Chemistry
Ultrasound selectively damages cancer cells when tuned to correct frequencies
Low-intensity approach targets cancer cells by their mechanical properties and illustrates the promise of the emerging field of oncotripsyCredit: David...
Fast radio burst observations deepen astronomical mystery
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a repeating Fast Radio Burst to a nearby spiral galaxy, challenging theories on the...
Surprise! TESS shows ancient north star undergoes eclipses
Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS Astronomers using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have shown that Alpha Draconis, a well-studied star...
Glowing material remembers where it was pressed
Credit: by LumiLab research group, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University Think of the blade of a wind turbine...
NASA’s TESS mission uncovers its 1st world with two stars
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith In 2019, when Wolf Cukier finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School...
New method gives robust transistors
Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistorsCredit: Magnus Johansson A new method...
NASA planet hunter finds its 1st Earth-size habitable-zone world
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its...
Physicist Georg Woltersdorf appointed Max Planck Fellow — research project on spintronics
Credit: Marco Warmuth/TGZ Halle Professor Georg Woltersdorf, head of the Optics Group at the Institute of Physics at Martin Luther...
Versatile in use — FBH semiconductor light sources
Credit: FBH/schurian.com FBH exhibits novel diode lasers and modules at Photonics West 2020. Applications include materials processing, LiDAR, medicine, and...
Scientists make breakthrough in ion-conducting composite membranes
Credit: DAI Qing Chinese researchers under the direction of Profs. LI Xianfeng and ZHANG Huamin from the Dalian Institute of...
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent...
Scientists find new way to sustainably make chemicals by copying nature’s tricks
Credit: Patrik Jones/Imperial College London Researchers have copied the way organisms produce toxic chemicals without harming themselves, paving the way...
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of cropsCredit:...
Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA and V. Tilvi (ASU) An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found...
Story tips: Weather days, grid balance and scaling reactors
From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National LaboratoryCredit: Southern Company Energy - Whatever the weather To better determine the...
In a nearby galaxy, a fast radio burst unravels more questions than answers
Credit: Danielle Futselaar (artsource.nl) For more than a decade, astronomers across the globe have wrestled with the perplexities of fast...
NASA’s Hubble surveys gigantic galaxy
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville) This majestic spiral galaxy might earn the nickname the "Godzilla...
Study shows animal life thriving around Fukushima
Researchers document more than 20 species in nuclear accident zoneCredit: UGA Nearly a decade after the nuclear accident in Fukushima,...
NASA’s great observatories help astronomers build a 3D visualization of an exploded star
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. DePasquale (STScI) and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning...
Hubble surveys gigantic galaxy
Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville). To kickstart the 30th anniversary year of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...