Chemistry
Quantum Light Gets a New Translator
Quantum networks may one day connect computers, sensors, memories, and clocks that operate in completely different parts of the light...
Catalysts Enable Asymmetric Carbonyl–Ene Reactions Between Unactivated Aldehydes and Alkenes
A reaction long regarded as one of synthetic chemistry’s most stubborn challenges has moved closer to practical use. In a...
New strategy enables asymmetric α-arylation and alkenylation of amines and ethers
A new strategy for building chiral carbon–carbon bonds could give synthetic chemists a more practical alternative to one of the...
Large Mammals Transform Atlantic Forest Soil Chemistry, Boosting Fertility
In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, large mammals are doing far more than moving through the trees. Tapirs, peccaries, deer, and agoutis...
Physicists Recreate Collision That Sent a Black Hole Racing Through Space
A Supermassive Black Hole May Be Escaping Its Galaxy at 1,000 Kilometers per Second Astronomers have identified compelling evidence that...
SUTD, A*STAR IME Researchers Achieve Wafer-Scale Broadband Light Generation via Heavier Isotope
A research team in Singapore has developed a silicon nitride waveguide that can transform a narrow infrared laser pulse into...
Ultrathin Suspended Oxide Enables Programmable Mid-Infrared Vision
Mid-infrared cameras are typically associated with military night vision, but their importance now extends far beyond seeing in darkness. They...
Scientists Transform Plastic Bottles Into Cookies
A cookie made from plastic bottles, corn stalks and engineered yeast may sound like science fiction, but researchers at Southern...
KAIST discovers pathway to faster-charging, longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries
KAIST researchers have identified a possible route toward electric-vehicle batteries that charge faster without losing as much performance or lifespan....
Scientists uncover design rules for high-performance thermoelectric materials
A new theoretical study from Tokyo Metropolitan University could change how scientists search for the next generation of thermoelectric materials—substances...
Bringing Optical Fibre Materials to Photonic Chips
Optical fibres have carried the world’s internet traffic across oceans and continents because they can guide light for astonishing distances...
Nanoscience and Liquid Crystals Unite in Functional Hybrids With Transformative Applications
Liquid crystals are best known as the active materials inside televisions, smartphones, and computer monitors. Yet their scientific potential extends...
Designing Better Biomedical Hydrogels Through Molecular Building Blocks and Hierarchical Structures
A new review suggests that the next generation of biomedical hydrogels could be designed less like uniform gels and more...
University of Oklahoma Researchers Chosen for Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
The University of Oklahoma has emerged as a major participant in the U.S. Department of Energy’s ambitious Genesis Mission, a...
Food Waste Becomes Biochar Membranes for Smarter Thermal Energy Storage
Heating, cooling, and ventilation consume a major share of the energy used in buildings, and the demand is rising as...
Reconfigurable ferroelectric nanostructures enable rapid, switchable optical differentiation
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the demand for faster, more energy-efficient computing, but the hardware used to process visual information has...
CASUS and Microsoft Research Partner to Advance Scientific Discovery
A new artificial intelligence model designed to improve one of quantum chemistry’s most difficult calculations is now available through the...
Scientists Uncover Fresh Insight Into a Complex Scientific Mystery
Long polymer chains are among the hidden structures that shape the modern world. They give plastics their strength, help biological...
Hydrogel platform streamlines creation of living tissue models
Researchers at Tampere University have developed a light-activated hydrogel platform that could make the construction of advanced biomaterials faster, simpler...
Nickel Carbene Catalysts Enable Asymmetric Reduction of Internal Alkenes Through Heck Coupling
A new nickel-catalyzed reaction could give chemists a faster and more selective way to transform one of organic chemistry’s most...