Chemistry
UArizona researcher wins $1 million NSF C-Accel Grant
University of Arizona researcher Zheshen Zhang leads a team to create sensor systems for navigation, health care and communications --...
Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could benefit males over females
University of Ottawa research in mice highlights sex-specific difference that could prevent certain treatments from working in females, signaling caution...
The quest for carbon capture: WVU engineer explores the ways through four federally-funded projects
Credit: Paige Nesbit/WVU One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in...
Looking for dark matter near neutron stars with radio telescopes
Credit: Credit: Kavli IPMU In the 1970s, physicists uncovered a problem with the Standard Model of particle physics--the theory that...
Cellular exclusion of mitochondria protects cells from damage
Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel mechanism by which cells turn over mitochondria and maintain cell healthCredit: Osaka University...
Big step with small whirls
Skyrmions -- the basis for a completely new computer architecture?Credit: Empa Many of us may still be familiar with the...
Researchers illuminate neurotransmitter transport using X-ray crystallography and molecular simulations
Credit: Depositphotos Scientists from the MIPT Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have joined forces with...
Brazilian researcher experiments with electron-plasma interactions
The study could help upgrade satellite communications equipmentCredit: Meirielen Caetano de Sousa/USP A paper on research conducted by Meirielen Caetano...
New model reveals previously unrecognized complexity of oceanic earthquake zones
University of Tsukuba researchers have developed a state-of-the-art model, which has revealed major complexity in rupture processes even in simple...
Goldilocks and the three quantum dots: Just right for peak solar panel performance
A new algorithm will calculate the ideal size and density of quantum dots for use as light sensitizers in solar...
Performance breakthrough by topological-insulator into a waveguide-resonator system
Credit: @Science China Press Waveguides and resonators are core components in electronics, photonics, and phononics, both in existing and future...
Regulating off-centering distortion maximizes photoluminescence in halide perovskites
Credit: Xujie Lü In work published in the National Science Review (nwaa288), a team at HPSTAR led by Dr. Xujie...
Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes in 2D membranes
Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania identify ultra-fast gas flows...
New topological properties found in “old” material of Cobalt disulfide
For one thing, it's not a true half-metalCredit: Princeton Department of Chemistry, Schoop Lab Leading a collaboration of institutions in...
Roadmap to renewables unites climate and sustainability goals
Vision and research gaps for a low-carbon, biodiverse futureCredit: Rebecca R. Hernandez, UC Davis While the pressures of climate change...
APS plays foundational role in development of COVID-19 vaccines
Credit: Jason McLellan There is light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. Several vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus...
The Subaru Telescope photographs the next target asteroid for Hayabusa2
Credit: NAOJ On December 10, 2020 (Hawai?i Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope imaged the small asteroid 1998 KY26, the target...
Skoltech obtains State Registration for a full 5G base station software stack
State Registration marks a new milestone in the project pursued by Skoltech and its technology partners to build a platform...
Power boost thanks to gold lamellae
Research team develops new material system to convert and generate terahertz wavesCredit: HZDR/Werkstatt X On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light...
Blood pressure drug may be key to increasing lifespan, new study shows
Metolazone, a drug used to treat hypertension, activates a mitochondrial stress response that prolongs lifespan in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegansCredit:...
