Chemistry
Gemini Observatory with NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Two ancient migration events in the Andromeda Galaxy: Dynamical footprints uncovered by galactic archaeologists in galaxy next doorCredit: Australian National...
Tunable optical chip paves way for new quantum devices
Researchers demonstrate first fully integrated silicon carbide optical switch that can be thermally tuned for different functionsCredit: Ali Adibi, Georgia...
Structural color printing of 3D microscale objects by shrinking photonic crystals
Credit: SUTD In a report recently published in Nature Communications, a research group led by Associate Professor Joel Yang from...
Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy
Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty space? And if yes, do we have to give it back?...
African evidence support Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
First African evidence to support hypothesis of an asteroid impact that contributed to the extinction of large animals 12,800 years...
Scientists improve pancreatic cancer diagnosis with multifunctional platinum nanoreactor
Credit: HUANG Lin Metabolic analysis involves ongoing biological pathways and can be more distal than proteomic/genomic approaches to in vitro...
Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
Credit: Virginia Tech When we first purchase a smart phone, all of our settings and applications are the same. But...
Novel material with strong action against fungi and tumors was developed
Researchers have created a composite with antifungal properties that are 32 times greater than those of silver by irradiating a...
Scientists of the Samara Polytech sinter lunar soil in a microwave
Making bricks from a lunar soil simulator takes 40 minutesCredit: @SamaraPolytech A team of scientists led by an engineer, candidate...
Why some greens turn brown in historical paintings
Credit: Adapted from Inorganic Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02007 Enticed by the brilliant green hues of copper acetate and copper resinate,...
Managing stormwater and stream restoration projects together
Credit: THK Associates Both stormwater control and stream restoration are proven ways to reduce erosion along water channels. Often, though,...
Reinhart Koselleck Project funding for research into growth of atmospheric nanoparticles
The objective is to understand the mechanisms of particle formation and to distinguish between its natural and anthropogenic causesCredit: photo/©:...
WVU awarded $5 million to continue rare earth project, build acid mine drainage treatment facility
Credit: Raymond Thompson Jr./West Virginia University The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University has been awarded $5...
CSHL press publishes ‘Conscience and Courage,’ the remarkable life story of Henri Termeer
Credit: With permission from Sanofi Genzyme Cold Spring Harbor, New York, October 1, 2019 -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press...
NSF’s national optical-infrared astronomy research laboratory launched
Major NSF astronomy initiative starts Oct. 1, 2019Credit: National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld On 1 October 2019, the nighttime...
Telescope seeking new planets launches via football field-sized balloon
Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars' glareCredit: Photo credit: NASA LOWELL,...
Shape affects performance of micropillars in heat transfer
New study shows how the shape of nanostructures impacts how well they retain water -- and heatCredit: Washington University in...
Why multipartite viruses infect plants rather than animals
Credit: Tokyo Tech Multipartite viruses have a strange lifestyle. Their genome is split up into different viral particles that, in...
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling...
Squid-inspired robots might have environmental, propulsion applications
Scientists studied fluid mechanics to simulate and build a squidlike robot that's fast, quiet and hard to see.Credit: Qiang Zhu...
