Chemistry
Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic enable new infrared detectors
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of...
Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions alone cannot substantially decrease air pollution
Credit: Qianqian Zhang High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of...
Livestock and poultry farming should be the future focus of agricultural ammonia emissions control
Credit: Jiayu Huang As the only alkaline gas in the atmosphere, ammonia can react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides...
Scientists discover supernova that outshines all others
Credit: Aaron Geller (Northwestern University) A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than...
New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua
A new scenario based on computer simulations accounts for all of the observed characteristics of the first known interstellar object...
Discovered a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots
The CSIC researcher at CRAG Paloma Mas leads a study published in Nature Plants demonstrating that the clock protein ELF4...
New handle for controlling electromagnetic properties could enable spintronic computing
The magnetic transition of troilite causes instabilities in the 'space metal's' structure that transforms it from a conductor to an...
Untangling untidy folds to understand diseases
Credit: © 2020 Mawadda Alghrably Unraveling interactions between metal ions and peptides in the body may eventually lead to improved...
Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research
2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental...
New protocol identifies fascinating quantum states
Method can be directly applied in existing experimental platformsCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Nowadays, modern quantum simulators offer a wide range...
Ion channel VRAC enhances immune response against viruses
Ion channel VRAC transports the messenger substance cGAMP from cell to cellCredit: Rosa Planells-Cases VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels do not only...
Construction of sintering resistant Pt based catalyst based on ‘composite energy well’ model
Credit: ©Science China Press Nano-catalysts usually have higher catalytic activity than traditional bulk catalysts. And it is widely acknowledged that...
Single-electron pumping in a ZnO single-nanobelt transistor
Credit: ©Science China Press Single electron pumping devices with high efficiency and controllability at room temperature play an essential role...
A new strategy to create 2D magnetic order
Credit: ©Science China Press Grain boundaries, which are consist of periodic arrangement of structural units and generally recognized as a...
Technique offers path for biomanufacturing medicines during space flights
Research simulating instrument aboard international space station nurtures E. coli bacteriaCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An instrument currently...
A novel Li-ion superconductor makes possible an era of safe battery
A fast Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte material comparable to the liquid electrolytes used in typical batteries. An innovative synthesis developed...
Hinge Therapeutics and TUT enter collaboration to advance drug discovery by ion imaging
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Hinge Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing...
Researchers seek new drugs to fight coronavirus using computers in schools across Kentucky
Drug discovery work shifts from cancer to COVID-19 using DataseamGridCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The novel coronavirus may...
How do mantis shrimp find their way home?
The first-ever research on mantis shrimp navigation, by UMBC's Rickesh Patel, finds they use the sun, polarized light patterns, and...
ERC Advanced Grant for Edward Lemke for the engineering of designer organelles in cells
Biophysical chemist receives prestigious EU research funding for work on membraneless organelles that construct synthetic proteins in cellsCredit: ill./©: Christopher...