Chemistry
Scientists explored optimal shapes of thermal energy storages
Scientists have studied a correlation between the shape of thermal energy storages and their efficiencyCredit: Karsten Würth, Unsplash Scientists from...
Surplus sugar helps whiteflies detoxify plant defenses
This pest insect uses sugar from its food to prevent the activation of the mustard oil bomb in cruciferous plantsCredit:...
Cement-free concrete beats corrosion and gives fatbergs the flush
Researchers from RMIT University have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which all but eliminates corrosionCredit: Copyright Museums Victoria, Photographer: Rob...
Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a quasar
Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). It was found using observations made with the Gran...
Building walls that will make summer heat waves more bearable
A new way to reduce heat penetration through building walls. Application of a phase change material and bubble injections to...
Chemists from RUDN University developed biodegradable antibacterial film for storing food
Credit: RUDN University A team of chemists from RUDN University created an antibacterial coating for food products. The mixture consists...
Fast, accurate and non-destructive: the new method to analyze food quality
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Consumers always look for good quality products, above all in fresh food like vegetables. But how...
Columbia leads effort to develop a quantum simulator
The project is supported by a NSF Convergence Accelerator award that funds team-based, multidisciplinary initiatives addressing challenges of national importanceCredit:...
LSU physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity
Credit: LSU Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced...
New storage battery more efficient and heat-resistant
Chemists at the University of Jena develop new polymer electrolytes for redox flow batteriesCredit: (Image: Philipp Borchers/University of Jena) (Jena,...
Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system
Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in...
An enhanced ruthenium-based catalyst for primary amine synthesis
Credit: Yusuke Kita Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a high-performance reusable ruthenium-based catalyst for the...
Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Credit: Illustration by Jian Wu/Iowa State University. Galaxy image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. AMES, Iowa - Computer simulations...
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment
A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells,...
PLUS takes 3D ultrasound images of solids
Credit: Yoshikazu Ohara, Tohoku University A new system, developed by Tohoku University researchers in Japan in collaboration with Los Alamos...
Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in salty water vapor
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tanaka et al. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers spotted a pair of massive baby...
High-performance single-atom catalysts for high-temperature fuel cells
Individual Pt atoms participate in catalytic reaction to faciitate the electrode process by up to 10 times. Single-atom Pt catalysts...
Atom-Billiards with X-Rays: a new Approach to look inside of Molecules
Credit: Stefan Eisebitt/Max Born Institute In 1921, Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that light...
First PhytoFrontiers paper discusses arabidopsis response to caterpillars
Credit: APS The PhytoFrontiers™ editorial board, led by editor-in-chief Nik Grünwald and associate editor-in-chief Steve Klosterman, is pleased to announce...
3D camera earns its stripes at Rice
Engineers develop Hyperspectral Stripe Projector to quickly merge depth, spectral dataCredit: Kelly Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 24, 2020) -...
