Chemistry
Large dipole moment induced wide-spectrum bismuth chromate for efficient photocatalytic performance
Credit: ©Science China Press The conversion and utilization of solar energy for chemical fuel production and environmental remediation through artificial...
Galaxy formation simulated without dark matter
A study by the University of Bonn simulates a universe in which Newton's laws are only valid to a limited...
New progress in turbulent combustion modeling: Filtered flamelet model
Credit: ©Science China Press In turbulent combustion, the interaction between the strong nonlinear reaction source and turbulence leads to broad...
Inhomogeneous-strain-induced magnetic vortex cluster in one-dimensional manganite wire
Credit: ©Science China Press Topologically stabilized spin structures at the nanoscale magnets, including domain walls, vortices and skyrmions, have recently...
Oligomers observed mimicking the combination of DNA strands: Study
Credit: Monash University An international research team have for the first time observed dynamic covalent oligomers mimicking the combination of...
Silver sawtooth creates valley-coherent light for nanophotonics
Credit: Han and Ye, University of Groningen. Scientists at the University of Groningen used a silver sawtooth nanoslit array to...
Light burns with new acids
Credit: Tsuyoshi Kawai Researchers at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) report a photo-acid generator (PAG) that generates Lewis...
Invisible X-rays turn blue
Credit: Tsuyoshi Kawai A new reaction system can detect X-rays at the highest sensitivity ever recorded by using organic molecules....
Mystery of marine recycling squad solved
Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet many...
Using neutrons and X-rays to analyze the aging of lithium batteries
Credit: T.Arlt, I. Manke/HZB, R. Ziesche/UCL Lithium batteries are found everywhere: They power smart phones, laptops, and electric bicycles and...
UTA study examines potential sources of groundwater contamination in private wells
Perception vs. reality in groundwater contaminationCredit: UT Arlington A study led by environmental researchers at The University of Texas at...
How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight — and why they aren’t better at it
These inexpensive photosensitizers could make solar power and chemical manufacturing more efficient; experiments at SLAC offer insight into how they...
Scientists reveal whole new world of chemistry by stepping indoors
CSU researchers report on the chemistry of bleach cleaning as part of the HOMEChem experimentCredit: Callie Richmond Colorado State University...
What interventional radiologists need to know about frostbite and amputation
American Journal of Roentgenology meta-analysis of thrombolytic therapy for severe frostbite injuries finds promising results for both intraarterial and intravenous...
FEFU scientists developed method to build up functional elements of quantum computers
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia), together with colleagues from FEB RAS, China,...
Story tips: Fusion squeeze, global image mapping, computing mental health, Na+ batteries
Credit: David L. Green/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Fusion - Squeezing the code The prospect of simulating...
What decides the ferromagnetism in the non-encapsulated few-layer CrI3
Credit: ©Science China Press Since the discovery of two ferromagnetic (FM) atomically thin CrI3 and Cr2Ge2Te6 in 2017 (Nature 2017,...
Toxic protein, linked to Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases, exposed in new detail
Columbia-led team harnesses two powerful technologies to identify promising targets for diagnosing and treating neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Veronica Falconieri Hays and...
Graphene mapping 50 times faster
Credit: ©Science China Press Graphene is always raising high expectations, as a strong, ultrathin, two-dimensional material that could also be...
Setting up fundamental bases for information metasurface
Credit: ©Science China Press When illuminated by electromagnetic waves, subwavelength-scale particles of metasurface can couple the incident energy to free...
