Chemistry
From surfer shorts to surgical drapes
New framework to reduce harmful chemicals like PFAS added to consumer goods, phase out non-essentials Human exposure to unnecessary and...
‘Power shift’ needed to improve gender balance in energy research, report says
"Power shift" needed to improve gender balance in energy research, report says Women still face significant barriers in forging successful...
Using waves to move droplets
Credit: De Jong et al., Sci. Adv. 2019;5: eaaw0914 Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip become even more efficient...
Electron (or ‘hole’) pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity
Emergence of unusual metallic state supports role of 'charge stripes' in formation of charge-carrier pairs essential to resistance-free flow of...
Energy department to invest $32 million in computer design of materials
Researchers to take advantage of DOE's advanced supercomputers The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will invest $32 million...
Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response
Credit: Image courtesy of the UI Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Researchers at the University of Iowa and the...
Hubble sets sights on an explosive galaxy
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Crenshaw and O. Fox When massive stars die at the end of their short lives,...
A new paradigm of material identification based on graph theory
Credit: Science China Press Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and National Materials Genome Project have been launched by American and Chinese...
American Physical Society announces awardees of the Fundamental Physics Innovation Awards
The awards, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, hope to stimulate ideas on innovative ways in which emerging...
Pew funds 22 scientists to pursue innovative biomedical research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced 22 early-career researchers who have been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in...
Nobel physics laureate Gerard Mourou awarded honorary doctorate at Duesseldorf University
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesCredit: HHU / Wilfried Meyer "Gerard Mourou has accrued great merit in our faculty through...
Electron beam strengthens recyclable nanocomposite
Credit: Kanazawa University Polymers reinforced with carbon fibers combine strength and low weight. They also boast significant green credentials as...
Exciting plant vacuoles
Credit: Dawid Jaslan / University of Würzburg Many plant processes are not different from humans: Cells and tissues in grain...
It’s not easy being green
UCR research uncovers elusive process essential to plant greeningCredit: Chan Yul Yoo / UC Riverside Despite how essential plants are...
World Cultural Council has announced the winners of the 2019 Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Award ceremony to be held in Japan for first time hosted by the University of Tsukuba in the framework of...
A new study reveals ‘hidden’ phases of matter through the power of light
Credit: Felice Macera Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water,...
Materials informatics reveals new class of super-hard alloys
Lehigh University researchers use data analytics and experimental microscopy to discover new high-entropy alloys, validating novel approach to new materials...
UB team awarded $1.8 million to develop carbon capture technology
Membranes that separate carbon dioxide from other emissions could help slow the pace of climate changeCredit: Douglas Levere / University...
Mysterious Majorana quasiparticle is now closer to being controlled for quantum computing
Princeton researchers detect a robust Majorana quasiparticle and show how it can be turned on and offCredit: Yazdani Lab at...
UTMB researchers learned how to better combat muscle loss during space flights
GALVESTON, Texas - A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has further documented how muscles...
