and humans are about as different organisms as one can imagine. Yet despite...
Hitting the quantum ‘sweet spot’: Researchers find best position for atom qubits in silicon
Australian researchers have located the 'sweet spot' for positioning qubits in silicon to scale up atom-based quantum processors.Credit: CQC2T Researchers...
Recycled concrete could be a sustainable way to keep rubble out of landfi
Can even outperform traditional construction, says researcherCredit: UBC Okanagan Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that...
Mechanism of action of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 infection
The article by Dr. Alberto Boretti and colleagues is published in Coronaviruses, 2020Credit: Dr. Alberto Boretti, Dr. Bimal Banik, Dr....
Chemical compounds in foods can inhibit a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme
Credit: De-Yu Xie, NC State University Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate...
Discoveries highlight new possibilities for magnesium batteries
New cathode, electrolyte allow high-power battery previously considered impossibleCredit: University of Houston Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially...
Brookhaven’s Kevin Yager named Oppenheimer Leadership Fellow
As part of the fourth cohort of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, Yager is helping identify challenges and...
New tests identify very early changes in Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear
Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg and BBRC, Spain. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, together with their...
Laboratory experiments unravelling the mystery of the Mars moon Phobos
What causes the weathering of the Mars moon Phobos? Results from TU Wien give new insights, soon a spacecraft will...
Pyroclasts protect the paintings of Pompeii buried but damage them when they are unearthed
They may produce salts in artworks, the IBeA group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has concludedCredit: IBeA /...
TU Graz starts CD Lab for multifunctional and highly integrated electronic components
Researchers at TU Graz are specifically looking for ways to embed passive electronic components in three dimensions while guaranteeing safe...
Why do we love the smell of fall? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2020 -- WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2020 -- What does fall smell like...
N-heterocyclic phosphines: promising catalysts for transfer hydrogenation
Credit: @SCIENCE CHINA PRESS Hydride transfer is a prevailing protocol for reduction of unsaturated compounds, which is traditionally accomplished under...
Game changer in thermoelectric materials could unlock body-heat powered personal devices
Conversion efficiency improved by more than 60%Credit: FLEET A new University of Wollongong study overcomes a major challenge of thermoelectric...
RUDN University chemists developed a method to synthesize compounds for the pharmaceutics
Credit: RUDN University A team of chemists from RUDN University suggested a universal method to synthesize thienoindolizine derivatives. Because of...
Sustainable regenerated isotropic wood
Credit: @SCIENCE CHINA PRESS Since plastic was invented in the late 19th century, it was beginning to change human lives....
Raman holography
Credit: ICFO/URV Raman spectroscopy is widely used in analytical sciences to identify molecules via their structural fingerprint. In the biological...
Holographic fluorescence imaging
Credit: ICFO Holography is best known for its ability to produce 3D images (holograms) by recording an interference pattern of...
FEFU scientists explain how to storage cipher data in magnetic skyrmions
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with international collaborators propose direct magnetic writing of skyrmions,...
Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit
Research provides benchmark to open up potential for engineering smaller nanophotonics devicesCredit: University of Technology Sydney Using barcodes to label...
