Chemistry
Selective conversion of reactive lithium compounds made possible
Catalysis without unwanted by-productsCredit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new catalyst that can catalyse reactions to...
New advance in superconductors with ‘twist’ in rhombohedral graphite
Credit: The University of Manchester An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that...
New way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene
Credit: Dr Matt Large, University of Sussex A new way to check nanomaterial quality enters the 'wild frontier' industry Nanomaterial...
Efficient valves for electron spins
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers at the University of Basel in collaboration with colleagues from Pisa have...
Quantum materials quest could benefit from graphene that buckles
Cooled graphene mimics effect of enormous magnetic fields that would benefit electronicsCredit: Yuhang Jiang Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer...
Glass blowing inspires new class of quantum sensors
Credit: Michael Haines Photography When Adelaide glass blower Karen Cunningham made art using diamond and glass she had no idea...
Perovskite and organic solar cells rocketed into space
Credit: DLR MORABA For the first time, researchers in Germany sent perovskite and organic solar cells on a rocket into...
Simpler and faster microscopy system enabling broader biomedical applications
Credit: by Yang Li, Terence T. W. Wong, Junhui Shi, Hsun-Chia Hsu, and Lihong V. Wang Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM)...
ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike
Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the skyCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al. Astronomers using the...
Pressure-induced 2D-3D conversion in hybrid lead iodide layered perovskite
Credit: Gang Liu Hydrostatic pressurization can effectively lead to new and improved material properties. However, most of the novel material...
Molecular additives enhance mechanical properties of organic solar cell material
Computational experiments on semiconducting polymers show under harsh loading conditions -- stretching and compression - the addition of small molecules...
What violin synchronization can teach us about better networking in complex times
Credit: Chen Damari STONY BROOK, NY, August 11, 2020 - Human networking involves every field and includes small groups of...
Nanocrystals from recycled wood waste make carbon-fiber composites tougher
Credit: Dr. Amir Asadi/Texas A&M University College of Engineering Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon fibers epitomize composite materials...
Oscillatory optics: Nonlinear, multi-mode waveguide for flip-flopping (yet stable) azimuthons
Nonlinear optics research demonstrates weakly nonlinear waveguides that guarantee the stable propagation of azimuthonsCredit: Zhang et al. The optical vortex...
Physicists cast doubt on neutrino theory
Subatomic particles are no-shows in experiments, increasing doubts about their existenceCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative + Brand University of Cincinnati...
University of Oklahoma researcher receives grant to increase geothermal energy production
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - Ahmad Ghassemi, the McCasland Chair and professor of petroleum engineering at the Mewbourne...
NASA’s planet Hunter completes its primary mission
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On July 4, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging...
Clemson doctoral candidate uses rockets to surf the Alaskan sky
Clemson postdoc and a multi-institutional research team documented "surfer waves" in the upper atmosphere that create a pipeline of energy...
Why does COVID-19 impact only some organs, not others?
COVID-19 proliferates through a receptor present in most of the human body; but if the receptor is so pervasive, why...
Storing energy in red bricks
Credit: D'Arcy laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks...
