Chemistry
Double bubbles pierce with less trouble
Two optical cavitation bubbles penetrate soft materials better than oneCredit: Vicente Robles Two microscopic bubbles are better than one at...
Gaffen and Kuchroo jointly recognized for 2020 ICIS-BioLegend William E. Paul Award
for their combined contribution deciphering the role of a key cytokine IL-17 in health and disease.Credit: International Cytokine & Interferon...
Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope
Credit: University of Sussex A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to...
New technology revolutionizes 3D metal printing
LED instead of laser or electron beamCredit: © TU Graz Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) - i.e. the targeted melting of...
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars
Credit: Jacques Kluska et al. An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming...
Superoxide produces hydroxyl radicals that break down dissolved organic matter in water
Credit: Luca Carena/The University of Torino According to a study published in Water Research in April 2020, superoxide produces hydroxyl...
Solar researchers join forces with industry to boost US solar manufacturing
US Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium includes University of Washington, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar companies and universities across the...
Making a ‘strange’ discovery
UH physics team awarded $2.3 million to search for elusive matterCredit: University of Houston - A few microseconds after the...
Kurome Therapeutics to develop therapies targeting cancer’s ability to evade treatment
Kurome enters into licensing agreements and a cooperative research and development agreement with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the...
Upcycling spongy plastic foams from shoes, mattresses and insulation
New method turns foam into higher value rubber and hard plasticsCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a...
NSF provides more support for drug discovery platform for hard-to-treat cancers
Credit: Sherine Abdelmawla WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new round of support will help a Purdue University-affiliated startup further develop...
Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A simple pretreatment step enables membranes to be enhanced using atomic layer deposition, a technique that...
Superhard candy — scientists cracked the complex crystal structure of molybdenum borides
Credit: Dmitry V. Rybkovskiy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In their search for new superhard compounds, researchers carried out a prediction...
Hubble watches comet ATLAS disintegrate into more than 2 dozen pieces
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Jewitt (UCLA) These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken...
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS
Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with...
Glacier detachments: A new hazard in a warming world?
New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo credit: Mylène Jacquemart. Boulder, Colo., USA: On the evening of 5 August 2013, a...
Hierarchically porous TiO2/rGO with exposed (001) facets for lithium storage capacity
Credit: ©Science China Press The design of materials with high capacity, excellent rate capability and long cycle life is one...
Wide bandgap semiconductor devices based on silicon carbide may revolutionize electronics
Devices built with silicon carbide offer faster switching speeds, lower losses and higher blocking voltages, which are superior to those...
Correlations in COVID-19 growth point to universal strategies for slowing spread
Models drawing on chaos theory find growth in nine countries conforms to a power law curve and highlight the value...
How blood cells deform, recover when traveling through tiny channels
Two different types of shape recovery behaviors for red blood cells traveling through microfluidic channels may pave the way to...
