Chemistry
Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light
The approach has potential applications in improving optical communications and making currency harder to counterfeitCredit: T. Xu/Nanjing University By shining...
Researchers find unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactions
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that...
Chemistry’s Feng Lin Lab is splitting water molecules for a renewable energy future
Credit: Virginia Tech The future economy based on renewable and sustainable energy sources might utilize battery-powered cars, large-scale solar and...
‘Floppy’ atomic dynamics help turn heat into electricity
'Cold neutrons' uncover atomic dynamics that give thermoelectric materials low-heat conductivityCredit: Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, Delaire group, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...
Surprise on Mars
Credit: NASA / JPL An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west...
Scientists propose nano-confinement strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors
Credit: LIANG Ji Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are promising in electrocatalysis processes due to their maximum utilization of active species. However,...
EU research funding in the millions for Saarbrücken-based computational linguist
Credit: Thorsten Mohr, Saarland Universität People infer things beyond what is literally said - and everyone makes his or her...
Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in SiC
Credit: A. Hernandez-Minguez Researchers from the Paul-Drude-Institut in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Dresden and the Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg...
Japan’s geologic history in question after discovery of metamorphic rock microdiamonds
a: Geological zone in western Japan. The blue-green part is the Sanbagawa belt that crosses mainland Japan. The Nishisonogi metamorphic...
A chemist from RUDN developed a green catalyst for pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry
Credit: RUDN University Many production facilities (e.g. plastic manufacturers, pharma companies, and others) use nanocatalysts that contain palladium--an expensive component...
Why lime juice burns your skin in the sun (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, September 4, 2020 -- Did you know that making margaritas and then heading to...
Misaligned planet-forming rings around triple young stars
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Bi et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
More power to you: A novel betavoltaic technology with dyes for better energy production
Scientists produce the first dye-sensitized betavoltaic cell and achieve unprecedented radiation-to-electricity conversion efficiencyCredit: dgist Electronic devices are becoming smaller, more...
Squaring the circle — Breaking the symmetry of a sphere to control the polarization of light
Credit: ACS Nano Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech, Japan) and Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Spain) develop...
How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy
UMass Amherst materials scientists outline fundamental physics of bending into a snapCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Venus flytraps do...
To make a better sensor, just add noise
Credit: Bessie Terrones, Penn State MRI Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the...
New observations show planet-forming disc torn apart by its three central stars
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Exeter/Kraus et al. A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars...
Scientists discover a warped disc “torn apart by stars” in a triple Tatooine-like system
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, Exeter/Kraus et al. Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can...
Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained
Understanding the origins of extremely oblique orbital angles such as these could help reveal details about the planetary formation processCredit:...
ALMA discovers misaligned rings in planet-forming disk around triple stars
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), S. Kraus & J. Bi; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), two teams...
