Chemistry
Redefining the limits of measurement accuracy
Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt develop more sensitive quantum sensorsCredit: Fabian Wolf For centuries, humans have been...
Scientists weigh the balance of matter in galaxy clusters
A method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters - the largest objects in our universe - has...
Tracking down dark matter
Physicists at Mainz University intend to detect axions using a new comagnetometer configurationCredit: ©Arne Wickenbrock, JGU Matter surrounds us day...
The world’s first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like a corkscrew
NSF funds UC San Diego plan to generate -- and study -- the world's first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like...
Mechanical vibration generated by electron spins
A new way to deliver a force to drive micro mechanicsCredit: Kazuya Harii Micro mechanical elements are indispensable components of...
Synthesizing chemical-sensing cells from scratch
Credit: OIST Baking a cake from scratch is a task deemed difficult for many. Constructing an artificial cell-like system from...
Bionic catalysts to produce clean energy
Credit: © 2019 KAUST Mixing microbes with carbon nanomaterials could help the transition to renewable energy. KAUST research shows microbes...
CCNY experts in lateralization of speech publish discovery
City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization...
When kinetics and thermodynamics should play together
How the salinity of water affects calcium carbonate nucleationCredit: Washington University in St. Louis The formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $3.26 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Influenza remains a major public health risk, and Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State...
Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing
Credit: Jigang Wang/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Jigang Wang patiently explained his latest discovery in quantum control that could...
Study finds electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells
UC Riverside research on mouse neural stem cells has implications for nicotine useCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. --...
‘Full of surprises’
Condensed matter theorist Cenke Xu receives 2019 Simons Investigator Award Not long ago, UC Santa Barbara condensed matter physicist Cenke...
Hubble captures the galaxy’s biggest ongoing stellar fireworks show
In the mid-1800s, mariners sailing the southern seas navigated at night by a brilliant star in the constellation Carina. The...
New study solves mystery of salt buildup on bottom of Dead Sea
Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor,...
Researchers discover genetic mutation behind serious skull disorder
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A collaboration led by scientists at Oregon State University, the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
Two-degree climate goal attainable without early infrastructure retirement
But achieving 1.5-degree climate-stabilizing goal requires power plants and other energy infrastructure to be retired earlyCredit: Public domain Washington, DC--If...
Current pledges to phase out coal power are critically insufficient to slow climate change
Credit: Udo Schlög The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and...
Coupled proteins
How human cells react to external signals and further process themCredit: © Thomas Splettstoesser (www.sci-style.com) Researchers from Heidelberg University and...
World’s smallest MRI performed on single atoms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging enables to scan the magnetic field of single atoms with unprecedented resolutionCredit: Philip Willke et al Researchers...
