Chemistry
Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19...
Water trapped in star dust
Astrophysicists at the University of Jena (Germany) prove that dust particles in space are mixed with iceCredit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann &...
Dresden physicists develop printable organic transistors
Credit: Copyright: IAPP High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be...
NRAO joins space mission to the far side of the moon to explore the early universe
Spacecraft DAPPER will study "dark ages" of the universe in radio wavesCredit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Sophia Dagnello The National Radio Astronomy Observatory...
Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and...
Thin and ultra-fast photodetector sees the full spectrum
Researchers have developed the world's first photodetector that can see all shades of light, in a prototype device that radically...
New drug candidate found for hand, foot and mouth disease
Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antiviralsCredit: Courtesy of the Hargrove lab DURHAM, N.C. --...
Earth MRI funds critical minerals projects in twenty-one states
A total of $7.97 million will fund new research and preserve important data across the NationCredit: USGS The U.S. Geological...
Researchers combine photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging in tiny package
New microendoscope poised to advance our understanding of the brainCredit: Emmanuel Bossy, CNRS/ Université Grenobe Alpes Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique...
Why is the West Coast sky orange? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2020 -- California wildfires are, unfortunately, nothing new -- but that bright...
Technique permits convenient, precise optical imaging of individual proteins
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling Often considered the workhorses of the body, proteins are among the most important biomolecules critical...
New insights into how the drug pomalidomide fights cancer
Credit: Tokyo Tech Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the white blood cells, and patients diagnosed with this disease commonly...
New discovery to have huge impact on development of future battery cathodes
Credit: Diamond Light Source & University of Oxford A new paper published today in Nature Energy reveals how a collaborative...
Cosmic X-rays reveal an indubitable signature of black holes
Credit: Srimanta Banerjee, Sudip Bhattacharyya, Marat Gilfanov An international team of astrophysicists has found distinctive signatures of black hole event...
Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and from ETH Zurich want to make so-called...
Scientists propose multifunctional liquid metal nanocapsules
Credit: LI Mingjie and LI Xiankai Liquid metals (LMs) are promising for applications in flexible electronics and biomimetic functional composites....
Ryugu’s rocky past
Different kinds of rocks on Ryugu provide clues to the asteroid's turbulent historyCredit: © 2020 Tatsumi et al. The asteroid...
Having a ball: Crystallization in a sphere
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan--Crystallization is the assembly of atoms or molecules into highly...
Corona-induced CO2 emission reductions are not yet detectable in the atmosphere
Effects of the pandemic will be detected in the atmosphere much later - To reach the Paris climate goals, decade-long...
A faster and more reliable method to categorize olive oil is validated
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) Classifying olive oils into the categories of extra virgin (EVOO), virgin (VOO) and lampante (LOO)...
