Chemistry
LED-ing the way: A clean and convenient method to oxidize plastic surfaces for industry
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Polypropylene (PP) is everywhere, being one of the most widely used plastics in human...
Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld
Credit: Denis Baranov/Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a completely new way...
Light-powered nano-organisms consume CO2, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels
Credit: Casey A. Cass University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and...
Stanford researchers synthesize healing compounds in scorpion venom
Credit: Edson N. Carcamo-Noriega A scorpion native to Eastern Mexico may have more than just toxin in its sting. Researchers...
Rendering toxic explosives harmless
A UA-led team of engineers and scientists are researching new methods, including 'magic' microbes and chemical processes, to remove insensitive...
Trailblazing findings on the properties of daguerreotypes discovered by The Met and UNM
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) and The University of New Mexico (UNM)...
The mantis shrimp’s perfect shield
How it's inspiring a new class of lightweight, impact-resistant materialsCredit: Roy Caldwell/UC Berkeley How do you protect yourself from the...
A new candidate for dark matter and a way to detect it
Two theoretical physicists at the University of California, Davis have a new candidate for dark matter, and a possible way...
Powerful lasers for fragile works of art
Professor Patrizio Antici demonstrates the power and high potential of a new method for analyzing artworks using a laser produced...
Magnetism: An unexpected push for the hydrogen economy
For the first time, scientists have applied a magnetic field that directly enhanced the production of hydrogen via water splittingCredit:...
Light energy and biomass can be converted to diesel fuel and hydrogen
Scientists recently developed a method to produce diesel fuel and hydrogen by exploiting light energy (solar energy or artificial light...
Technique pulls interstellar magnetic fields within easy reach
MADISON, Wis. -- A new, more accessible and much cheaper approach to surveying the topology and strength of interstellar magnetic...
Multicolored light twists in new knotted ways
ICFO researchers report on the discovery of a new type of optical singularity with the topology of a knot.Credit: ICFO...
Safe to breastfeed while on bipolar meds? Jury’s still out
Better-designed studies needed to make informed patient recommendations Prior research on lithium's effects on breastfeeding are sparse, poorly designed Study...
Fiber-optic probe can see molecular bonds
Pointing the new nanoscopy tool like a Harry Potter wand reveals a high-resolution image of moleculesCredit: Liu Group/UCR In "Avengers:...
Mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice explained by years of robotic data
Credit: Dan Costa/University of California, Santa Cruz The winter ice on the surface of Antarctica's Weddell Sea occasionally forms an...
New microneedle technique speeds plant disease detection
Credit: NC State University Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues...
Breakthrough Watch and the European Southern Observatory achieve ‘first light’ on upgraded planet-finding instrument to search for Earth-like planets in nearest star system
Credit: A. Ghizzi Panizza/ESO Newly-built planet-finding instrument installed on Very Large Telescope, Chile, begins 100-hour observation of nearby stars Alpha...
New research could help predict seizures before they happen
Research led by FutureNeuro at RCSI could improve the lives of people with epilepsyCredit: Maxwell Photography Monday, 10 June 2019...
Settling the debate: Solving the electronic surface states of samarium hexaboride
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - A team led by Osaka University used angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to probe the unusual...
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