Chemistry
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space
Credit: Credit: ICRAR Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth. Published...
What a dying star’s ashes tell us about the birth of our solar system
A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their...
Partitioning of porous materials
Highly resorptive metal-organic frameworks can be constructed by a foresighted combination of two different synthetic principles Gases and pollutants can...
The search for nothing at all
What a never-before-seen radioactive decay could tell us about neutrinosCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Bill Fairbank is looking for...nothing. The...
Are Canadians kept in the dark about new risks of medicines?
Government warnings about potential drug safety risks vary significantly across countries, according to a new international study co-authored by researchers...
Nanomicrocell catalysts: A new kind of highly efficient integrated catalyst system
Credit: ©Science China Press Chemical reactions are involving directional migration of electrons and charged intermediates, depending on the redox potentials...
Carbon nanotube nanoreactors to stabilize metastable structures
Credit: ©Science China Press Various metastable structures are usually found in the phase diagram of most materials. Some structures can...
Scientists trace the key factor of tiny onion-like BN to superhard nt-cBN
Credit: ©Science China Press By virtue of the unique onion-like boron nitride (oBN) precursor, nanotwinned cubic boron nitride (nt-cBN) has...
Stretchable interlaced-nanowire film for ultraviolet photodetectors with high response speed
Credit: ©Science China Press Stretchable electronics, as a kind of "soft" electronic devices which can be stretched, deformed and wrapped...
Inorganic perovskite absorbers for use in thin-film solar cells
Credit: J. Marquez-Prieto/HZB Teams all over the world are working intensively on the development of perovskite solar cells. The focus...
Squid skin inspires creation of next-generation space blanket
UCI engineers develop material with heat regulation propertiesCredit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 29, 2019 - Drawing design...
Biodegradable bags can hold a full load of shopping after 3 years in the environment
Credit: University of Plymouth Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags are still capable of carrying full loads of shopping after being...
No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
Brain connectivity issues found in children who have experienced prenatal alcohol exposure.Credit: Gao Lin and Linda Sommerlade WASHINGTON, D.C., April...
Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods
Archaeologists are using subsurface imaging technology to help community groups map unmarked gravesCredit: Flinders University Flinders University archaeologists are using...
How to combine ‘leg day’ with running
James Cook University scientists in Australia say they have the solution for a problem gym-goers have when they combine endurance...
Bactericidal action of violacein revealed
Violet pigment is produced by microorganisms found in the environment, such as Chromobacterium violaceum and its various biological activities include...
Studies link earthquakes to fracking in the central and eastern US
Small earthquakes in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas can be linked to hydraulic fracturing wells in those regions,...
Hubble snaps a crowded cluster
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Ferraro et al. This sparkling burst of stars is Messier 75. It is a globular...
University of Maryland first to use unmanned aircraft to deliver kidney for transplant
Groundbreaking effort could help expand donor access to transplantationCredit: University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine BALTIMORE...
Improving the lifetime of bioelectrodes for solar energy conversion
The key to a long life for bioelectrodes lies in an oxygen-free environmentCredit: RUB, Marquard The use of proteins involved...