Chemistry
White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe
Credit: Guillaume Seigneuret and NASA A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of...
Clemson scientist receives $667K DOD grant to explore developmental disorder
Researchers will explore the cellular underpinnings of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, which is characterized by the growth of benign tumors throughout...
Study reveals secret life of lithium in sun-like stars: Created not just destroyed
Credit: NASA, ESA, and T. Brown (STScI) Lithium is becoming common in our everyday lives. It is the key ingredient...
New insights into van der Waals materials found
Credit: Qingkai Qian, Penn State Layered van der Waals materials are of high interest for electronic and photonic applications, according...
Deterministic reversal of single magnetic vortex circulation by an electric field
Credit: ©Science China Press Vortex is ubiquitous in nature including spiral arms of galaxy, planet rotation, hurricane (tornado). A vortex...
Electrically focus-tuneable ultrathin lens for high-resolution square subpixels
Credit: ??Sehong Park, Gilho Lee, Byeongho Park, Youngho Seo, Chae bin Park, Young Tea Chun, Chulmin Joo, Junsuk Rho, Jong...
High-order synthetic dimensions in waveguide photonic lattices
Parallelizing high-dimensional random walksCredit: MBI In physics, a very intuitive way of describing the evolution of a system proceeds via...
EIC Center at Jefferson Lab announces 6 new research awards
Three graduate students and three postdoctoral researchers aim to advance the science of the electron-ion colliderCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab The...
Grant awarded to UC Riverside physicist to explore the dark sector
Proposed work is expected to significantly increase knowledge of dark matterCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The John...
A safe and powerful safeguard for your whole body against deadly radiation
Inducing surface strain to CeO2/Mn3O4 heterostructured nanocrystals can enhance antioxidant propertiesCredit: IBS Despite the wide application of radiation in diagnostics...
Highest peak power and excellent stability
Record parameters for amplified ultrashort pulses at 2-μm wavelength and kilohertz repetition ratesCredit: MBI Power-scalable ultrafast laser sources in the...
Low-threshold topological nanolasers based on the second-order corner state
Credit: by Weixuan Zhang, Xin Xie, Huiming Hao, Jianchen Dang, Shan Xiao, Shushu Shi, Haiqiao Ni, Zhichuan Niu, Can Wang,...
Spinach on the ceiling
An autobiography by Martin Karplus, nobel laureate in chemistry (with over 200 illustrations)Credit: World Scientific Escaping war and living as...
A new biotinylation enzyme for analyzing protein-protein interactions
AirID enables comprehensive analysis of interaction partners of your target proteins in cellsCredit: Tatsuya Sawasaki (Ehime University) Proteins control many...
New study resolves mystery surrounding unique light-harvesting structures in algae
Scientists reveals the structural details of proteins involved in the photosynthetic process of an aquatic microorganismCredit: 2020 Okayama University Organisms...
To quench or not to quench: Understanding the role of a cyanobacterial photosystem protein
Scientists define the role of a cyanobacterial protein in photosynthetic energy transfer processCredit: 2020 Okayama University Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to...
2D semiconductors found to be close-to-ideal fractional quantum hall platform
Columbia researchers first to discover a quantum fluid--fractional quantum Hall states, one of the most delicate phases of matter--in a...
Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines
Credit: Gustavo Fring The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections...
Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could speed up screening of drug candidates for COVID-19
Credit: Susan Daniel/Cornell University Researchers have developed a human cell 'membrane on a chip' that allows continuous monitoring of how...
The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe
Scientific study describes the nursery of sea ice and provides the basis for future assessments of research dataCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut...
