Chemistry
Six feet not far enough to stop virus transmission in light winds
Current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient, because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of...
Good news for menopausal women taking hop supplements: Tests show no drug interactions
Credit: Photo courtesy Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Hop-based dietary supplements that many women use to ease the night...
First-in-class drug candidate developed through NFCR funding commences phase IIB clinical trials
Three decades of NFCR basic and translational research funding to primary investigator Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng advances new systems biology paradigm...
A spreadable interlayer could make solid state batteries more stable
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Solid state batteries are of great interest to the electric vehicle industry. Scientists at...
Scientists use pressure to make liquid magnetism breakthrough
Credit: Daniel Haskel It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a...
Quantum Hall effect ‘reincarnated’ in 3D topological materials
2D order protects several entangled states that could be used in quantum computingCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 18,...
Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.Credit: Greg...
HHU physicists: No evidence of an influence of dark matter on the force between nuclei
Physics: Publication in NatureCredit: HHU / Alighanbari, Hansen, Schiller The universe mainly consists of a novel substance and an energy...
Physicists offer a new ‘spin’ on memory
A research team led by the University of Arizona reports a discovery that opens new possibilities in the development of...
Discovery of high-Chern-number and high-temperature Chern insulator states: to information highway
Credit: ©Science China Press Quantum Hall effect (QHE) plays an important role in materials science and precision measurement. Due to...
A theoretical boost to nano-scale devices
Researchers calculate the quasi-Fermi levels in molecular junctions applying an initio approach. -Credit: Yong-Hoon Kim, KAIST Semiconductor companies are struggling...
UCLA physicists develop world’s best quantum bits
Credit: Stuart Wolpert A team of researchers at UCLA has set a new record for preparing and measuring the quantum...
A new look into the sources and impacts of greenhouse gases in China
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences China's implementation of a national carbon trading market to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires...
Lighting up cells with genetically-encoded X-ray-sensitive probes
Credit: ©Science China Press Microscopic visualization of sub-cellular structures and constituents plays a central role in cell biology. Synchrotron-based X-ray...
Theory of detonation-driven hypervelocity shock tunnels and its demonstration
Credit: ©Science China Press Many 21st century challenges exist in science and technology, and one of these is the hypersonic...
Mars: Where mud flows like lava
Credit: © Bro et al./Nature Geoscience The surface of the planet Mars bears probable traces of 'sedimentary volcanism', a geological...
Formate dehydrogenase reduces carbon dioxide to formic acid
A giant leap for artificial photosynthesis research!Credit: Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Osaka City University Professor Yutaka Amao of the...
Superconductors with ‘zeitgeist’ — When materials differentiate between past and future
Credit: Copyright: Hans-Henning Klauss What happened yesterday and what will happen tomorrow are usually two different and quite independent matters....
Highly efficient charge-to-spin interconversion in graphene heterostructures
Researchers present a new route for designing a graphene-based active spintronic componentCredit: KAIST KAIST physicists described a route to design...
Efficient, ‘green’ quantum-dot solar cells exploit defects
Quantum-dot approach shows promise for a new type of toxic-element-free, inexpensive, defect-tolerant solar cellsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory Novel quantum...