Chemistry

November 6, 2025

First-ever visualizations of electrical gating effects on electronic structure

Scientists have visualised the electronic structure in a microelectronic device for the first time, opening up opportunities for finely-tuned high...

Toward a better battery

Materials scientists uncover source of degradation in sodium batteries Batteries power our lives: we rely on them to keep our...

Japanese scientists embrace creepy-crawlies

Firms in Japan are changing people's perceptions about common spiders, worms and insect larvae. These seemingly unwanted creatures have unique...

‘Semi-synthetic’ bacteria churn out unnatural proteins

Credit: Adapted from Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02075 Synthetic biologists seek to create new life with...

A new material for the battery of the future, made in UCLouvain

Credit: University of Louvain (UCLouvain) Renewable sources of energy such as wind or photovoltaic are intermittent. The production peaks do...

Fiber-optic vibration sensors could prevent train accidents

New accelerometers would enable all-optical sensing networks that continuously monitor for train or track problems WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed...

Crystalline ‘artificial muscle’ makes paper doll do sit-ups

Credit: American Chemical Society Scary movies about dolls that can move, like Anabelle and Chucky, are popular at theaters this...

Monitoring air quality after Fourth of July fireworks

The U.S. recently celebrated the Fourth of July with dazzling fireworks displays in many cities. After the "oohs" and "ahhs"...

Researchers put a new spin on molecular oxygen

A multinational team led by researchers from Osaka University use experimental Kelvin probe force spectroscopy to alter the charge states...

Sea level rise requires extra management to maintain salt marshes

Credit: Zhenchang Zhu at NIOZ Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds and protect coasts under sea level...

Megakaryocytes act as ‘bouncers’ restraining cell migration in the bone marrow

Credit: Rudolf Virchow Center / University of Wuerzburg Hematopoiesis is the process of forming blood cells, which occurs predominantly in...

Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites and Vesta

Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have...

Miniature gravitational-wave detector to be built at Northwestern

Physicists and astronomers lead efforts to detect new types of cosmic eventsCredit: Northwestern University A team of physicists and astronomers...

Bentham Science announces the launch of new journal, “Current Nutraceuticals”

Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Nutraceuticals. The first issue of the journal...

Supernova observation first of its kind using NASA satellite

Data from NASA and Ohio State offer new clues about why stars explode COLUMBUS, Ohio--When NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite...

Bentham Science launches new journal, “Journal of Photocatalysis”

Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Journal of Photocatalysis. The first issue of...

Bentham Open announces the launch of new journal, “The Open Biomaterials Science Journal”

Bentham Open is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, The Open Biomaterials Science Journal. The first issue...

Gaia starts mapping the galactic bar in the Milky Way

Credit: StarHorse team. Visualisation: Arman Khalatyan Credit background image in the beginning of the video: NASA/Caltech/R. Hurt The second release...

Scientists identified the metabolic features specific to the autistic brain

Skoltech scientists looked into the differences in the concentrations of multiple metabolites in healthy humans and individuals suffering from Autism...

Limitation exposed in promising quantum computing material