Chemistry
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...
Lower current leads to highly efficient memory
Memory based on the physics of spintronics could offer high speeds at low powerCredit: © 2020 Ohya et al. Researchers...
Microswimmers move like moths to the light
Credit: Copyright: Simmchen Group TU Dresden Freigeist fellow Dr Juliane Simmchen is investigating with her multidisciplinary junior research group the...
Sun model completely confirmed for the first time
Borexino detector succeeds in measuring the sun's CNO fusion cycleCredit: Borexino Collaboration After the scientists of the Borexino experiment succeeded...
New Hubble data explains missing dark matter
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides...
Small molecules control bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Jena research team discovers molecule that influences the resistance of cholera bacteriaCredit: Image: Kai Papenfort Jena, Germany (27.11.2020) Antibiotics work...
New procedure will reduce the need for rare metals in chemical synthesis
Researchers from Kanazawa University are working to improve the long-term sustainability of pharmaceutical and other chemical synthesesCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa,...
On-chip erbium-doped lithium niobate microcavity laser
Credit: @SCIENCE CHINA PRESS As a complement to silicon-based photonic chips, lithium niobate thin film (LNOI) has become a research...
Mild electrical stimulation with heat shock ameliorates kidney disease
New approach for treating nephrotic syndrome is based on historic wisdomCredit: Professor Hirofumi Kai A research team from Kumamoto University...
Killer electrons in strumming sky lights
Credit: PsA project Computer simulations explain how electrons with wide-ranging energies rain into Earth's upper and middle atmosphere during a...
