Chemistry
WPI math professor verifies centuries-old conjecture about formation of the solar system
Findings have implications for understanding our place in the universeCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Matthew Burgos Worcester, Mass. - Sept. 23, 2020...
Photoacoustic microscopy for identifying sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer
Credit: by Yanfeng Dai, Xiang Yu, Jianshuang Wei, Fanxin Zeng, Yiran Li, Xiaoquan Yang, Qingming Luo, Zhihong Zhang Accurate detection...
Glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein play active role in infection
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01056 As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, researchers are working overtime to...
Controlling ultrastrong light-matter coupling at room temperature
Credit: Illustration: Denis Baranov, Chalmers University of Technology Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in...
Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine
Credit: Dr. Elad Maor As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and...
FSU superconductivity expert elected fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Credit: Florida State University David Larbalestier, the chief materials scientist at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory...
Can ripples on the sun help predict solar flares?
Scientists analyze sunquakes to pinpoint flare energy source, perhaps predict flare severityCredit: UC Berkeley graphic by Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas Solar...
Seismic data explains continental collision beneath Tibet
Credit: Image credit: Courtesy Simon Klemperer In addition to being the last horizon for adventurers and spiritual seekers, the Himalaya...
NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing
New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of...
UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets
The research -- supported by $2 million in NIH funding -- will investigate biophysical processes that impact the function of human...
Deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes based on a doublet-emission cerium(III) complex
Credit: by Liding Wang, Zifeng Zhao, Ge Zhan, Huayi Fang, Hannan Yang, Tianyu Huang, Yuewei Zhang, Nan Jiang, Lian Duan,...
Insight-HXMT discovers closest high-speed jet to black hole
Credit: Image by IHEP Insight-HXMT, China's first space X-ray astronomical satellite, has discovered a low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) above 200...
Very sensitive optical receivers for space communication
Credit: by Ravikiran Kakarla, Jochen Schröder, and Peter A. Andrekson Space communication for deep-space missions, inter-satellite data transfer and earth...
Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19...
Water trapped in star dust
Astrophysicists at the University of Jena (Germany) prove that dust particles in space are mixed with iceCredit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann &...
Dresden physicists develop printable organic transistors
Credit: Copyright: IAPP High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be...
NRAO joins space mission to the far side of the moon to explore the early universe
Spacecraft DAPPER will study "dark ages" of the universe in radio wavesCredit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Sophia Dagnello The National Radio Astronomy Observatory...
Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and...
Thin and ultra-fast photodetector sees the full spectrum
Researchers have developed the world's first photodetector that can see all shades of light, in a prototype device that radically...
New drug candidate found for hand, foot and mouth disease
Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antiviralsCredit: Courtesy of the Hargrove lab DURHAM, N.C. --...