Chemistry
Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
Seismologists of the GFZ observe processes in the upper mantle for the first time before the formation of an enormous...
Power dressing
The mechanical and thermoelectrical self-healing process of the composite film. Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials...
Researchers create nanoscale sensors to better see how high pressure affects materials
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure...
Laser pulse creates frequency doubling in amorphous dielectric material
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials...
Task force recommends changes to increase African-American physics and astronomy students
Report focuses on five factors, includes recommendations for changeCredit: AIP WASHINGTON, January 5, 2020 -- Due to long-term and systemic...
Sublimation, not melting: Graphene surprises researchers again
Credit: MIPT Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the...
The case of the elusive Majorana: The so-called ‘angel particle’ is still a mystery
Credit: Cui-zu Chang, Penn State A 2017 report of the discovery of a particular kind of Majorana fermion--the chiral Majorana...
Clusters of gold atoms form peculiar pyramidal shape
Credit: KU Leuven Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in shells of...
Supercharging tomorrow: Monash develops world’s most efficient lithium-sulfur battery
Credit: Monash University Monash University researchers have developed the world's most efficient lithium-sulphur battery, capable of powering a smartphone for...
Color superlensing to assist in surpassing diffraction barrier
A paper by Kazan Federal University's Sergey Kharintsev appeared in Optics LettersCredit: Kazan Federal University The research was supported by...
Sustainable supply of minerals and metals key to a low-carbon energy future
Credit: University of Sussex. The global low-carbon revolution could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are...
Snake-like proteins can wrangle DNA
Rice study reveals details about how coiled coils may coil again to direct chromosome processCredit: Dana Krepel/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Stanford researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip
Just as desktop PCs acquired some of the functions performed by room-sized mainframes, a Stanford team has prototyped a silicon...
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
Credit: O. Bait (NCRA-TIFR/GMRT), Duc (ObAS/CFHT) A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune,...
MIPT physicists find ways to overcome signal loss in magnonic circuits
Credit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kalyabin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering...
How the brain balances pleasure and pain
Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2019 As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions,...
Topological semimetals can generate sizable transverse thermoelectric figure of merit
Credit: ©Science China Press The thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a particular material is determined by the value of its thermoelectric...
Strategies to generate larger pores in metal-organic frameworks
Credit: ©Science China Press Due to the advantages such as large specific surface area, adjustable pore size and tunable functionality,...
Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus
Credit: Matthew Dillon/Flickr Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It's one of the six main chemical elements of life,...
Harnessing hot carriers for high efficiency solar cells
Credit: © 2019 Jun Yin Two-dimensional solar materials may offer a way to extract more energy from sunlight. By tuning...