Chemistry
University of Delaware startup awarded $3.4M in Department of Energy funding
Funding will help advance and commercialize a new class of polymer membranes to make fuels cells much more economicalCredit: University...
A super-fast ‘light switch’ for future cars and computers
Credit: Haffner C, et al 2019 Self-driving cars have become better and more reliable in recent years. Before they might...
Li-ion battery components to be printed on an inkjet printer
Researchers are developing a technology for printing the electrodes for miniature li-ion batteries by an inkjet printer.Credit: Peter the Great...
Scientists developed a method for studying the structure of self-organizing materials
This new method can take 3D micro and nano-printers to a new levelCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University An international...
Toward new types of bioinspired dynamic materials
Credit: Politecnico di Torino The ability to conceive and develop new types of materials has determined the development of humanity...
Designer lens helps see the big picture
Credit: © 2019 KAUST Microscopes have been at the center of many of the most important advances in biology for...
Artyom Yurov, IKBFU physicist: ‘Can quantum effects occur at mega-scale?’
An article of the IKBFU Director of Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Informational Technology, Artyom Yurov and the Institute's Associate...
This humidity digester breathes in atmospheric water and exhales energy
Credit: National University of Singapore Integrating a super moisture-absorbent gel with light-active materials, researchers in Singapore have developed a humidity...
Researchers discover molecular light switch in photoreceptor cells
Researchers from Osaka University identify an enzyme that helps control vision in bright and dark spaces, with significant implications for...
4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07104 Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional....
Outback telescope captures Milky Way center, discovers remnants of dead stars
Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a...
UTHealth student has research showcased at Neuroscience 2019
Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Brain research by a student in a laboratory at McGovern Medical School at The University...
Fly me (partway) to the moon
To measure the Moon's brightness, NIST scientists sent a telescope as high as planes can flyCredit: NASA photo/Ken Ulbrich Last...
Deep brain stimulation safer for patients with new MRI compatible electrode
Brain-computer interface advancementsCredit: SDSU Imagine having an electrode embedded in your brain in a surgical procedure that involves drilling holes...
Scientists use modern technology to understand how ochre paint was created in pictographs
Ochre, one of Earth's oldest naturally occurring materials, was often seen as a vivid red paintCredit: University of Missouri Ochre,...
Study on surface damage to vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds are bombarded with ice crystals and dust...
Tiny filters help detect cancerous blood cells
A computer model is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant...
A remote control for everything small
Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams; at TU Wien a method was developed to...
Birds of a feather flock together, but how do they decide where to go?
Researchers propose a new method of studying coordinated behavior in biological systems, which they use to study pigeon flightsCredit: Angie...
Laying out directions for future of reliable blood clotting molecule models
Emerging methods for simulating the net-forming molecule behind clots, von Willebrand Factor, point to several promising avenues for future thrombus...
