Chemistry
A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser. The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought...
Better diet and glucose uptake in the brain lead to longer life in fruit flies
Improved neuronal glucose uptake plus healthier eating might have anti-aging effectsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo...
Howard University professor to receive first Joseph A. Johnson Award
Thomas A. Searles honored for inspiring young Black physicists to pursue cutting-edge optics and quantum researchCredit: Searles WASHINGTON, January 15,...
Nanodiamonds feel the heat
An international team of researchers created nanodiamond sensors that can act as both heat sources and thermometers, and is using...
Controlling chemical catalysts with sculpted light
Credit: Katherine Sytwu Like a person breaking up a cat fight, the role of catalysts in a chemical reaction is...
Researchers trace geologic origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘super basin’ success
Credit: NASA The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades....
Hubble pinpoints supernova blast
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Banovetz and D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed the supernova...
Scientists’ discovery is paving the way for novel ultrafast quantum computers
Credit: wikipedia.org Scientists at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu have found a way to develop optical...
Physicists propose a new theory to explain one dimensional quantum liquids formation
Credit: I. Morera et al. Phys. Rev. Lett Liquids are ubiquitous in Nature: from the water that we consume daily...
Study: X-Rays surrounding ‘Magnificent 7’ may be traces of sought-after particle
Researchers say they may have found proof of theorized axions, and possibly dark matter, around group of neutron starsCredit: D....
Dual-shot dynamics and ultimate frequency of all-optical magnetic recording on GdFeCo
Credit: by Sicong Wang, Chen Wei, Yuanhua Feng, Hongkun Cao, Wenzhe Li, Yaoyu Cao, Bai-Ou Guan, Arata Tsukamoto, Andrei Kirilyuk,...
Towards applications: ultra-low-loss on-chip zero-index materials
Credit: by Tian Dong, Jiujiu Liang, Philip Camayd-Muñoz, Yueyang Liu, Haoning Tang, Shota Kita, Peipei Chen, Xiaojun Wu, Weiguo Chu,...
Newly developed GaN based MEMS resonator operates stably even at high temperature
Promising as a highly sensitive oscillator toward 5G communicationCredit: Liwen Sang Liwen Sang, independent scientist at International Center for Materials...
WSU scientists identify contents of ancient Maya drug containers
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for...
Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance
Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of...
Researchers rewind the clock to calculate age and site of supernova blast
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Banovetz and D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University) Astronomers are winding back the clock on the...
Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes
Use of the diabetes drug metformin -- before a diagnosis of COVID-19 -- was associated with a threefold decrease in...
How aerosols are formed
Credit: ETH Zurich / Ruth Signorell Aerosols are suspensions of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Clouds,...
Not as simple as thought: How bacteria form membrane vesicles
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which bacteria form various types of membrane vesiclesCredit: University...
Catalyticity of molybdenum-dinitrogen complexes in organic reactions
Credit: ©Science China Press Dinitrogen (N2) fixation is considered as one of the most essential tasks in basic science, providing...