Chemistry
Droplet spread from humans doesn’t always follow airflow
A mathematical model of droplet migration may have important implications for understanding the spread of airborne diseases, such as COVID-19Credit:...
Machine learning methods provide new insights into organic-inorganic interfaces
Simulations at Graz University of Technology refute earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.Credit: © Baustädter...
Sulfur-containing polymer generates high refractive index and transparency?
Transparent polymer thin film with refractive index exceeding 1.9 to serve as new platform materials for high-end optical device applicationsCredit:...
Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award
ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connectionCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug 4,...
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova...
ALMA captures stirred-up planet factory
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Huang and S. Andrews; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Planet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic...
Diverse amyloid structures and dynamics revealed by high-speed atomic force microscopy
Credit: Kanazawa University In the human body, proteins sometimes occur in fibrillar aggregates called amyloids. Although certain amyloids are known...
Iron-rich meteorites show record of core crystallization in system’s oldest planetesimals
To truly understand what makes our planet capable of sustaining life, and to look for habitable worlds elsewhere, it is...
Alteration of calcium channel signaling may explain mechanism of autism spectrum disorder
How does the G406R single point mutation of the Cav1.2 channel affect cellular processes that could lead to a multifactorial...
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Credit: © Cristina Mayor-Ruiz / CeMM Despite enormous efforts to advance traditional pharmacology approaches, more than three quarters of all...
Surprisingly young galaxy breaks low-oxygen record
Rare, extremely metal-poor nearby galaxy discovered with machine learningCredit: Credit: NAOJ/Kojima et al. Maunakea, Hawaii - Astronomers using two Maunakea...
Scientists led by NTU Singapore identify new catalysts for more efficient water splitting
Research offers promise for wider adoption of water splitting to produce hydrogen fuelCredit: NTU Singapore A team of scientists led...
The art of making tiny holes
How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave the one underneath intact? Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna)...
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Credit: MPI of Microstructure Physics The fields of condensed matter physics and material science are intimately linked because new physics...
Differences between discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time
Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). This study, just accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, is the first...
NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new...
Way, shape and form: Synthesis conditions define the nanostructure of manganese dioxide
Credit: Keigo Kamata, Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore a novel and simplistic method to...
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
New insight to inform future NASA missionsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. A new study...
Nano-sponges of solid acid transform carbon dioxide to fuel and plastic waste to chemicals
Credit: Ayan Maity,TIFR, Mumbai Solid acids are amongst the most essential heterogeneous catalysts, which have the potential to replace environmentally...
ETRI develops eco-friendly color thin-film solar cells
Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Research on solar cells to secure renewable energy sources are ongoing around the...
