Chemistry
First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction
Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation; seeing the very first step opens...
Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for...
New study examines which galaxies are best for intelligent life
Galaxies such as our own Milky Way are more likely to harbor intelligent, technologically advanced civilizations, paper arguesCredit: Russell Cothren...
RNA chemist recognized with $11M ‘proven trackrecord’ award
Matthew Disney, PhD, develops RNA-targeting medicines for brain diseases, cancer and COVID-19Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --...
£1.2 million awarded to improve our understanding of the Sun
Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £1.2m to help advance our understanding of the Sun and its impact on...
Rubies on sapphire: Recipe for making crystals in flux
Credit: Katsuya Teshima Ph.D., Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University Crystals can be made artificially but a lot of energy...
Gentler, safer hair dye based on synthetic melanin
Natural-looking color mimics human hair pigmentationCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- With the coronavirus pandemic temporarily shuttering hair salons, many...
Superfast method for ceramic manufacturing could open door to AI-driven material discovery
A new study published on the cover of Science could bolster the development of batteries, fuel cells, 3D printing technologies...
Water is key in catalytic conversion of methane to methanol
New atomic-level details of reaction dynamics could aid conversion of natural gas component to an easy-to-transport liquid fuel/industrial chemical feedstockCredit:...
NASA’s Webb Telescope to unravel riddles of a stellar nursery
Credit: Credit: ESO/M.McCaughrean et al. (AIP) A bustling stellar nursery in the picturesque Orion Nebula will be a subject of...
Better understanding of nature’s nanomachines may help in design of future drugs
Credit: McGill University Many of the drugs and medicines that we rely on today are natural products taken from microbes...
‘Breathable’ electronics pave the way for more functional wearable tech
Credit: Yong Zhu, NC State University Engineering researchers have created ultrathin, stretchable electronic material that is gas permeable, allowing the...
The story of three African slaves during Spanish colonialism, as told by their bones
Credit: Collection: San José de los Naturales, Post Graduate Studies Osteology Laboratory, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Photo: Rodrigo...
UToledo teams with partners across US to accelerate promising new solar technology
US-MAP is working together to boost US commercialization of perovskite technology in partnership with leading domestic companiesCredit: NREL Advancing our...
Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma
Computer models of merging neutron stars predicts how to tell when this happensCredit: Lukas R. Weih & Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe...
Naked mole-rats need carbon dioxide to avoid seizures and here’s why
Credit: Roland Gockel African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and live...
Researchers are developing potential treatment for chronic pain
Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new way to treat chronic pain which...
Intricate magnetic configuration of 3D nanoscale gyroid networks revealed
Credit: Justin Llandro and David Love and András Kovács A multinational team of researchers from Tohoku University and institutions in...
Optical ‘nanomixer’: Scientists propose new method for mixing liquids
Scientists from ITMO University and their colleagues from the Czech Academy of Sciences proposed a method that can help solve...
Scientists suggest using machine learning to predict materials’ properties
Researchers suggested using machine learning methods to predict the properties of artificial sapphire crystals.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
