Chemistry
Masks, PPE materials should be hydrophilic
Making masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) with hydrophilic surfaces, where droplets of coronavirus spread out and dry faster, could...
Digital content on track to equal half Earth’s mass by 2245
If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital...
SUTD researchers create heart cells from stem cells using 3D printing
Researchers 3D printed a micro-scaled physical device to demonstrate a new level of control in the directed differentiation of stem...
Using physics to improve root canal efficiency
Temperature is a critical parameter in determining cleansing efficiency during a root canalCredit: Hanhui Jin WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 --...
Investigating a thermal challenge for MOFs
New research in Nature Communications examines thermal transport in metal organic frameworksCredit: Christopher E. Wilmer / University of Pittsburgh To...
Oil-soluble transition metal-based catalysts tested for in-situ oil upgrading
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in early access in FuelCredit: Kazan Federal University Reducing the viscosity of heavy...
Organocatalyst that controls radical reactions for complex and bulky compound synthesis
Credit: Kanazawa University Organocatalysts consisting of organic compounds without metal elements are receiving much attention as next generation catalysts in...
Giant photothermoelectric effect in silicon nanoribbon photodetectors
Credit: by Wei Dai, Weikang Liu, Jian Yang, Chao Xu, Alessandro Alabastri, Chang Liu, Peter Nordlander, Zhiqiang Guan, and Hongxing...
X-rays indicate that water can behave like a liquid crystal
Credit: Fivos Perakis Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal...
Classifying galaxies with artificial intelligence
Credit: Credit: NAOJ/HSC-SSP Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe captured by the...
The structural basis of Focal Adhesion Kinase activation on lipid membranes unravelled
Credit: CIB-CSIC A research team led by Daniel Lietha has just published in The EMBO Journal the mechanistic details of...
NIH grant to UC Riverside physicist focuses on how pathogens evolve
Research could lead to the design of new and better treatments to fight diseaseCredit: Barton lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
Understanding matter at atom-crushing densities
Newly formed center to study principles that affect planetary bodiesCredit: UC Davis photo University of California, Davis, will be part...
Oxytocin can help prevent osteoporosis
In a laboratory experiment with rats, Brazilian researchers succeeded in reversing natural processes associated with aging that lead to loss...
NSF renews Rice biological physics center
$12.9 million in funding backs Center for Theoretical Biological Physics researchCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 10, 2020) -...
Theoretical study shows that matter tends to be ordered at low temperatures
Scientists found that in actual materials, there's no such thing as a critical point at which a quantum phase transition...
Explosive nuclear astrophysics
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge of the origin and evolution...
Quantitative Science Studies Journal to participate in transparent peer review
Credit: The MIT Press The MIT Press announced today that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of...
Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic toolCredit: IBM Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum...
Space invaders as MOFs act as liquids
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Innovative materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could become much more versatile following research that shows...
