Chemistry
Fabrication of a single-crystal giant magnetoresistive device on a polycrystalline film
Technique may promote practical use of high-performance magnetoresistive devices comprising half-metallic heusler alloysCredit: NIMS NIMS and AIST have jointly succeeded...
Thermodynamics of computation: A quest to find the cost of running a Turing machine
Credit: Kolchinksy and Wolpert, Turing machines were first proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in 1936, and are a theoretical...
Carnegie Mellon named NSF planning institute for artificial intelligence in physics
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University has received a $500,000 planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to...
Placenta can indicate how body responds to opioids during pregnancy
University of Missouri scientists discover possible biological markers for identifying opioid use disorder.Credit: University of Missouri Scientists at the University...
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent impact alter the minerals found...
New Nitrogen Assembly Carbon catalyst has potential to transform chemical manufacturing
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered a metal-free...
Study of Asia’s hillstream loaches reveals keys to fish family’s land-walking abilities
Researchers have reconstructed the ancestral relationships of the hillstream loach family tree, detailing for the first time a range of...
Nanodots made of photovoltaic material support waveguide modes
New spectroscopic technique for studying nanostructures demonstrates that stibnite nanodots can act as high-optical-quality waveguides and are promising candidates as...
Natural radiation can interfere with quantum computers
Study shows the need to shield qubits from natural radiation, like cosmic rays from outer spaceCredit: Timothy Holland, PNNL RICHLAND,...
Scientists to discover the unique ductile properties of aluminum
During experiments on high-performance wire arc additive manufacturing researchers produced a metal with unique ductilityCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic...
Samara Polytech scientists studied a new compound for lithium and sodium-ion batteries
The sample was first obtained by quenchingCredit: @SamaraPolytech Cathode materials based on sodium and d-metals fluorophosphates are in great demand...
Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care
Scientists, including an undergraduate student, develop a novel method to produce an alkaline hydrogel that could be applied to healing...
Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 with a lean rare earth content exhibits superb magnetism
Compound may magnetically outperform neodymium magnetsCredit: NIMS NIMS and Tohoku Gakuin University have developed a boron-doped anisotropic Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 thin film...
Tailored hardening of ZrCuAl bulk metallic glass induced by 2D gradient rejuvenation
Credit: Tohoku University A team at Tohoku University have perfected a new heat treatment technique with rapid heating and asymmetrical...
New device can measure toxic lead within minutes
Researchers create portable lab-on-a-chip that could detect many contaminantsCredit: Azam Gholizadeh Rutgers researchers have created a miniature device for measuring...
Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates
Tanpopo mission addresses the possibility of natural interplanetary transport of microbial life called panspermiaCredit: JAXA/NASA Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as...
Thin layer protects battery, allows cold charging
Credit: Donghai Wang, Penn State In the search for a reliable, quick-charging, cold-weather battery for automobiles, a self-assembling, thin layer...
Revised code could help improve efficiency of fusion experiments
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An international team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's...
Researchers introduce new theory to calculate emissions liability
Credit: Michigan Tech A comparison of the results for conventional point source pollution and bottleneck carbon emissions sources shows that...
Three-dimensional quantum Hall effect and global picture of edge states in Weyl semimetals
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Since Von Klitzing discovered the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron...
