Chemistry
Tuning the surface gives variations to metal foils
A4 paper-sized single-crystal metal foils with various surface structures are obtained by seeded annealingCredit: IBS Just as cloning in biology...
A bio-inspired addition to concrete stops the damage caused by freezing and thawing
Credit: Living Materials Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder Concrete is one of the most abundant and durable building materials used...
New Materials Cloud Archive offers easier submission and record management for authors
Credit: @GiovanniPizzi The new platform, launched today, makes it easier for authors to manage their submissions and records. Personal accounts...
Van der Waals junction spin valves without spacer layer
Credit: ©Science China Press The fundamental principle of a spin valve is that the resistance is dependent on the parallel...
Skoltech scientists get a sneak peek of a key process in battery ‘life’
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) visualized the formation of...
Elucidation of nanostructures in practical heterogeneous catalysts
Credit: JAIST The nanostructure of the heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst was clarified on the basis of cutting-edge analytical techniques. Scientists from...
New protocol for organic synthesis using organoboron compounds and visible-light
Credit: Kanazawa University Alkyl radicals are carbon radicals of normal chain and branched chain alkanes, available as reaction intermediates even...
A special elemental magic
Kyoto scientists announce a 'nuclear' periodic tableCredit: Kyoto University/Yoshiteru Maeno/Kouichi Hagino Kyoto, Japan -- A staple in every science classroom...
Battling disease with ultraviolet light
Architectural engineering faculty receive seed funds to study optical radiation disinfectionCredit: Department of Architectural Engineering, Penn State Now and in...
Renewable energy advance
UD researchers report new method for characterizing materials that might eventually help store energyCredit: Photo by Jon Cox and courtesy...
Return of the Blob: Surprise link found to edge turbulence in fusion plasma
Credit: Photo courtesy of Physics of Plasmas. Composition by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications. Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required...
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
'A new beast is out there,' researcher says of object found in tiny galaxyCredit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF EVANSTON, Ill. --...
Novel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe
Credit: Image by Yuri Tikhonov, University of Picardie and Russia's Southern Federal University, and Anna Razumnaya, Southern Federal University Scientists...
Modern problems, primitive solutions: A glimpse into archaic protein synthesis systems
Scientists show, for the first time, how protein synthesis in an ancient organism could have inspired the molecular tools used...
MAVEN maps electric currents around mars that are fundamental to atmospheric loss
Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVS/Cindy Starr Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has...
Nanoneedles to increase the capacity and robustness of digital memories
Applying a localized pressure improves the control of metamagnetic materials at the nanoscaleCredit: ICMAB-CSIC Some memory devices where information from...
Ultrafast optical response and ablation mechanisms of molybdenum disulfide
Credit: by Changji Pan, Lan Jiang, Jingya Sun, Qingsong Wang, Feifei Wang, Kai Wang, Yongfeng Lu, Yeliang Wang, Liangti Qu...
Controlling angular dispersions in optical metasurfaces
Credit: by Xiyue Zhang, Qi Li, Feifei Liu, Meng Qiu, Shulin Sun, Qiong He, Lei Zhou Despite of impressive successes...
A nice day for a quantum walk
Researchers at Osaka University use their ability to precisely control the vibrations of coupled ions to demonstrate a "quantum random...
High-speed femtosecond laser plasmonic lithography of graphene oxide film
Credit: by Tingting Zou, Bo Zhao, Wei Xin, Ye Wang, Bin Wang, Xin Zheng, Hongbo Xie, Zhiyu Zhang, Jianjun Yang,...
