Chemistry
The discrete-time physics hiding inside our continuous-time world
Credit: Santa Fe Institute Press Scientists believe that time is continuous, not discrete -- roughly speaking, they believe that it...
Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) 41st Annual Meeting
Smell and taste: Our link to the environment Bonita Springs, FL-- Smell and taste are vital senses that bring pleasure...
‘Snowball chamber’ helps researchers use supercooled water to search for dark matter
Thanks to a little inspiration from the Disney movie 'Frozen,' researchers discover a new property of supercooled waterCredit: Joshua E....
DIY gravitational waves with ‘[email protected]’
Effort led by West Virginia University researchers seeks to recruit public to advance computational research on gravitational waves emerging from...
Unexpected properties uncovered in recently discovered superconductor
Layered bismuth chalcogenide superconductor shows electronic 'nematicity'Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found...
Characterization of ‘hidden’ dioxins from informal e-waste processing
Investigation of the complex mixture of chlorinated, brominated and mixed halogenated dibenzofurans and diphenyl ethers released from open e-waste burning...
Novo Biosciences achieves major milestones in moving trodusquemine into clinical trials
Regenerative medicine drug candidate has potential applications in heart disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophyCredit: Novo Biosciences BAR HARBOR, MAINE -...
DOE’s Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 70 students to pursue research at DOE labs
The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018...
New method inverts the self-assembly of liquid crystals
Credit: University of Luxembourg In liquid crystals, molecules automatically arrange themselves in an ordered fashion. Researchers from the University of...
Quantum simulation more stable than expected
Quantum localization bounds Trotter errors in digital quantum simulationCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Quantum computers promise to solve certain computational problems...
Electric vehicle adoption improves air quality and climate outlook
Ozone pollution reduced even when electricity is produced by combustion sources EVANSTON, Ill.-- If you have ever wondered how much...
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth's first life forms Primitive ponds may have provided...
Hubble peers at cosmic blue bauble
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Piotto et al. Globular clusters are inherently beautiful objects, but the subject of this NASA/ESA...
Fishy diagnostics for food allergy testing
James Cook University scientists in Australia have found material commonly used for fish allergy testing is unreliable - potentially putting...