Chemistry
Bristol pioneers use of VR for designing new drugs
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol are pioneering the use of virtual reality (VR) as a...
Observed: An exoplanet where it rains iron
Credit: Credits: ESO/M. Kornmesser This exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures...
World’s first experimental observation of a Kondo cloud
Credit: Jeongmin Shim Physicists have been trying to observe the quantum phenomenon Kondo cloud for many decades. An international research...
Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough
Credit: Picture: UNSW/Tony Melov A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved...
Glass transition of spins and orbitals of electrons in a pure crystal
A joint research group at Osaka University and the University of Tokyo discovered how the electrons in a magnetic pyrochlore...
Novel error-correction scheme developed for quantum computers
Bosonic symmetry ensures hardware-efficient encoding of informationCredit: Stephanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have developed a new approach to...
Arizona State University professor honored with materials science award
Alexandra Navrotsky to receive the 2020 Jan Czochralski Award from the European Materials Research SocietyCredit: Mary Zhu Arizona State University...
Researchers promote cancer cell growth in the near infrared region by using silica coated gold nano
Credit: Author In a report published in NANO, a group of researchers from the Republic of Korea have discovered a...
How does flow effect forces of charged surfaces/particles and surfactants in liquids?
Credit: Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society You're at the office. You've typed up a report and press print. Walk...
A hidden electronic transition ‘S0 → Tn’ in heavy-atom-containing molecules
Credit: Masaya Nakajima Researchers in Japan have discovered S0 → Tn, a previously overlooked electronic transition in photoreactions occurring in...
A novel technique to produce cheaper and more efficient chlorine (Cl?)
Credit: UNIST Chlorine (Cl?) is one of the most widely used industrial chemicals in the world today, with 75 million...
Breakthrough made towards building the world’s most powerful particle accelerator
Credit: UNIST An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has for the first time succeeded in demonstrating the ionization...
Feeding fusion: hydrogen ice pellets prove effective for fueling fusion plasmas
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Researchers have found that injecting pellets of hydrogen ice rather than puffing hydrogen gas...
Chemists create new artificial enzyme
Designed at the University of Miami, the triple-stranded molecule may help put chemistry's holy grail in reachCredit: Photo: Jenny Hudak/University...
NIST study uncovers a potential driver of premature solar panel failures
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Unlike diamonds, solar panels are not forever. Ultraviolet rays, gusts of wind and heavy rain wear away...
Slime mold simulations used to map dark matter holding universe together
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Burchett and O. Elek (UC Santa Cruz) The behavior of one of nature's humblest creatures...
Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web
The problem-solving prowess of a simple slime mold has been harnessed to trace the large-scale structure of the universeCredit: Burchett...
Injection strategies are crucial for geothermal projects
Evaluation of geothermal projects and possible tremorsCredit: G. Dresen Geothermal energy with its significant baseload capacity has long been investigated...
Inverse design software automates design process for optical, nanophotonic structures
Better design optimization of optical and photonic components may speed their commercial viability and open new possibilities for a wide...
Observed: An occultation of a brown dwarf by another
Credit: University of Birmingham / Amanda J. Smith. The finding was by chance, when the scientists were working on the...