Chemistry
Merging solar cell and liquid battery produces long-lasting solar storage
Research opens path for new home solar technologyCredit: Wenjie Li/UW-Madison Solar cell researchers at the University of Sydney and University...
Tiny bubbles make a quantum leap
Using sophisticated optical microscopy techniques, Columbia engineers are first to demonstrate that sufficient strain in 2D material can yield single-photon...
Gigantic, red and full of spots
About eight percent of red giants are covered by sunspot-like, dark areas; these stars rotate faster than others of their...
Merging solar cell and liquid battery produces efficient, long-lasting solar storage
Credit: Wenjie Li MADISON, Wis. -- Chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their collaborators have created a highly efficient...
Gut microbiota provide clues for treating diabetes
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg The individual mix of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract provides vital clues as to...
Electron cryo-microscopy: Using inexpensive technology to produce high-resolution images
Credit: Panagiotis Kastritis Biochemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have used a standard electron cryo-microscope to achieve surprisingly good...
Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina find link between mental imagery and vision using artificial intelligence and human...
Orbital engineering of quantum confinement in high-Al-content AlGaN quantum well
Credit: by Li Chen, Wei Lin, Huiqiong Wang, Jinchai Li, Junyong Kang Deep ultraviolet (DUV) optoelectronic devices ( To understand...
Optical shaping of polarization anisotropy in a laterally-coupled-quantum-dot dimer
Credit: by Kwangseuk Kyhm Coupled quantum dots can be an important building block in the development of scalable quantum devices...
Black phosphorus-based van der Waals heterostructures for mid-infrared light-emission applications
Credit: by Xinrong Zong, Huamin Hu, Gang Ouyang, Jingwei Wang, Run Shi, Le Zhang, Qingsheng Zeng, Chao Zhu, Shouheng Chen,...
T-ray camera speed boosted a hundred times over
Scientists are a step closer to developing a fast and cost effective camera that utilizes terahertz radiation, potentially opening the...
Robust high-performance data storage through magnetic anisotropy
Credit: M. Bargheer/ Uni Potsdam In thermal equilibrium, iron-platinum (FePt) belongs to the class of invar materials, which hardly expand...
Discovery of a novel drug candidate to develop effective treatments for brain disorders
The study published in Chem is fundamental to develop pharmacological drugs for the treatment of core symptoms in Down syndrome,...
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sun
New research by scientists at TU/e and universities in China and the US sheds light on the causes of perovskite...
Satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019
Credit: Eva Boergens, GFZ The GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On) satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify...
Liquid metal synthesis for better piezoelectrics: Atomically-thin tin-monosulfide
Potential materials for future wearable electronics and other motion-powered, energy-harvesting devicesCredit: FLEET RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing...
A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world...
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine
This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have...
An $18 million boost to materials science research at UC San Diego
Students and faculty will shape the nano- and bio- materials that will make life better, healthier and saferCredit: University of...
New treatment approach uses killer cells to treat deadly brain tumors
Purdue partners with V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Walther Cancer Foundation, in collaboration with Indiana University School of...
