Chemistry
Can a new kind of power plant improve air quality, resilience?
UH engineers join project to study options for deploymentCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston, backed by...
UTA researcher investigating policies to improve rural and urban sustainability
Making cities more sustainableCredit: UT Arlington Large cities require massive amounts of energy, food and water resources that cannot be...
Chemists learn how to detect phenols in smoked food samples using vitamin B4
This method can be used in analytical laboratories at factoriesCredit: SPbU Today, phenols are used to produce medicines, paints, and...
Melting properties determine biological functions of cuticular hydrocarbon layer of ants
Communication and waterproofing: Biology and physics come together in an interdisciplinary project to investigate the physical properties of wax-like cuticular...
How resident microbes restructure body chemistry
As much as 70% of the molecules in a mouse are determined by the microbes that live within the animalCredit:...
These feet were made for walking
A little-studied human foot arch is important for walking and running, finds new studyCredit: OIST Many of us take our...
Scientists discover new clue behind age-related diseases and food spoilage
Exotic molecule linked to ozone also at work in chronic diseases and cancers, and even the decomposition of foodCredit: Marilyn...
Discovery of entirely new class of RNA caps in bacteria
Credit: Hudeček, O., Benoni, R., Reyes-Gutierrez, P.E. et al. The group of Dr. Hana Cahová of the Institute of Organic...
Small precipitates make big difference in mitigating strength-ductility tradeoff
Credit: PENG Shenyou Researchers from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, teaming up with scientists from...
KIER developed separator that reduced gas crossover for water electrolyzer
Successfully developed a separation membrane that drastically lowered gas crossover while exhibiting high performance comparable to the commercial separatorCredit: Korea...
Scientists ‘film’ a quantum measurement
Credit: F. Pokorny et al., Quantum physics describes the inner world of individual atoms, a world very different from our...
How big is the neutron?
Theoretical physicsCredit: RUB, Marquard The size of neutrons cannot be measured directly: it can only be determined from experiments involving...
Perovskite solar cells made of peppermint oil and walnut aroma food additives, preventing lead leakage
Credit: Taiho Park (POSTECH) Solar energy that reaches the Earth is about 125 million gigawatt (Gw). When this solar energy...
Isotope movement holds key to the power of fusion reactions
Credit: Katsumi Ida, the National Institute for Fusion Science and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies Fusion may be the...
MOF co-catalyst allows selectivity of branched aldehydes of up to 90%
Approach represents a powerful tool for designing selective catalytic heterogeneous processesCredit: @PSI Efforts to develop heterogeneous catalysts that appeal to...
Stretchable, wearable coils may make MRI, other medical tests easier on patients
Credit: Joseph Rispoli/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Anyone who has had a mammogram or an MRI knows how uncomfortable...
Scientists develop enzyme produced from agricultural waste for use as laundry detergent
Credit: University of Portsmouth An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be...
Stanford research maps a faster, easier way to build diamond
With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure...
A nacre-inspired separator coating for impact-tolerant lithium batteries
Credit: SONG Yonghui Lithium batteries are easy to explode? Scientists at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) may...
Regioselective magnetization enabled chiral semiconducting heteronanorods
Credit: ZHUANG et al. The USTC team led by Prof. Shu-Hong Yu (USTC), collaborating with Prof. Zhiyong Tang (National Center...