Chemistry
Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness
Credit: Randi Starrfelt Face blindness (prosopagnosia) is the inability to recognise faces. Much as people with dyslexia find it difficult...
Measuring a dynamical topological order parameter in quantum walks
Credit: by Xiao-Ye Xu, Qin-Qin Wang, Markus Heyl, Jan Carl Budich, Wei-Wei Pan, Zhe Chen, Munsif Jan, Kai Sun, Jin-Shi...
Catching light: How cobalt can help utilize visible light to power hydrogen production from water
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) demonstrate the first visible-light photoelectrochemical system for...
Intelligent control of mode-locked femtosecond pulses by time-stretch-assisted spectral analysis
Credit: by Guoqing Pu, Lilin Yi, Li Zhang, Chao Luo, Zhaohui Li and Weisheng Hu Because pulse trains achieve excellent...
Tailoring spontaneous infrared emission of HgTe quantum dots with laser-printed plasmonic arrays
Credit: by A.A. Sergeev, D.V. Pavlov, A.A. Kuchmizhak, M.V. Lapine, W.K. Yiu, Y. Dong, N. Ke, S. Juodkazis, N. Zhao,...
Creating custom light using 2D materials
Researchers from UNIGE and the University of Manchester have discovered structures based on two-dimensional materials that emit tailor-made light in...
Empowering the cell’s disposal system to deal with disease-prone garbage
PROXIDRUGS project led by Goethe University included in concept phase of 'Clusters4Future' program - search for novel active components for...
Light-sheet fluorescence imaging goes more parallelized
Credit: Y.-X. Ren, J. Wu, Q. T. K. Lai, H. M. Lai, D. M. D. Siu, W. Wu, K. K....
Towards a sustainable future — Novel technology to measure energy conversion efficiency
Scientists formulate a new innovation that can measure thermal energy to understand more about the processes of energy-converting systems like...
Light moves spins around
Credit: MBI Berlin Combining experiment and theory, researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy...
Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper
Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C....
Nanolaminate-based design for UV laser mirror coating
Credit: by Meiping Zhu, Nuo Xu, Behshad Roshanzadeh, S. T. P. Boyd, Wolfgang Rudolph, Yingjie Chai, and Jianda Shao The...
Organic-cation intercalation: An effective strategy for manipulating band topology and superconductivity
Credit: ©Science China Press In the recent article published in Science Bulletin, the researchers develop an effective organic-cation intercalation strategy...
An intelligent and compact particle analyzer
Credit: by Rubaiya Hussain, Mehmet Alican Noyan, Getinet Woyessa, Rodrigo R. Retamal MarÃn, Pedro Antonio Martinez, Faiz M. Mahdi, Vittoria...
New catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas
Credit: Cafer T. Yavuz, KAIST Scientists have taken a major step toward a circular carbon economy by developing a long-lasting,...
Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch
Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider's sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movementCredit: Rongrong...
Scientists discover that human cell function removes extracellular amyloid protein
Credit: Eisuke Itakura The accumulation of aberrant proteins in the body will cause various neurodegenerative diseases. Amyloid β, one of...
Researchers discover how cells clear misfolded proteins from tissues
Credit: Itakura et al., 2020 Researchers in Japan have identified a new quality control system that allows cells to remove...
Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates
The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas...
New green technology from UMass Amherst generates electricity ‘out of thin air’
Renewable device could help mitigate climate change, power medical devicesCredit: UMass Amherst/Yao and Lovley labs AMHERST, Mass. - Scientists at...
