Chemistry
Greenland ‘knickpoints’ could stall spread of glacial thinning
Credit: Tim Bartholomaus The jagged terrain of Greenland's mountains is protecting some of the island's outlet glaciers from warm coastal...
Organic molecules on a metal surface… a machinist’s best friend
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - How can you improve the cutting of "gummy" metals? Purdue University innovators...
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Laying the groundwork for designing safe materials for third-generation EVs; identification of thermal degradation mechanism of cathode materials and creation...
Tiny quantum computer solves real optimisation problem
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real...
New path to rare earth mineral formation has implications for green energy and smart tech
Credit: Trinity College Dublin Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare...
Dark storm on Neptune reverses direction, possibly shedding a fragment
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Astronomers...
Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter
Team of international collaborators detect 'external field effect,' a prediction unique to MOND, rival dark matter hypothesisCredit: Creative Commons An...
Carbon capture’s next top model
Research led by Pitt analyzes modeling techniques for carbon capture technologyCredit: Ramon Cordero/Mainline Photography In the transition toward clean, renewable...
UK scientists to produce high-performance ventilators at low cost
Credit: CERN UK scientists have been awarded funding to develop a robust, low-cost ventilator to help patients in low and...
Information transport in antiferromagnets via pseudospin-magnons
New perspectives for information technologiesCredit: Christoph Hohmann / MCQST A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich, the...
A pair of lonely planet-like objects born like stars
Credit: © University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger Star-forming processes sometimes create mysterious astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are...
A non-destructive method for analyzing Ancient Egyptian embalming materials
Credit: Frédérique Vincent, ethnographic conservator Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate...
Clemson researcher identifies gene teams working in subregions of brain
Researchers can now test to see if those gene pairs are changing in brain tumors or in people with intellectual...
Invention may get Army quadcopters to move faster
Credit: U.S. Army graphic ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Researchers believe a new hinge is the key to get load-bearing,...
Most-distant galaxy helps elucidate the early universe
Improving our understanding of the most-distant known astrophysical objectCredit: Illustration is courtesy of Jingchuan Yu. Pasadena, CA-- New work from...
Quantum insulators create multilane highways for electrons
Credit: Zhao et al., Nature New energy-efficient electronic devices may be possible thanks to research that demonstrates the quantum anomalous...
RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny
New research from the Whitehead Institute suggests that the products of transcription -- RNA molecules -- regulate their own production...
JILA’s bigger and better ‘tweezer clock’ is super stable
Credit: NIST JILA physicists have boosted the signal power of their atomic "tweezer clock" and measured its performance in part...
Ultracold atoms reveal a new type of quantum magnetic behavior
The findings may help researchers design "spintronic" devices and novel magnetic materials.Credit: Courtesy of the researchers A new study illuminates...
Researchers develop new combined process for 3D printing
Credit: Harald Rupp / Uni Halle Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a way to integrate liquids...
