Chemistry
Increased usability and precision in vascular imaging
Credit: Willy Kuo, University of Zurich Various diseases in humans and animals - such as tumors, strokes or chronic kidney...
Kirigami/origami: Unfolding the new regime of advanced 3D micro-/nanofabrication with ‘folding’
Credit: by Shanshan Chen, Jianfeng Chen, Xiangdong Zhang, Zhi-Yuan Li, and Jiafang Li 3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build...
Worth their salt: Skoltech and MIPT researchers report first case of hexagonal NaCl
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech and MIPT scientists have predicted and then experimentally confirmed the existence of exotic hexagonal...
Exotic properties of helium-methane compounds inside giant planets
Credit: ©Science China Press National Key R&D Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, The Fundamental Research Funds...
Synthesis of prebiotic peptides gives clues to the origin of life on Earth
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Amino AcidsCredit: Kazan Federal University Coordination Compounds Lab of Kazan Federal University...
Performing optical logic operations by a diffractive neural network
Credit: by Chao Qian, Xiao Lin, Xiaobin Lin, Jian Xu, Yang Sun, Erping Li, Baile Zhang, and Hongsheng Chen Optical...
Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format
Credit: by Jinhai Zou, Chuchu Dong, Hongjian Wang, Tuanjie Du, and Zhengqian Luo Mode-locked fibre lasers generating ultrashort pulses with...
Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation
Credit: by Cheng-Wei Qiu Light carrying photon momentum can push and pull microparticles through momentum exchange. This momentum exchange progress...
High-security identification that cannot be counterfeited
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba create millimeter-size chips with unique color patterns that cannot be forgedCredit: University of Tsukuba...
Next-gen laser facilities look to usher in new era of relativistic plasmas research
Laser beams with power up to 10 petawatts will create plasmas with energy levels to be studied with quantum electrodynamics,...
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
Credit: Chase Stone The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised...
Critical transition theory shows flickering in heart before atrial fibrillation
Newly proposed way to define cardiac state looks to provide a warning sign of the disease, with implications for wearable...
Controlling superconductors with light
New theoretical study shows how to use Terahertz light to peep in the secrets of two-dimensional superconductorsCredit: IBS A researcher...
Warwick scientists discover how cells respond to fasting
Credit: University of Warwick The UK has the highest level of obesity in Europe, in fact it's estimated half the...
Development of electrode material improving the efficiency of salinity gradient energy
Succeeded in developing synthesis technologies of electrode material to improve efficiency and economic feasibility of salinity gradient power generation using...
Lossless conduction at the edges
Credit: Department of Physics, University of Basel Topological insulators represent a key area of research because they could potentially be...
Saturable plasmonic metasurfaces for laser mode locking
Credit: by Jiyong Wang, Aurelien Coillet, Olivier Demichel, Zhiqiang Wang, Davi Rego, Alexandre Bouhelier, Philippe Grelu and Benoit Cluzel Plasmonic...
NUS researchers develop a new library of atomically thin 2D materials
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a whole new library of...
A thin lensless camera free of noise
Credit: by Jiachen Wu, Hua Zhang, Wenhui Zhang, Guofan Jin, Liangcai Cao and George Barbastathis Lensless imaging technology introduces computing...
UToledo chemists identify toxic chemicals in fracking wastewater
Scientists are zeroing in on water quality and environmental concerns of fracking wastewater to determine if it is safe for...
