Chemistry
Pure red LEDs fulfill a primary goal
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Making pure red LEDs from nitride crystals is a goal that has so far frustrated engineers....
International group of physicists design FDA-approved, open-source ventilator
UH researcher joined effort to create a ventilator using off-the-shelf componentsCredit: Mechanical Ventilator MIlano As the spread of COVID-19 sparked...
Gas nanomedicine: An emerging cutting-edge field
Credit: ©Science China Press Cancer is deadly, but available cancer treatment methods are quite limited. The use of therapeutic gas...
Investigating the dynamics of stability
Credit: Image by Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory. Scientists discover dynamics of electrochemical interfaces at the atomic scale. The quest...
Recipients of 2020 Gruber Cosmology Prize announced
Lars Hernquist and Volker Springel are honoured for their defining contributions to cosmological simulationsCredit: IAU The Gruber Cosmology Prize, which...
New genetic markers of type 2 diabetes identified in East Asians
First-in-kind study co-authored by UMass Amherst epidemiologist advances knowledge of diabetes' biological rootsCredit: UMass Amherst In the largest study of...
USTC has made significant progress in many-body simulation based on Rydberg atoms
Credit: Dong-Sheng Ding, Hannes Busche, Bao-Sen Shi, Guang-Can Guo, and Charles S. Adams The Group of Academician GUO Guangcan has...
Experimental study of how ‘metallic glass’ forms challenges paradigm in glass research
Credit: Gallino/Busch Unless you happen to be a materials scientist, which most of us after all are not, the term...
Dual personalities visualized for shape-shifting molecule
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Australian and US researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the structure of...
Spin-dependent processes in the 2D material hexagonal boron nitride
A paper was published in Nature MaterialsCredit: Kazan Federal University Quantum technology was once considered to be something very expensive...
Study shows wetter climate is likely to intensify global warming
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes' release of CO2 from soils into airCredit: © Dr. Valier Galy, WHOI. A study...
All-fiber optical wavelength converter
Credit: Biqiang Jiang, Zhen Hao, Yafei Ji, Yueguo Hou, Ruixuan Yi, Dong Mao, Xuetao Gan and Jianlin Zhao Silica optical...
Screw cancer: Microneedle sticks it to cancer tissue
Scientists are finding safer ways to keep drug-loaded microrobots attached to cancer tissueCredit: DGIST A drug-loaded microrobotic needle effectively targets...
How does nitrogen dynamics affect carbon and water budgets in China?
Credit: Jingjing Liang As an important part of biogeochemical cycling, the nitrogen cycle modulates terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage, water consumption,...
Real-time visualization of solid-phase ion migration
Credit: Zhen He,Li?Ge Chang,Yue Lin,Feng-Lei Shi,Ze-Dong Li,Jin-Long Wang,Yi Li,Rui Wang,Qing-Xia Chen,Yu-Yang Lu,Qing-Hua Zhang,Lin Gu,Yong Ni,Jian-Wei Liu,Jian-Bo Wu,Shu-Hong Yu*... The USTC...
KIST develops large-scale stretchable and transparent electrodes
Wavy silver nanowire network on stretchable substrate were fabricated for large-scale stretchable and transparent electrodes. It can be potentially applicable...
ESO instrument finds closest black hole to Earth
Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eyeCredit: ESO/L. Calçada A team of astronomers from the European...
Fluorescent technique brings aging polymers to light
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00133 Modern society relies on polymers, such as polypropylene or polyethylene plastic,...
Lehigh University team awarded $2.5 Million from ARPA-E
Funding will support transformational energy technology framework and platform to improve economic efficiency of current electricity system operationsCredit: Lehigh University...
Unraveling one of prion disease’s deadly secrets
UMass Amherst prion specialist and team discover unexpected mechanism in curingCredit: UMass Amherst/Serio lab AMHERST, Mass. - A molecular biologist...
