Chemistry
Extract from seeds of the Melinjo tree may improve obesity and diabetes
Melinjo seed extract activates the physiologically beneficial substance adiponectin which improves obesity and diabetesCredit: Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Shuto In Southeast...
Ultrathin but fully packaged high-resolution camera
Biologically inspired ultrathin arrayed camera captures super-resolution imagesCredit: Professor Ki-Hun Jeong, KAIST The unique structures of biological vision systems in...
Wearable strain sensor using light transmittance helps measure physical signals better
Credit: Professor Inkyu Park, KAIST KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical...
Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds
Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star...
Flat-panel technology could transform antennas, wireless and cell phone communications
Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrorsCredit: Los Alamos National...
Advanced ‘super-planckian’ material exhibits LED-like light when heated
Unconventional material emits light that exceeds limits of natural lawCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Could there be a...
Photons and electrons one on one
The dynamics of electrons changes ever so slightly on each interaction with a photon; physicists at ETH Zurich have now...
Device brings silicon computing power to brain research and prosthetics
Credit: Andrew Brodhead/Stanford News Service Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new device for connecting the brain directly to...
On-demand glass is right around the corner
A project to create colloidal glasses characterized by a unidirectional stressCredit: @GiulioMonaco UniTrento Glasses used for camera lenses or reading...
A pigment from ancient Egypt to modern microscopy
Göttingen research team produces new nanosheets for near infrared imagingCredit: University of Goettingen Egyptian blue is one of the oldest...
A milestone in ultrafast gel fabrication
Counter-intuition disturbance-directed fabrication of self-healable noble metal gels for photo-assisted electrocatalysisCredit: Copyright: Ran DU et al. Matter 2020. Electrocatalysis is...
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US...
Russian scientists propose new approach to measuring atoms
Scientists proposed a new method of statistical analysis of intermolecular interactions and sizes of atoms.Credit: ChenPhysChem Today, when new drugs...
Waterborne polyurea/urethanes significantly reduce hydrate growth rate in pipelines
A paper appeared in Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.Credit: Kazan Federal University Previously, KFU scientists were able to...
Tiny double accelerator recycles energy
Proof of concept for cascaded terahertz accelerator using long pulsesCredit: DESY, Science Communication Lab A team of DESY scientists has...
Surprise! Ammonia emitted from fertilized paddy fields mostly doesn’t end up in the air
Credit: Jianlin Shen Livestock production and nitrogen fertilizer used in croplands emit lots of ammonia, which is the most abundant...
Ammonia has been wrongly missing in portraying air pollution impacts
Credit: Yuepeng Pan Nitrogen is essential for all living things. Synthetic fertilizer, which contains rich reactive nitrogen, has sustained food...
Antibiotic intercepts building blocks of the bacterial envelope
Research group of the University of Bonn solves a 30-year-old puzzle: The mode of action of daptomycinCredit: © Fabian Grein...
Heterostructure and Q-factor engineering for low-threshold and persistent nanowire lasing
Credit: by Stefan Skalsky, Yunyan Zhang, Juan Arturo Alanis, H. Aruni Fonseka, Ana M. Sanchez, Huiyun Liu and Patrick Parkinson...
New mechanism of optical gain in two-dimensional material requires only extremely low input power
Credit: by Zhen Wang†, Hao Sun†, Qiyao Zhang, Jiabin Feng, Jianxing Zhang, Yongzhuo Li, and Cun-Zheng Ning In a new...
