Chemistry
Spinning black hole powers jet by magnetic flux
Credit: Amit Shukla / Indian Institute of Technology Indore Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that...
One more hit from rare Earth: Efficient coherent spin manipulation by the electric field
Credit: ©Science China Press Electricity and magnetism have been unified by Maxwell's equations, which is the foundation of a vast...
Smart responsive lasing signals for high-security optical encryption
Credit: ©Science China Press Information security has drawn considerable attention as the exponential growth of information communication in the era...
Electron movements in liquid measured in super-slow motion
Credit: ETH Zurich / Inga Jordan To understand how chemical reactions begin, chemists have been using super-slow motion experiments for...
From biopaste to bioplastic
Credit: Photo: Lisa Ebers A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even...
Research team develops the first physics-based method for predicting large solar flares
Credit: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University Solar flares emit sudden, strong bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun's...
A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to 'revolutionize optics' by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with...
Firefighters exposed to more potentially harmful chemicals than previously thought
Credit: Carolyn Poutasse, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new Oregon State University study suggests that firefighters are more...
Greenland ice sheet shows losses in 2019
AWI researchers confirm record ice losses in Greenland in 2019 based on data from the GFZ/NASA satellite mission GRACE Follow-OnCredit:...
No more playing with fire: Study offers insight into ‘safer’ rechargeable batteries
Scientists at Okayama University use a new technique to reveal how dendrites form in rechargeable batteriesCredit: Reproduced from the inside-front...
February lockdown in China caused a drop in some types of air pollution, but not others
Credit: Arend Kuester/Flickr Atmospheric scientists have analyzed how the February near-total shutdown of mobility affected the air over China. Results...
A quantum thermometer to measure the coldest temperatures in the universe
Credit: Trinity College Dublin. Physicists from Trinity College Dublin have proposed a thermometer based on quantum entanglement that can accurately...
Superfast o-phthalaldehyde/N-nucleophile cross-linking strategy for biomedical hydrogels
Credit: ©Science China Press Hydrogels are a class of soft materials resembling native soft tissues, which consist of cross-linked 3D...
UMass Amherst scientists invent new sensing eye mask
Wearable soft mask will be useful for new, cutting-edge sleep and psycho-social studiesCredit: UMass Amherst/Andrew lab AMHERST, Mass. - From...
Paying attention to the neurons behind our alertness
Credit: OIST It's probably quite easy to relate to. You're in a lecture or meeting, avidly taking notes and engaged...
CU student helps bridge teams at Clemson
Student co-authors paper on discovery in nanocrystalsCredit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Three teams of researchers at Clemson...
Microscopic deformation of a neutron star inferred from a distance of 4500 light-years
Credit: Sudip Bhattacharyya Imagine that the size of a bacterium is measured from a distance of about 4500 light-years. This...
Researchers measure the global magnetic field in solar corona for the first time
Credit: YANG Zihao and TIAN Hui The Sun is a magnetized star. Its magnetic field is essentially three dimensional and...
Lipid-Oligonucleotides (LONs) — Promising materials for bioapplications
Credit: Copyright (2017) Royal Society of Chemistry Lipids are very essential components in composing living systems and are important for...
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads more indoors at low humidity
Indian-German research team recommends at least 40 percent humidity in public buildingsCredit: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig/New Delhi. The airborne transmission...
