Chemistry
Hierarchically mesoporous TiO2 materials for energy and environmental applications
Credit: ©Science China Press Since the first discovery of photocatalytic water splitting on a TiO2 electrode under ultraviolet (UV) light,...
Supercomputing future wind power rise
TACC's Jetstream, Wrangler and DOE NERSC Cori simulate promiseCredit: Pryor et al., CC BY 4.0 Wind power surged worldwide in...
Seeking sounds of superfluids
Probing quantum gases with sound wavesCredit: FLEET Sound waves reveal the unique properties of an ultracold quantum gas, a model...
Is the Earth’s inner core oscillating and translating anomalously?
Quantum mechanical simulations reveal low iron viscosity at the pressure and temperature conditions of Earth's inner coreCredit: Ehime University The...
Development of attachable sticker-type rechargeable batteries
A joint research team from KIER, KAIST, PNU, NTU develops a high-performance re-attachable sticker-type energy storage device. The research findings...
Breaking the size and speed limit of modulators: The workhorses of the internet
GW researchers develop fast, micrometer-size electro-optical modulatorCredit: Mario Miscuglio and Rubab Amin SUMMARY Researchers developed and demonstrated for the first...
Illuminating the future of renewable energy
Credit: West Virginia University A new chemical compound created by researchers at West Virginia University is lighting the way for...
Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D
Scientists used lanthanide-binding tags to image proteins at the level of a cell membrane, opening new doors for studies on...
Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic enable new infrared detectors
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of...
Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions alone cannot substantially decrease air pollution
Credit: Qianqian Zhang High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of...
Livestock and poultry farming should be the future focus of agricultural ammonia emissions control
Credit: Jiayu Huang As the only alkaline gas in the atmosphere, ammonia can react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides...
Scientists discover supernova that outshines all others
Credit: Aaron Geller (Northwestern University) A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than...
New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua
A new scenario based on computer simulations accounts for all of the observed characteristics of the first known interstellar object...
Discovered a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots
The CSIC researcher at CRAG Paloma Mas leads a study published in Nature Plants demonstrating that the clock protein ELF4...
New handle for controlling electromagnetic properties could enable spintronic computing
The magnetic transition of troilite causes instabilities in the 'space metal's' structure that transforms it from a conductor to an...
Untangling untidy folds to understand diseases
Credit: © 2020 Mawadda Alghrably Unraveling interactions between metal ions and peptides in the body may eventually lead to improved...
Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research
2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental...
New protocol identifies fascinating quantum states
Method can be directly applied in existing experimental platformsCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Nowadays, modern quantum simulators offer a wide range...
Ion channel VRAC enhances immune response against viruses
Ion channel VRAC transports the messenger substance cGAMP from cell to cellCredit: Rosa Planells-Cases VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels do not only...
Construction of sintering resistant Pt based catalyst based on ‘composite energy well’ model
Credit: ©Science China Press Nano-catalysts usually have higher catalytic activity than traditional bulk catalysts. And it is widely acknowledged that...
