Chemistry
Benefits of electrification don’t accrue equally for women, finds survey of homes in India
Credit: Nature Sustainability Increasing access to clean and affordable energy and improving gender equality are two major sustainable development goals...
Resurrected protein reveals structure of important enzyme
Credit: Fraaije lab, University of Groningen To disarm toxic substances, many organisms - including humans - possess enzymes called flavin-containing...
PPPL presents Kaul award to physicists Yevgeny Raitses and Igor Kaganovich
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Pioneering research on the development of plasma science and new devices relevant to applications...
Super-resolution at all scales with active thermal detection
Thermal radiation and its intrinsic super-linearity as a universal detection method applicable to microscopy, RADAR,LIDAR, and moreCredit: IBS When you...
NUS researchers uncover how fish get their shape
Sculpting of fish muscle requires genetic and mechanical informationCredit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore The diverse colours, shapes and...
Massive gas disk raises questions about planet formation theory
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Higuchi et al. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by...
IU team identifies potential target for restoring movement after spinal cord injury
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have made several novel discoveries in...
Using a material’s ‘memory’ to encode unique physical properties
A new study shows that, as materials age, they 'remember' prior stresses and external forces, which scientists and engineers can...
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
Credit: Tokyo Tech An astonishing number of recent technological advances and novel engineering applications go hand in hand with progress...
Counting photons is now routine enough to need standards
Credit: J. Burrus/NIST Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons...
NIST study suggests universal method for measuring light power
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National...
Nightside barrier gently brakes ‘bursty’ plasma bubbles
Physicists extend Rice Convection Model with details of magnetospheric buoyancy wavesCredit: K. Sorathia/JHUAPL HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2019) - The...
SLAS Discovery releases first issue of 2020
Featured article, 'The National Cancer Institute's Plated Compound Sets Can Be a Valuable Resource for Academic Researchers,' now availableCredit: David...
How plant metabolites affect the ecosystem
German Research Foundation (DFG) funds new research unitCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University Plants are often very individual when it comes to...
What will you do with your body after you die? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2019 -- After you die, your body has quite a few options...
Electron pulser for ultrafast electron microscopy wins 2019 R&D 100 award
This low-cost laser-free device can be retrofit into conventional transmission electron microscopes to image the dynamic behaviors of energy and...
Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for CNT growth?
Revealing a long-term mystery of why certain nanoparticles are more efficient in incorporating carbon atoms and achieving a faster carbon...
Space-time metasurface makes light reflect only in one direction
Credit: by Xuexue Guo, Yimin Ding, Yao Duan, and Xingjie Ni Light propagation is usually reciprocal meaning that the trajectory...
Could every country have a Green New Deal? Stanford report charts paths for 143 countries
Credit: Jacobson et al. / One Earth Ten years after the publication of their first plan for powering the world...
The Demon in the Machine is named physics book of the year in UKM
Credit: Arizona State University Paul Davies' newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great...