Chemistry
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
Credit: Virgil Andrei A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial...
A cavity leads to a strong interaction between light and matter
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers have succeeded in creating an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface using a microscopic...
Argonne multidisciplinary team develops probe for battery research: Strength in numbers
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne team develops a powerful technique for probing in three dimensions the crystalline structure of cathode...
HALO measurement campaign: Climate change in the southern hemisphere
KIT, DLR, FZJ, and the Universities of Mainz and Frankfurt coordinate measurement campaign with the HALO research aircraft to study...
Porous polymer coatings dynamically control light and heat
New inexpensive, scalable design takes advantage of the optical switchability of porous polymers; could be used for heating, cooling, and...
Atomic images reveal unusually many neighbors for some oxygen atoms
Credit: © Christoph Hofer and Jannik Meyer, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 The identification of new chemical bonds is crucial for...
A technology to transform 2D planes into 3D soft and flexible structures
A technology to transform 2D planes into 3D soft and flexible structures by engineering adhesion between thin-filmsCredit: DGIST DGIST announced...
Silencing RNA nanotherapy shows promise against pancreatic cancer
A Washington University-University of South Florida preclinical study finds that the novel nanoparticle delivers gene-level treatment to suppress KRAS-driven cancer...
Breaking the stroma barrier: Study shows a new way to hit cancer with radiation
Researchers at Osaka University test a new cancer treatment in mice that guides high-strength radiotherapy directly to pancreatic tumorsCredit: Department...
Impact: 60 years of shock wave research at Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia scientists tell the remarkable story of shock wave physics in post-World War II AmericaCredit: Crawford et al. 1994, Fig....
Volcanic ash sparks a new discovery
New research finds that volcanic ash modifies the height, width and lifetime of a standing shock wave that can occur...
Gravity crystals: A new method for exploring the physics of white dwarf stars
Scientists study how charged particles arrange themselves into crystalline patterns and apply what they learn to explore the interiors of...
Taking a new tangent to control pesky waves in fusion plasmas
New theory could help overcome a significant barrier to achieving fusion powerCredit: NSTX-U collaboration. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--Fusion combines light elements...
Making connections: Bringing astrophysical processes down to Earth
New supercomputer simulations explore magnetic reconnection and make a surprising discovery.Credit: Jackson Matteucci and Will Fox Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--Magnetic reconnection,...
Taking new angle to enable more efficient, compact fusion power plants
New microwave injection system at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility doubles current-drive efficiency and demonstrates for the first time efficient...
Island retreat: Fuel injection helps reduce magnetic island instabilities
Injecting pellets of frozen hydrogen fuel into the plasma of a fusion reactor helps repair tears in the surrounding magnetic...
New insights could help tame speedy ions in fusion plasmas
Understanding fast ions, critical to heating plasmas, could help turn a liability into an assetCredit: DIII-D National Fusion Facility. Fort...
World record acceleration: Zero to 7.8 billion electron volts in 8 inches
New technique doubles the highest electron energy ever produced by a laser plasma accelerator, bringing the promise of tera electron...
A star is born: Using lasers to study how star stuff is made
Probing nucleosynthesis in star-like conditions using the world's biggest laser at NIFCredit: Don Jedlovec, LLNL Fort Lauderdale, Fla.--On a typical...
Real texture for lab-grown meat
Researchers grow muscle cells on edible fibersCredit: Harvard University Lab-grown or cultured meat could revolutionize food production, providing a greener,...
