Chemistry
Synthesizing a superatom: Opening doors to their use as substitutes for elemental atoms
Credit: Tokyo Tech Superatom is a name given to a cluster of atoms that seem to exhibit properties similar to...
Turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling
Credit: Riley Barta/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new device to help homeowners cut electricity bills could also provide...
USask computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide
Credit: David Stobbe for University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON--University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have used a novel combination of techniques to...
APS tip sheet: Listening to bursting bubbles
Sound signatures from violent fluid events, like bubbles bursting, can be used to measure forces at work during these eventsCredit:...
APS tip sheet: The neutron’s electric dipole moment
Techniques for studying the neutron's electrical charges have reached a new level of sensitivityCredit: C. Abel et al., Physical Review...
A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras
Patented 'beam chopper' provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow's technologyCredit: N. Hanacek/NIST Researchers at the National...
The seismicity of Mars
Credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech On 26 November 2018, the NASA InSight lander successfully set down on Mars in...
Study puts spin into quantum technologies
The ability to control the spin of atom-like impurities in 2D material hexagonal boron-nitride demonstratedCredit: Dr M. Kianinia A team...
Going super small to get super strong metals
Credit: Zhou et al You can't see them, but most of the metals around you--coins, silverware, even the steel beams...
An ‘exceptionally stable’ single-atom catalyst
Single platinum atoms stabilized in C12A7 crystalsCredit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have shown that...
Scientists develop a composite membrane for long-life zinc-based flow batteries
Credit: HU Jing Researchers led by Profs. LI Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese...
Columbia team discovers new way to control the phase of light using 2D materials
Researchers use atomically thin materials -- 1/100,000 the size of a human hair -- to manipulate the phase of light...
Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block
László Kürti and team develop one-step process to make crucial precursorCredit: Kürti Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 24, 2020)...
Short film of a magnetic nano-vortex
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Claire Donnelly For the first time, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have recorded a "3D...
Mirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organismsCredit: Image: Cecile Chazot Do a Google...
For weight-loss surgery patients who quit smoking, relapse is common
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21, 2020 - Although 1 in 7 adults smoke cigarettes the year prior to undergoing weight-loss...
Where is the greatest risk to our mineral resource supplies?
New USGS report estimates which mineral commodities important to american manufacturing are at greatest risk to supply disruptionCredit: Scott Horvath,...
Opportunity blows for offshore wind in China
Offshore wind farms could power much of coastal ChinaCredit: Harvard SEAS Under the Paris Climate Agreement, China committed to rely...
How earthquakes deform gravity
New algorithm raises hope for innovative earthquake early warning systemsCredit: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol 536, Zhang et al....
Scientists crack the mystery of liquid light interactions in organic materials, laying the ground
Credit: Skoltech A team of scientists from the Hybrid Photonics Laboratory at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)...
