Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes black hole discoveries
APS Fellow Andrea Ghez among 2020 Nobel Laureates who uncovered some of the "darkest secrets of the Universe"Credit: American Physical...
Hunting for the lowest known nuclear-excited state
Measurements in thorium-229 take a step towards the direct laser excitation of an atomic nucleus in this unique isotopeCredit: photo/©:...
NASA’s TESS creates a cosmic vista of the northern sky
Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA) Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of...
Who is driving whom? Climate and carbon cycle in perpetual interaction
Bremen climate scientists disclose changing feedback mechanisms between climate and global carbon cycle over the last 35 million yearsCredit: William...
Breaking the coupling process
Credit: Illustration: Gerhard Stock, Steffen Wolf Proteins transduce information and signals within the human body by changes in their structures....
Colorectal cancer treatment: the winning combinations
A technique developed by scientists from UNIGE and HUG has made it possible to identify in vitro and validate in...
Energy-harvesting plastics pass the acid test
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A polymer previously used to protect solar cells may find new applications in consumer electronics, reveals...
Hydrogen embrittlement creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation
Methods reveal understanding of the location of hydrogen in ferritic steelsCredit: O. Sobol, G. Holzlechner, G. Nolze, T. Wirth, D....
Astronomers turn up the heavy metal to shed light on star formation
Credit: Credit: GAMA Survey Team, ICRAR/UWA. Astronomers from The University of Western Australia's node of the International Centre for Radio...
Igniting the synthetic transport of amino acids in living cells
Credit: Gemma Aragay/ICIQ The transport of amino acids and other molecules across the cell's membrane plays a crucial role in...
Advancing multiprincipal alloys
Team of materials researchers explores new domains of the compositionally complex metalsCredit: UC Santa Barbara The most significant advances in...
Seeking ancient rainforests through modern mammal diets
First study to compare dietary signatures of African and South American mammals in quest to reconstruct ancient ecosystems finds need...
Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Semiconductive photocatalysts that efficiently absorb solar energy could help reduce the energy required to drive a...
Scientists find evidence of exotic state of matter in candidate material for quantum computers
Credit: Courtesy of Arkady Shekhter/ National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State...
Corn farmers can apply a fungicide just once to protect against foliar diseases
Credit: APS Foliar diseases, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust, were estimated to cause...
Arrokoth: Flattening of a snowman
Only in the course of several million years did Arrokoth, also known by its nickname Ultima Thule, acquire its bizarre,...
Twisting magnetization with light
Laser pulses enable faster creation of skyrmions in magnetsCredit: MBI A team of scientists led by the Max Born Institute...
Revealing secret of lithium-rich stars by monitoring their heartbeats
Credit: YU Jingchuan, Beijing Planetarium Lithium is an ancient element that is almost as old as the universe itself. As...
Gemini South’s high-def version of ‘A Star is Born’
Sharpness of star-forming image matches expected resolution of Webb Space TelescopeCredit: Images courtesy of Patrick Hartigan/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Oct....
Blocking vibrations that remove heat could boost efficiency of next-gen solar cells
Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University...
