Chemistry
Story tips: Shuffling atoms, thinning forests, fusion assembly and nuclear medicine
Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons - Deuterium shuffle Scientists have found a new method...
CSHL President Bruce Stillman wins Heineken Prize
Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) President and CEO Bruce Stillman has been awarded the Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize...
Discovery of long sought tiny explosions on the Sun
Credit: Pete Wheeler/ICRAR The Sun is the brightest object in the sky and has been studied for hundreds of years,...
Lab-grown miniature human livers successfully transplanted in rats
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2020 - Using skin cells from human volunteers, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School...
Promising new method for producing tiny liquid capsules
Solid capsules with a liquid core are ideal for storage and delivery of oil-based materials in skin care or for...
SUTD-led research powers longer lasting rechargeable batteries
The development of the new material directly addresses the shortage of lithium resources and high energy power supplies.Credit: SUTD With...
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction...
Environmental justice defenders victims of violence and murder
Credit: Daniela Del Bene Activists protesting against environmental injustices around the world suffer from high rates of criminalization, physical violence...
Finding balance between green energy storage, harvesting
Three indicators will help researchers find the perfect size for renewable wind and solar energy storage facilities while optimizing energy...
Artificial tissue used to research uterine contractions
Two experimental devices allow researchers to study the harmful effects of hyperperistalsis, or an excess of nonpregnant uterine contractionsCredit: David...
Tuning the interfacial properties of 2D heterophases though tilt-angles
Credit: ©Science China Press Although the 2D semiconductor transistors keep the promise for future nanoelectronics, their applications are severely limited...
Discoveries of high-Chern-number and high-temperature Chern insulator states
Credit: The International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University Quantum Hall effect (QHE) is one of the...
Large simulation finds new origin of supermassive black holes
Credit: Sunmyon Chon Computer simulations conducted by astrophysicists at Tohoku University in Japan, have revealed a new theory for the...
Stretchable variable color sheet that changes color with expansion and contraction
For the application of electronic skin that displays images pasted on the skinCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL...
Extraordinary modulation of light polarization with dark plasmons in magnetoplasmonic nanocavities
Credit: by Alberto López-Ortega, Mario Zapata-Herrera, Nicolò Maccaferri, Matteo Pancaldi, Mikel Garcia, Andrey Chuvilin, and Paolo Vavassori Nanophotonics uses light...
An important new tool for developing COVID-19 treatments, vaccines
Credit: Marcin Minor Biomedical scientists working with COVID-19 have a new tool to help them better understand the virus and...
Process behind the organ-specific elimination of chromosomes in plants unveiled
Credit: Dr. Alevtina Ruban/ IPK Whilst we often think of somatic cells in an organism as containing the same DNA...
Microanalysis Society honors Chris Kiely in 2020 class of fellows
Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor, Materials Characterization Facility director recognized for contributions in electron microscopyCredit: Lehigh University Christopher...
A remote control for neurons
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new...
Class of stellar explosions found to be galactic producers of lithium
Credit: David A. Hardy A team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Sumner Starrfield of Arizona State University (ASU), has combined...
