Chemistry
More energy means more effects — in proton collisions
Credit: IFJ PAN, P. Kotko The higher the collision energy of particles, the more interesting the physics. Scientists from the...
A cosmic pretzel
Twin baby stars grow amongst a twisting network of gas and dustCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al. The two baby...
Three gravitational-wave detectors sign agreement to begin joint observation
Collaboration will enable pinpointing origin of gravitational-wave eventsCredit: ICRR The world's three principal gravitational-wave detectors -- LIGO in the U.S.,...
Were hot, humid summers the key to life’s origins?
Credit: Bracher Lab, Saint Louis University. Take-Aways Uncovering how the first biological molecules (like proteins and DNA) arose is a...
Scientists create brain-mimicking environment to grow 3D tissue models of brain tumors
Use of brain-like extracellular matrix allows cell growth and treatment to more closely replicate physiological responseCredit: Disha Sood & David...
Massive filaments fuel the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes
Credit: Joshua Borrow using C-EAGLE Joshua Borrow using C-EAGLE Joshua Borrow using C-EAGLE An international group of scientists led by...
Protein associated with many diseases fully visualized for first time
New drugs could be inspired by understanding how P2X7 protein receptor worksCredit: Oregon Health & Science University For the first...
New ‘fuzzy’ dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking
'Fuzzy' dark matter theory simulated fully for the first timeCredit: Universities of Princeton, Sussex, Cambridge New research conducted at the...
Versatile physics leader Stefan Gerhardt elected an APS fellow
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Stefan Gerhardt, who heads research operations and serves as deputy director of the recovery...
Combustion behavior of aromatics may provide keys to enhancing heavy oil extraction
Kazan University's In-Situ Combustion Lab continues its inquiries in Journal of Industrial and Engineering ChemistryCredit: Kazan Federal University The problem...
The American Institute of Physics announces 2019 Science Communication Award winners
Diverse selection of 2019 Science Communication Award-winning literature includes works on animal-inspired robotics, the far reaches of outer space, climate...
Getting an ‘eel’ for the water: The physics of undulatory human swimming
Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba produce the most detailed motion capture of undulatory swimming and the resulting 3D...
Scientists predict the areas of the brain to stimulate transitions between different brain states
Using a computer model of the brain, scientists have developed an innovative method published in Proceedings of the National Academy...
Breakthrough in sex-chromosome regulation
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have uncovered a chromosome-wide mechanism that keeps the gene expression of...
Eco-friendly electrochemical catalysts using solar cells to harvest energy from the sun
Credit: Chemical Communications A research team from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Kanazawa University develops an eco-friendly device...
Inventing the world’s strongest silver
Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting materialsCredit: Joshua Brown A team...
Researcher develops method to change fundamental architecture of polymers
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University research team has developed methods to manipulate polymers...
The violent history of the big galaxy next door
Credit: Dougal Mackey, ANU Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now...
Tracking the HI virus
Researchers make visible, how AIDS pathogens multiply in the bodyCredit: (Image: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU) (Jena, Germany) In order to treat diseases...
A new scientific instrument for the nation
UD tapped to lead development of world-class neutron research instrumentCredit: Photo courtesy of National Institute of Standards and Technology The...
