Chemistry

April 24, 2024

Tulane scientists build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter

Thr work is the culmination of a US Department of Energy project that began in 2014Credit: Photo courtesy of Matthew...

FSU news: Scientists discover heavy element chemistry can change at high pressures

Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt / Nature TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research shows that one of the heaviest known elements...

Shaking light with sound

Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Piezoelectric materials can convert electrical voltage to mechanical displacement and vice versa. They are...

FSU researchers find sun, rain transform asphalt binder into potentially toxic compounds

Credit: Credit: Sydney Niles TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf...

Biomedical instrument based on microvesicles

A paper saw light in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers have proved that a microvesicle-based instrument can be effective...

Transparent inorganic multicolour displays enabled by zinc-based electrochromic devices

Credit: by Wu Zhang, Haizeng Li, William W. Yu, Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi Multicolour electrochromic displays are one of the most...

Subaru Telescope and New Horizons explore the outer solar system

Credit: NAOJ Collaborative observations with NASA's New Horizons mission have been ongoing at the Subaru Telescope since May 2020. Hyper...

KIST develops “dielectrophoretic tweezer” technology for toxic nanoparticles

Technology developments for 'nanogap electrodes' to purify various ultra-fine floating particles in the air and water. Single particle? Scalable massive...

New lithium battery charges faster, reduces risk of device explosions

Researchers at Texas A&M University have invented a technology that can prevent lithium batteries from heating and failingCredit: Juran Noh/Texas...

Lehigh Univ. PhD candidate wins selective DOE award to conduct research on fusion

Vincent Graber, grad student in Prof. Eugenio Schuster's Plasma Control Group, will work on burn control simulation at Princeton Plasma...

Maunakea Observatories’ quick reflexes capture fleeting flash

The International Gemini Observatory and W. M. Keck Observatory catch short gamma-ray burst within hoursCredit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Paterson &...

A new path for electron optics in solid-state systems

A novel mechanism for electron optics in two-dimensional solid-state systems opens up a route to engineering quantum-optical phenomena in a...

Tale of the tape: Sticky bits make better batteries

Rice University scientists stick to their laser guns to improve lithium metal technologyCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 14,...

Short gamma ray burst leaves most-distant optical afterglow ever detected