Chemistry
2D crystals conforming to 3D curves create strain for engineering quantum devices
Credit: Christopher Rouleau/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 3, 2019--A team led by scientists...
Plastic water bottles may one day fly people cross-country
Research group has found a way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuelCredit: Washington State University RICHLAND, Wash. -...
Evidence of multiple unmonitored coal ash spills found in N.C. lake
New evidence of unmonitored and unreported coal ash spills in a North Carolina lake highlights the risk of similar spills...
New interaction between thin film magnets discovered
Physicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz lay the foundations for new three-dimensional spin structures We ubiquitously stream videos, we download...
Ready, jet… print!
Credit: © 2019 KAUST Inkjet printing is expected to fast track the commercialization of organic solar cells. Researchers from the...
ESO contributes to protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids
VLT observes a passing double asteroid hurtling by Earth at 70,000 km/hCredit: ESO The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) coordinated...
Solving the entrainment puzzle
EU supports cloud studies in Leipzig as part of Marie Sklodowska Curie ActionsCredit: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig. An important contribution...
2017 North Korean nuclear test 10 times larger than previous tests, new study finds
Credit: Korean Central News Agency WASHINGTON-- North Korea detonated a nuclear device in 2017 equivalent to about 250 kilotons of...
Most detailed X-ray image of batteries yet to reveal why they still aren’t good enough
Credit: Purdue University image/Kejie Zhao WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Electric cars rely on the same lithium-ion battery technology that's in...
Sensitive new laser technique detects volatile organic compounds
Accurate measurements of mixed airborne molecules could improve breath alcohol tests, climate research and sensors for occupational health and safety...
Nanomaterial safety on a nano budget
Rice University researchers share their protocol for handling carbon nanotubesCredit: Barron Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 3, 2019) -...
The history of Arctic ecosystems as a guide to the future
An international research collaboration will study the interplay of climate and grazing on shaping tundra vegetation over millennia -- coordinated...
Physicists can predict the jumps of Schrodinger’s cat (and finally save it)
Credit: Kat Stockton New Haven, Conn. - Yale researchers have figured out how to catch and save Schrödinger's famous cat,...
A fast all-visible-light molecular switch with 100 nm band separation
De novo design allows for breakthrough in molecular photocontrolCredit: Wiktor Szymanski, University of Groningen Medical Center. A consortium of scientists...
Countries’ essential medicines lists vary greatly from one another & WHO’s model list
Published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, the research analyzes 137 countries that use essential medicines lists to inform government...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 3, 2019
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear--Tiny test fuels For the first time, Oak Ridge National...
Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory
Credit: Elle Starkman When you peer into the night sky, much of what you see is plasma, a soupy amalgam...
Boston College chemist Jia Niu named 2019 Beckman Young Investigator
Honor from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awards early-career chemist $600,000 for polymer researchCredit: Lee Pellegrini / Boston College Chestnut...
Finding a needle in a haystack: Discovery of Ti 2 InB 2 for synthesizing layered TiB
Credit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) managed to use boron as the X element in...
Breaking the symmetry in the quantum realm
Credit: images created by Guoyan Wang & Lei Chen For the first time, researchers have observed a break in a...