Chemistry
Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial device
Replacing today's expensive catalysts could bring down the cost of producing the gas for fuel, fertilizer and clean energy storageCredit:...
The nano-guitar string that plays itself
Credit: Lancaster University Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without...
How to control friction in topological insulators
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Departement of Physics Topological insulators are innovative materials that conduct electricity on the surface, but...
New design strategy can help improve layered superconducting materials
Modified multi-layered bismuth superconductor for higher critical temperaturesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have...
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formationCredit: HST/NASA/ESA. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
Nanoscale manipulation of light leads to exciting new advancement
UNM researchers find decreasing the density of nanoparticles in ordered arrays produces exceptional field enhancementsCredit: University of New Mexico Department...
Six degrees of nuclear separation
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists look to 3D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear...
Shaping nanoparticles for improved quantum information technology
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at the forefront of scientific research today. They...
The American Physical Society announces Historic Sites for 2019
The Historic Sites initiative recognizes landmarks significant to physics history across the United States.Credit: Adler Planetarium COLLEGE PARK, MD, October...
Deep Purple — future biological darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Purple algae are making the western Greenland Ice Sheet melt faster, as the algae darken the ice surface and make...
How to make magnetic slime (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2019 -- This week on Reactions, we explore the chemistry of slime....
Family of crop viruses revealed at high resolution for the first time
Credit: Univeristy of Leeds For the first-time we can take a molecular-level look at one of the world's deadliest crop...
Prospecting for gold just got a lot easier
Credit: University of South Australia Looking for gold? Every good explorer knows there's no silver bullet in finding an ore...
ERC Synergy Grant: 12 million euros for research into ‘magic’ 3D nanostructures
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich The physicists Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski and Prof. Stefan Blügel from Forschungszentrum Jülich have successfully obtained a...
Luciano Rezzolla awarded prestigious honorary professorship
The Goethe University physics professor to be Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Dublin Trinity CollegeCredit: Jürgen Lecher, Goethe University "The...
Physics: An ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphere
Credit: Matthias Kling Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have explored the initial consequences of the interaction of light with...
NRL launches space weather instrument on NASA satellite
Credit: NASA WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver...
New material captures carbon dioxide
The captured CO2 can be converted into useful organic materialsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya A new material that can selectively...
Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time
The secret to deciphering elderly disorders is understanding how key proteins organize themselves over timeCredit: Guilherme A. P. de Oliveira...
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruptionCredit: Roope Kokkoniemi/Aalto University...
