Chemistry
New scenario for the India-Asia collision dynamics
Credit: ©Science China Press To elucidate the timing, location and geodynamic models of the India-Asia collision, Yuan and colleagues conducted...
To end King Coal’s reign, must his most loyal subjects get paid?
Compensating phase-out losers for a just transitionCredit: University of Sussex The huge task of phasing out coal requires a detailed...
NYUAD astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi A rover expected to explore below the surface of Mars in 2022 has the potential to...
Ferried across: Figuring out unconventional spin transport in quantum spin liquids
Credit: Akihisa Koga Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Yokohama National University (YNU) uncover the peculiar mechanism...
Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
Experts call for global effort to clear hurdles to mass productionCredit: MSNE/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 27, 2020) - Materials...
Researchers offer unprecedented look into ‘central engine’ powering a solar flare
An international research team has presented a new look inside the "central engine" of a solar flare accompanied by an...
Army project turns to nature for help with self-healing material
Credit: Penn State University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- An Army-funded project developed a self-healing material patterned after squid ring...
Molecular cause underlying rare genetic disorder revealed
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have revealed how a nonfunctioning version of an ordinary gene impairs brain structure and...
New interdisciplinary atmospheric physics and computer science project at Mainz University
Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the project with EUR 1.5 million in funding / Researchers expect that machine learning and methods...
New depth map of the Arctic Ocean
The IBCAO 4.0 bathymetric chartCredit: Stockholm University (Sweden) An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map...
Samara Polytech scientists suggest a new way of high viscosity oil recovery
The innovative technology is cost-efficient, environmentally friendly and efficientCredit: @SamaraPolytech Recently in Russia there has been a significant increase in...
Photonic amorphous topological insulator
Credit: by Peiheng Zhou, Xin Ren, Yihao Yang, Haoran Xue, Lei Bi, Longjiang Deng, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang The...
Heat smarter, not harder — How microwaves make catalytic reactions more efficient
Credit: Tokyo Tech Many reactions that we use to produce chemical compounds in food, medical, and industrial fields would not...
How to stack graphene up to four layers
Cu-Si alloy at high temperature offers clues for the synthesis of wafer-scale, single crystalline graphene stacking and for our lives...
“Inchworm” pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic “boom”
University of Tsukuba researchers report "inchworm-like" slip evolution of supershear rupture along the Palu-Koro fault during the 2018 Palu earthquake...
Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics
Credit: by Minkyung Kim, Zubin Jacob, and Junsuk Rho Topology, which is a branch of mathematics, is rising as a...
Novel label-free imaging technique brings out the inner light within T cells
Credit: Image courtesy of Alexandra Walsh. MADISON -- T cells are the immune soldiers at the frontlines of the battle...
Lead white pigments on Andean drinking vessels provide new historical context
Isotope analysis suggest clues to the manufacture and distribution of qerosCredit: Alyson Thibodeau (Carlisle, Pa.) - Researchers studying lead white...
Manipulating non-magnetic atoms in a chromium halide enables tuning of magnetic properties
New approach creates synthetic layered magnets with unprecedented level of control over their magnetic propertiesCredit: Fazel Tafti Chestnut Hill, Mass....
Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Credit: Timur Sabirov / Skoltech Russian chemists obtained a new photochromic complex composed of of bismuth (III) and viologen cations...