Chemistry
Using strain to control oxynitride properties
A chance discovery leads to a simple process that can introduce 'oxygen-missing layers' into perovskite oxynitrides, changing their properties.Credit: Mindy...
Airflow studies reveal strategies to reduce indoor transmission of COVID-19
Scientists studying the aerodynamics of infectious disease share steps to curb transmission during indoor activities.Credit: Kelby Kramer and Gerald J....
From lab to industry? Ideally ordered porous titania films, made at scale
High-throughput double anodization to make ordered titania through-hole membranesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University...
Accelerator makes cross-country trek to enable laser upgrade
Jefferson Lab ships its final accelerator section for a project to upgrade the world's brightest X-ray laserCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab...
Science reveals secrets of a mummy’s portrait
Scientific analysis of an ancient portrait pigment reveals long-lost artistic detailsCredit: The Walters Art Museum. How much information can you...
After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2020) -- For more than a decade, scientists studying...
TTUHSC scientist takes next step in search for bone disease treatment
Das study indicates KLF2 induction in DPSCs can promote osteoblastCredit: TTUHSC For more than a decade, Hiranmoy Das, Ph.D., has...
Lehigh’s Plasma Control Group awarded $1.5 million DOE grant for fusion research
Professor Eugenio Schuster leads new project at the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) that will contribute to the eventual...
NRL researchers catch supermassive black holes launching newborn radio jets
Credit: (Photo illustration by National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers led...
A sulfur molecule to block the coronavirus
Some viruses can get inside cells via a mechanism that involves sulfur organic molecules. Chemists at UNIGE have discovered effective...
Scientists investigate solutions for building cell membrane defense against COVID-19
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman The cell membrane is the cell's outermost line of defense against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for...
Biofriendly protocells pump up blood vessels
Credit: Nature Chemistry (2020). An international team comprising researchers from the University of Bristol, and Hunan and Central South Universities...
Microplastics in the death zone
Scientists find plastic fibres in snow samples from Mount EverestCredit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified the highest recorded...
Team preparing for SKA shortlisted for ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
Credit: Credit: ICRAR/UWA An international team led by The University of Western Australia was one of six finalists for the...
Highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost hydrogen fuel production
Surface oxygen adsorbed during synthesis of the single atomic alloy catalyst stabilizes the catalytic intermediate, ensuring a full cycle of...
Alternative gene control mechanism based on organization of DNA within nucleus
Genes that give plant nucleus its shape discovered, also regulate copper toleranceCredit: Image by Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY, first published...
New type of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics
Credit: ©Science China Press Prevalent piezoelectric materials like barium titanate (BaTiO3) and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) possess high piezoelectric coefficients...
T-cell abnormalities in severe COVID-19 cases
Credit: Associate Professor Masahiro Ono There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of...
Improving quantum dot interactions, one layer at a time
Scientists have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could lead to more efficient solar cells.Credit:...
Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene
Credit: Tohoku University A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature. "Our research showed...
