Chemistry
Trees in the Amazon are time capsules of human history, from culture to colonialism
Credit: Victor Caetano-Andrade As society has progressed, the annals of human history have been recorded through text, art, and oral...
Controllable functional ferroelectric domain walls under piezoresponse microscope
Credit: ©Science China Press Ferroelectric materials possessing high photoelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric response are widely applied in industrial products, such...
Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber
Credit: by Sohail A. Jalil, Bo Lai, Mohamed ElKabbash, Jihua Zhang, Erik M. Garcell, Subhash Singh & Chunlei Guo The...
MOF@hollow mesoporous carbon spheres as bifunctional electrocatalysts
Credit: ©Science China Press With the quick development of industrial technology, the energy crisis caused by the shortage of fossil...
Static electricity as strong as lightening can be saved in a battery
Credit: Dong Sung Kim(POSTECH) Static electricity shock which occurs more often in winter is unpleasant. When two different objects are...
Direct synthesis of azulene continues to reveal alluring properties
Credit: Shinshu University Azulene is a pretty neat substance. As the name suggests, it displays a peculiar blue color. First...
Both Sn and Zn single-atoms on CuO catalyst synergistically promote dimethyldichlorosilane synthesis
Credit: ©Science China Press Because of their maximum atom-utilization efficiency and unique catalytic properties, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have sparked intense...
New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of virusesCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers-led team has...
Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby ‘Cocoon Galaxy’
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - The so-called "Cocoon Galaxy" not only has a unique shape,...
Boston College chemist Jia Niu receives NSF CAREER Young Investigator Award
NSF grant will support research to grow polymer chains more uniformlyCredit: Peter Julian/Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. -- Boston College...
Research brief: Ocean temperatures impact Central American climate more than once thought
New UNLV research provides context for climate history of Guatemalan rainforestsCredit: Amos Winter, Indiana State University Tourists today spend thousands...
Why males pack a powerful punch
Upper arm strength, different from females', may have specialized for forceful blowsCredit: Photo by Jeremy Morris Elk have antlers. Rams...
Cathode ‘defects’ improve battery performance
A counterintuitive finding revealed by high-precision powder diffraction analyses suggests a new strategy for building better batteriesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory...
The invisibility cloak of a fungus
Researchers find out that a fungal pathogen uses an enzyme to hide from the human immune system / Study in...
Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe
XMM-2599 lived fast and died young, says UC Riverside-led international teamCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international...
Improving adhesives for wearable sensors
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03305 By conveniently and painlessly collecting data, wearable sensors create many new possibilities...
Colossal oysters have disappeared from Florida’s ‘most pristine’ coastlines
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (February 5, 2020)- Hundreds of years ago, colossal oysters were commonplace across much...
CIGSe thin-film solar cells: EU Sharc25 project increases efficiency
Credit: HZB/Ingo Kniest Producing thin-film solar modules requires much less energy than conventional wafer-based Si PV modules, and therefore their...
Programmed vascular endothelium remodeling using a remote-controlled ‘smart’ platform
Credit: ©Science China Press According to the statistics from World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause...
Fastest high-precision 3D printer
KIT scientists develop new 3D system to print structures of submicrometer accuracy at record speed -- Publication in Advanced Functional...
