Chemistry
Minimizing thermal conductivity of crystalline material with optimal nanostructure
Towards application of materials informatics to development of thermal functional materialsCredit: The University of Tokyo Professor Junichiro Shiomi et al....
Scientists report heavy ion transfer in charged vdW cluster for the first time
Credit: IMP Since the discovery of the double helix form of DNA and the hypothesis of DNA mutation induced by...
Scientists carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from...
Rice lab turns fluorescent tags into cancer killers
Replacing one atom in molecule gives it the power to destroy tumor cells when light-activatedCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Lightning in a (nano)bottle: new supercapacitor opens door to better wearable electronics
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Skoltech, Aalto University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a high-performance, low-cost,...
Freshly printed magnets
Metal 3D laser printingCredit: Empa It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic...
Nickel-based catalysts tested at Boca de Jaruco oilfield in Cuba
A joint paper by Kazan Federal University and Zarubezhneft appeared as a cover story in Processes.Credit: Kazan Federal University Kazan...
A breakthrough in developing multi-watt terahertz lasers
Researchers at Lehigh's Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics use new phase-locking technique to achieve record-high output power for terahertz lasers,...
Plastic in the deep sea: Virtually unaltered after a quarter of a century
First long-term study on plastic degradation in a water depth of more than 4000 meterCredit: Photo: ROV Team/GEOMAR Plastic products...
Scientists propose data encoding method for the 6G standard
A group of scientists from ITMO University have demonstrated the possibility of modifying terahertz pulses in order to use them...
ModGraProDep: Artificial intelligence and probabilistic modelling in clinical oncology
Mathematic modelling: new frontiers in the fight against cancerCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE Improving the prediction...
Substandard hand sanitizers readily available on market, confirm pharmacists
'...the general public are often unaware that such products cannot ensure disinfection and are not fit for use amid the...
An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
Mechanosensitive channel transporting ions induces program of cell suicideCredit: (Washington University in St. Louis) After a dry spell, a rainy...
Scientists develop low-cost, high power density vanadium flow battery stack
Credit: SHI Dingqin The development of renewable energies such as wind energy and solar energy is limited by their inherently...
Cascade sets the stage for superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
Princeton-led study finds that superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene emerges from a highly interacting state of electronsCredit: Image by...
Scientists apply ‘twistronics’ to light propagation and make a breakthrough discovery
The findings provide a promising pathway for leapfrog advancement in imaging, optical-computing technologies, biosensing and moreCredit: ASRC NEW YORK, June...
Which factors control the height of mountains?
A study in Nature with a surprising finding: It is not erosionCredit: NASA; Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-517 Which forces and mechanisms...
Applying ‘magic angle’ twistronics to manipulate the flow of light
'Twisted' layers of 2D materials produce photonic topological transition at 'magic' rotation anglesCredit: FLEET Monash researchers are part of an...
Simple explanation suffices for conduction in nickelates
Credit: Beatriz Noheda, University of Groningen Some metal oxides, such as nickelates, have a tuneable resistivity, which makes them an...
Human embryo-like model created from human stem cells
Credit: Naomi Moris Scientists from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Hubrecht Institute in The Netherlands, have developed...
