Chemistry
Efficient bottom-up synthesis of new perovskite material for the production of ammonia
Credit: Tokyo Tech Perovskites are a class of synthetic materials that have a crystalline structure similar to that of the...
Lehigh materials science professor elected to Academia Europaea
Prestigious honor from international association recognizes Christopher J. Kiely as a world-renowned expert in electron microscopy and catalyst material characterizationCredit:...
Wound healing in mucous tissues could ward off AIDS
Wound-repair capabilities preserve tissue integrity during early infection and might prevent inflammation that underlies immune exhaustionCredit: Michael Gale, Fredrik Barrenas,...
Scientists help soldiers figure out what robots know
Credit: (ARL Photo) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 21, 2019) -An Army-led research team developed new algorithms and filled in...
2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize awarded to ETH Zurich team for simulation that maps heat in transistors
DaCe OMEN framework could help industry design better and more efficient computer chipsCredit: ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery,...
Study probes relationship between strange metals and high-temperature superconductors
Computer simulations yield a much more accurate picture of these states of matterCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Strange metals...
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storageCredit: Drexel University The challenge of building an energy...
Breaking (and restoring) graphene’s symmetry in a twistable electronics device
Columbia researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting the twist angle between them;...
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the ocean
Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms....
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterialsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography A tide of public momentum is swelling...
Quantum tricks on demand
Max Planck-New York Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena inaugurated in New York CityCredit: Asiya Khaki The Max Planck Institute for...
Dmitri Zakharov recognized with the 2019 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences--recognizes Zakharov's contributions to environmental...
Extremely energetic particles coupled with the violent death of a star for the first time
Credit: Johan Fynbo and Daniele Malesani Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and DTU Space in Lyngby...
The simultaneous merging of giant galaxies
Research team discovers three supermassive black holes at the core of one galaxyCredit: P Weilbacher (AIP), NASA, ESA, the Hubble...
Escher’s angels and demons woodcut predicts how matter deforms
A study published in the prestigious Physical Review LettersCredit: PRL Politecnico di Milano Dutch artist M.C. Escher's most famous drawing,...
Unraveling gene expression
Credit: Beat Fierz, EPFL The DNA of a single cell is 2-3 meters long end-to-end. To fit and function, DNA...
Magnetic wave flows under better control from now on
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance...
Magnetic wave flows under better control from now on
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance...
Researchers substantially boost sensitivity of terahertz gas analysis
Development poised to improve spectroscopic analysis for environmental and medical applicationsCredit: Francis Hindle, Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale WASHINGTON -- A...
UTSA to unlock the power of sulfur in future drug design
Credit: UTSA Organosulfur compounds are widely present in our bodies and the natural environment. They are found in onions, shallots...
