Chemistry
Microwaves power new technology for batteries, energy
Credit: Vilas Pol/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New battery technology involving microwaves may provide an avenue for renewable energy...
Penn Engineers’ ‘nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes
Credit: Bargatin Group, Penn Engineering This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with...
Penn Engineering’s new scavenger technology allows robots to ‘eat’ metal for energy
Rather than from the chemicals in a battery, the researchers' metal-air scavenger vehicle gets energy from breaking chemical bonds in...
Helmholtz Prize for high-precision measurements
Important metrology prize awarded to research groups from PTB and from Berlin/FreiburgCredit: (PTB) From fundamental physics related to Einstein's special...
Ultrasound-assisted molecule delivery looks to preserve blood for years
Fine-tuning microbubbles creates pores in blood cells and allows the insertion of molecules, including a special sugar used by some...
Organic memory devices show promise for flexible, wearable, personalized computing
Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors offer an energy and cost-efficient platform for various AI and IoT applicationsCredit: Sreetosh Goswami, Sreebrata...
University, Army collaborate on face masks for soldiers
Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division will soon have a new defense against...
Water replaces toxins: Green production of plastics
Although organic plastics are not harmful to the environment themselves, toxic substances are often used during their synthesis. TU Wien...
New insight into how a genetic change increases the risk of schizophrenia
Credit: Lancaster University A genetic change increases the risk of developing schizophrenia and highlights new opportunities for drug treatment say...
Chiral crystals blowing off polarized spins: Phenomena detected without magnets
Credit: NINS/IMS When looking at a left hand in the mirror, it looks like a right hand. However, the left...
Diamonds shine in energy storage solution
Credit: QUT QUT researchers have proposed the design of a new carbon nanostructure made from diamond nanothreads that could one...
Terahertz science discloses the ultrafast photocarrier dynamics in carbon nanotubes
Credit: @2020 American Chemical Society A team of researchers from Osaka University, TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University...
Carbon dioxide sensor can lower energy use, reduce utility costs
New technology uses carbon dioxide sensor to manage climate control in buildings, homesCredit: Purdue University/Jeff Rhoads WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -...
Hubble observes aftermath of massive collision
The Hubble Space Telescope offers insight into the nature of exoplanet Fomalhaut bCredit: ESA/NASA, M. Kornmesser What astronomers thought was...
Optimizing a new spraying method for ceramic coatings
Powder Aerosol Deposition enables ceramic coatings production at normal room temperaturesCredit: Image: Jörg Exner. For a long time, the production...
Diagnostic biosensor quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02823 According to many experts, early diagnosis and management are critical for slowing...
Engineering honor For Lashanda Korley
Professor named Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological EngineeringCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson LaShanda Korley's lab at...
Supercomputers and Archimedes’ law enable calculating nanobubble diffusion in nuclear fuel
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have proposed a method that speeds...
New discovery helps close the gap towards optically-controlled quantum computation
Credit: US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham...
Study describes cocktail of pharmaceuticals in waters in Bangladesh
Antifungals, antibiotics and other drugs were found in water in urban and rural areas, raising concerns about the spread of...
