Chemistry
Evidence of power: Phasing quantum annealers into experiments from nonequilibrium physics
Credit: Tokyo Tech It is established that matter can transition between different phases when certain parameters, such as temperature, are...
FSU-led research team discovers unique supernova explosion
Credit: Courtesy of Eric Hsiao. One-hundred million light years away from Earth, an unusual supernova is exploding. That exploding star...
New small satellite to rendezvous with binary asteroids
Credit: Lockheed Martin The University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin will soon lead a new space mission to capture...
Scientists map freshwater transport in the Arctic Ocean
Credit: Alexander Osadchiev et al./Scientific Reports The Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers flow into the Kara and Laptev seas and...
Structure of ‘immortality protein’ now better understood
Kazan Federal University and Moscow State University published their research of Est3 in Scientific Reports.Credit: Kazan Federal University A key...
Tracking structural regeneration of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction
Credit: ©Science China Press Recent years have witnessed explosive development in electrochemical CO2 reduction into valuable chemicals or fuels. The...
Solvation rearrangement brings stable zinc/graphite batteries closer to commercial grid storage
Credit: ZHAO Jingwen With grid-scale renewable energy on the rise, many scholars have shifted their attention from energy generation to...
Rationally designing hierarchical zeolites for better diffusion and catalyst efficiency
Credit: ©Science China Press Thanks to various crystalline topologies, tunable chemical composition, high (hydro)thermal stability, and controllable surface acidity/basicity, zeolites...
Rebirth of a volcano
For the first time, long-term photogrammetic series document the "life cycle" of a volcano. The analyses shows that volcanoes have...
The web of death
New method to fight cancer with molecular fibersCredit: MPI-P Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply uncontrollably, which could...
New ultrafast yellow laser poised to benefit biomedical applications
Researchers use frequency conversion to create a more practical, high-power femtosecond yellow laserCredit: Varun Sharma WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed...
Finding a handle to bag the right proteins
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Purifying specific protein molecules from complex mixtures will become easier with a simpler way to detect...
Physicists explain mysterious dark matter deficiency in galaxy pair
UC Riverside-led study found self-interacting dark matter theory explains why two galaxies have less dark matter than othersCredit: Samantha Tieu...
EBRAINS makes bid to enter the European Research Infrastructure Roadmap
Ten-country strong coalition with France as Lead Country is backing the applicationCredit: Human Brain Project The EBRAINS infrastructure for neuroscience...
A chemist from RUDN developed a new type of one-molecule thick water-repellent film
Credit: RUDN University A chemist from RUDN University together with colleagues created a new type of two-dimensional nanofilm from an...
New method prevents quantum computers from crashing
Loss of individual qubits doesn't disrupt the quantum computer anymoreCredit: Uni Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Qubits--the carriers of quantum information--are prone to...
SwRI-led study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu
Research uses data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx missionCredit: NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 9, 2020 -- A new study...
Prediction of protein disorder from amino acid sequence
Researchers from Aarhus University have developed a tool, ODiNPred, for prediction of the degree of structural order and disorder in...
Mineral undergoes self-healing of irradiation damage
Credit: © Martin Slama In nature there are quite a few minerals that incorporate uranium and thorium in their crystal...
Bringing fusion energy to commercial reality
UH project will develop superconducting magnets for fusion systemsCredit: University of Houston Despite growing scientific and commercial interest in fusion...
