Chemistry
A question of affinity
How to design organic solar cell materialsCredit: MPI-P Most of us are familiar with silicon solar cells, which can be...
Surprisingly mature galaxies in the early Universe
Credit: © B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO, NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru When the Universe was only a tenth of its current age its...
Dartmouth engineering professor elected OSA fellow
Credit: Robert Gill / Dartmouth Dartmouth engineering professor Jifeng Liu has been named a fellow of The Optical Society (OSA)....
Photovoltaics industry can help meet Paris agreement targets
Model predicts efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells, costs to manufacture them during a transition to 100% renewable energy within the...
A major milestone for an underground dark matter search experiment
LUX-ZEPLIN crews overcome COVID-19 obstacles to reach major milestone en route to startupCredit: Matt Kapust/Sanford Lab Crews working on the...
The Grantecan finds the farthest black hole that belongs to a rare family of galaxies
An international team of astronomers has identified one of the rarest known classes of gamma-ray emitting galaxies, called BL Lacertae,...
TalTech chemists’ new method is a significant step towards greener pharmaceutical industry
Credit: TalTech The rapid changes in the chemical industry are connected one hand with the depletion of natural resources and...
Theoreticians show which quantum systems are suitable for quantum simulations
Credit: arö/HZB A joint research group led by Prof. Jens Eisert of Freie Universität Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has...
Stay focused: Algae-inspired polymers light the way for enhanced night vision
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba synthesize an elastic polymer from low-cost, sustainable materials, that can be used it to...
3D printing the first ever biomimetic tongue surface
Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing,...
On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devices
Credit: Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons - ultrathin strips...
FSU researchers investigate material properties for longer-lasting, more efficient solar cells
Credit: FSU Photography Services The designers of solar cells know their creations must contend with a wide range of temperatures...
UT Arlington team collaborates with Princeton group on plasma flows
DOE grant to fund UTA-Princeton collaboration on laser diagnostics in plasma flowsCredit: UT Arlington University of Texas at Arlington doctoral...
High fat or ‘ketogenic’ diets could prevent, reverse heart failure
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could...
Light on efficiency loss in organic solar cells
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Anastasia Serin Insight into energy losses that affect the conversion of light into electricity could help...
Odds are good for unique 2D compound
Perovskites synthesized at Rice University show potential for valleytronics applicationsCredit: Lou Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 26, 2020) - Engineers...
How cells use mechanical tension sensors to interact with their environment
Credit: Laboratory of Structural Biophysics and Mechanobiology/The Rockefeller University Actin is among the most abundant proteins in cells, and it...
Making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil just got way easier
New ultra-efficient catalyst can recycle old cooking oil into biodiesel and turn food scraps into high-value complex moleculesCredit: RMIT University...
Tiny golden bullets could help tackle asbestos-related cancers
Credit: Arsalan Azad Gold nanotubes - tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair - could be...
Land management in forest and grasslands: How much can we intensify?
A first assessment of the effects of land management on the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem servicesCredit: Pete...