Chemistry
Solving a mystery in 126 dimensions
After 90 years, scientists reveal the structure of benzeneCredit: UNSW Sydney One of the fundamental mysteries of chemistry has been...
Triglycerides control neurons in the reward circuit
Credit: Chloe Berland et al. Energy-dense food, obesity and compulsive food intake bordering addiction: the scientific literature has been pointing...
Cooling magnets with sound
Quantum physicists are proposing to cool microparticles with sound wavesCredit: Carlos Sánchez Muñoz While quantum physics is usually concerned with...
Same genes, same conditions, different transport
Bacterium shows phenotypic heterogeneity for methionine uptakeCredit: University of Groningen The bacterium Lactococcus lactis, which plays an important role in...
York University researchers one step closer to creating organic batteries
Credit: Paola Scattolon York University researchers have discovered a way to make Lithium-powered batteries more environmentally friendly while retaining performance,...
Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale
New investigation method provides fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting under operating conditionsCredit: MPI-P, License CC-BY-SA It is a well-known...
How a magnet could help boost understanding of superconductivity
Physicists unravel a mystery behind the strange behavior of electrons in a ferromagnetCredit: Yashar Komijani Physicists have unraveled a mystery...
UArizona study identifies hormone that causes women to experience more pain than men
Credit: TUCSON, Ariz. - Imagine taking a pill to control your pain and, instead, the medication actually increases the pain...
Using molecules to draw on quantum materials
Canadian researchers used circular molecules to change the properties of a surfaceCredit: Chaoying Fu Over millennia, civilizations progressed through the...
Research brief: Energy researchers invent error-free catalysts
Discovery could improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness of industrial chemical technologiesCredit: Ardagh et al., Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation A team...
New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
Nanomaterial can operate as an early-alert system, sensing slight changes in body temperatureCredit: University of Houston Researchers have reported a...
Coronavirus treatment and risk to breastfeeding women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2020--Little data is available about the ability of antiviral...
New type of indoor solar cells for smart connected devices
Credit: Marina Freitag In a future where most things in our everyday life are connected through the internet, devices and...
High-tech contact lenses correct color blindness
Researchers apply metasurfaces to standard contact lenses for customizable color correctionCredit: Sharon Karepov, Tel Aviv University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have...
Using ultrasound localization microscopy to detect oxygen levels in tissues
Credit: Doris Dahl, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers at the University of...
Nanoscale spectroscopy review showcases a bright future
Modern society is working closer to the nanoscale than it realisesCredit: Luco Bravo Unsplash Modern society is working closer to...
Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light
Researchers study unusual particles involved in quantum information processingCredit: OIST Researchers in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at...
Sulfonated chitosan studied as potential biodegradable corrosion inhibitor
Kazan University's research of methane hydrates continues in this paper in Carbohydrate PolymersCredit: Kazan Federal University Hydrate formation has long...
Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites
Credit: Adapted from Journal of Natural Products 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00972 Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet...
DNA sugars characterised in unprecedented resolution, atom by atom
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed the technology needed to be able to determine the structure...