Chemistry
Rice scientist goes deep to improve environmental tracers
Laurence Yeung wins NSF CAREER Award to study biosphere's historyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 1, 2020) - With...
The cascade to criticality
Combined theoretical and experimental work unveils a novel mechanism through which criticality emerges in quasiperiodic structures.Credit: Aalto University, Jose Lado...
Solubilizer Captisol enables body to absorb authorized COVID-19 drug therapy
Credit: Valentino Stella, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at KU LAWRENCE -- When the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use...
Theoretical breakthrough shows quantum fluids rotate by corkscrew mechanism
Credit: Image by the Center for Nanoscale Materials. If a drop of creamer falls from a spoon into a swirling...
Study shows hydroxychloroquine’s harmful effects on heart rhythm
Credit: Georgia Tech School of Physics The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for Covid-19,...
New study provides maps, ice favorability index to companies looking to mine the moon
Credit: University of Central Florida The 49ers who panned for gold during California's Gold Rush didn't really know where they...
New NiMH batteries perform better when made from recycled old NiMH batteries
Credit: Photo: Niklas Björling A new method for recycling old batteries can provide better performing and cheaper rechargeable hydride batteries...
Researchers have developed a first-principles quantum Monte Carlo package called TurboRVB
Credit: AIP Publishing First-principles quantum Monte Carlo is a framework used to tackle the solution of the many-body Schrödinger equation...
Finnish researchers have discovered a new type of matter inside neutron stars
Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC - IT Center for Science A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence...
Telescope instrument is poised to begin its search for answers about dark energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, which will map millions of galaxies in 3D, reaches final milestone toward its startupCredit: Courtesy...
Making matter out of light: High-power laser simulations point the way
Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created...
Orbital ordering triggers nucleation-growth behavior of electrons in an inorganic solid
Credit: Katsufuji Laboratory, Waseda University A new study by researchers from Waseda University and the University of Tokyo found that...
Nitrogen-efficient fertilizer research could have lasting impact
USDA funds work by Lehigh University engineering professor Jonas Baltrusaitis investigating novel materials to support crop growth with less environmental...
Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots, ESO data shows
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, INAF-Padua/S. Zaggia Astronomers using European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of...
Scientists discover new forms of feldspars
High-pressure experiments reveal unknown variants of common mineralCredit: Credit: DESY, Anna Pakhomova In high-pressure experiments, scientists have discovered new forms...
2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics awarded to Andrew Fabian
Andrew Fabian recognised for his pioneering research into the role of black holes in the "ecosystem" of galaxiesCredit: Sam Fabian...
Researchers take a cue from nature to create bulletproof coatings
Engineers produce eco-friendly polymers using material from shrimp, mushrooms and other organismsCredit: University of Houston Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may...
‘Nature’s antifreeze’ provides formula for more durable concrete
Credit: Pixabay Secrets to cementing the sustainability of our future infrastructure may come from nature, such as proteins that keep...
Cosmic bursts unveil universe’s missing matter
Credit: ICRAR Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of 'missing matter', long predicted to...
Superworms digest plastic, with help from their bacterial sidekicks
Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01495 Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that...
