Chemistry
Research shows old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes
Newspapers provide a green, economical way to produce carbon nanotubesCredit: Rice University A research collaboration between Rice University and the...
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
Researchers from the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) within the Department of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) collaborate...
Scientists reveal the dominant role of quenched disorder on complex oxide nanowires
Credit: ©Science China Press The semiconductor industry has been developed for more than 40 years following the Moore's Law. With...
Bridging surface plasmon polaritons and the digital world
Credit: ©Science China Press Digital coding and digital modulation technologies are important cornerstones of modern information science and technology, but...
Fast ionic transport interphase for stable Mg metal anodes in conventional electrolyte
Credit: ©Science China Press In recent years, rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) have attracted a growing number of researchers in the...
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Credit: The University of Manchester A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas...
Industrial scale production of layer materials via intermediate-assisted grinding
Credit: ©Science China Press The large number of 2D materials, including graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)...
Stabilizing sulfur cathode by single Li-ion channel polymer binder
Credit: ©Science China Press The growing demands on the high-performance energy-storage system for emerging technologies such as electric vehicles and...
Efficient bottom-up synthesis of new perovskite material for the production of ammonia
Credit: Tokyo Tech Perovskites are a class of synthetic materials that have a crystalline structure similar to that of the...
Lehigh materials science professor elected to Academia Europaea
Prestigious honor from international association recognizes Christopher J. Kiely as a world-renowned expert in electron microscopy and catalyst material characterizationCredit:...
Wound healing in mucous tissues could ward off AIDS
Wound-repair capabilities preserve tissue integrity during early infection and might prevent inflammation that underlies immune exhaustionCredit: Michael Gale, Fredrik Barrenas,...
Scientists help soldiers figure out what robots know
Credit: (ARL Photo) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 21, 2019) -An Army-led research team developed new algorithms and filled in...
2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize awarded to ETH Zurich team for simulation that maps heat in transistors
DaCe OMEN framework could help industry design better and more efficient computer chipsCredit: ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery,...
Study probes relationship between strange metals and high-temperature superconductors
Computer simulations yield a much more accurate picture of these states of matterCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Strange metals...
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storageCredit: Drexel University The challenge of building an energy...
Breaking (and restoring) graphene’s symmetry in a twistable electronics device
Columbia researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting the twist angle between them;...
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the ocean
Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms....
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterialsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography A tide of public momentum is swelling...
Quantum tricks on demand
Max Planck-New York Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena inaugurated in New York CityCredit: Asiya Khaki The Max Planck Institute for...
Dmitri Zakharov recognized with the 2019 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences--recognizes Zakharov's contributions to environmental...
