Chemistry
Robust high-performance data storage through magnetic anisotropy
Credit: M. Bargheer/ Uni Potsdam In thermal equilibrium, iron-platinum (FePt) belongs to the class of invar materials, which hardly expand...
Discovery of a novel drug candidate to develop effective treatments for brain disorders
The study published in Chem is fundamental to develop pharmacological drugs for the treatment of core symptoms in Down syndrome,...
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sun
New research by scientists at TU/e and universities in China and the US sheds light on the causes of perovskite...
Satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019
Credit: Eva Boergens, GFZ The GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On) satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify...
Liquid metal synthesis for better piezoelectrics: Atomically-thin tin-monosulfide
Potential materials for future wearable electronics and other motion-powered, energy-harvesting devicesCredit: FLEET RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing...
A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world...
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine
This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have...
An $18 million boost to materials science research at UC San Diego
Students and faculty will shape the nano- and bio- materials that will make life better, healthier and saferCredit: University of...
New treatment approach uses killer cells to treat deadly brain tumors
Purdue partners with V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Walther Cancer Foundation, in collaboration with Indiana University School of...
Cherned up to the maximum
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Niels Schröter In topological materials, electrons can display behaviour that is fundamentally different from that in 'conventional'...
Dissecting fruit flies’ varying responses to life-extension diet
Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual's response to restricting caloriesCredit: Alice C. Gray Changes...
A new look at deep-sea microbes
UD study looks at life inside and outside of seafloor hydrocarbon seepsCredit: Graphic by Jeffrey C. Chase Microbial cells are...
AI enables efficiencies in quantum information processing
Credit: U.S. Army image ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A new machine learning framework could pave the way for small,...
Study of giant ant heads using simple models may aid bio-inspired designs
Credit: Photo by Alex Wild. Researchers use a variety of modelling approaches to study form and function. By using a...
Cosmic cataclysm allows precise test of general relativity
Credit: Giovanni Ceribella/MAGIC Collaboration In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This...
Brookhaven and Forge Nano to mature noble gas-trapping technology
Through DOE's Technology Commercialization Fund, the national lab-startup team will develop "nanocages" for nuclear applicationsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--A...
Looking at linkers helps to join the dots
Credit: © 2020 Ahmad R. Kirmani Better understanding the science that underpins well-known techniques for developing quantum dots--tiny semiconducting nanocrystals--can...
Flaring, massively
KyotoU's new Seimei telescope detects enormous 'superflare' on nearby starCredit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Japan -- The cold, dark...
Liquid water is more than just H2O molecules
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart showed that the concentration of short-lived ions...
UCLA-led team develops ways to keep buildings cool with improved super white paints
Credit: Jyotirmoy Mandal A research team led by UCLA materials scientists has demonstrated ways to make super white paint that...
