Chemistry
New safer, inexpensive way to propel small satellites
Micropropulsion system that provides robust, efficient option, reduces contamination risks is presented at IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science ConferenceCredit:...
OU researchers developing new methods and smart wellbore materials for geothermal drilling
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma research team is developing smart lost circulation materials that use shape memory...
Robert Alfano team identifies new ‘Majorana Photons’
Credit: Robert R. Alfano & Yury Budansky Hailed as a pioneer by Photonics Media for his previous discoveries of supercontinuum...
Bentham Science launches new journal, ‘Current Chinese Engineering Science’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Engineering Science. The first issue...
UMass Amherst scientist awarded American Cancer Society Grant for immunotherapy study
Research aims to outsmart cancer by reprogramming immune system cellsCredit: UMass Amherst Biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni, assistant professor of chemical...
Bentham Science announces the launch of new journal, Venoms and Toxins
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Venoms and Toxins. The first issue of...
Bureau of Reclamation awards $5.1 million in research for new ways to desalinate water
Thirty projects were selected for laboratory-scale and pilot-scale research to determine viability of a novel process or determine the technical,...
Pitt engineers receive $1 million to improve 3D printed turbine components
Researchers receive DOE funding to develop better quality control for 3D printing turbine componentsCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 11,...
Physicists find first possible 3D quantum spin liquid
Cerium pyrochlore is first to qualify as long-sought state of matterCredit: Tong Chen/Rice University HOUSTON -- (July 15, 2019) --...
Biocompound from Atlantic Rainforest combats leishmaniasis and Chagas disease
Researchers find that substances synthesized from plant species endemic to the biodiversity hotspot can kill the parasites that cause these...
Scientists create predictive model for hydrogen-nanovoid interaction in metals
Credit: HOU Jie A five-year collaborative study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has produced a theoretical model via computer simulation...
Curbing indoor air pollution in India
Around the world, more than three billion people - nearly half the world's population - cook their food using solid...
Fluorine speeds up two-dimensional materials growth
By spatially confining fluorine, scientists could activate feeding gases while disabling its harmful effectsCredit: IBS Back in 2004, the physics...
New NSF grant awarded to study Earth’s ‘flat slabs’
Credit: Lara Wagner, Carnegie Institution for Science A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded...
Turbo chip for drug development
KIT scientists develop process that facilitates and accelerates chemical synthesis and biological screening by combining all steps on a chipCredit:...
Improving heat recycling with the thermodiffusion effect
Numerical simulations of the thermodiffusion effect within falling film absorbers reveal that thin films composed of liquid mixtures with negative...
Coupled exploration of light and matter
A new approach to study nonlinear optical properties of polaritons in strongly correlated electronic states opens up fresh perspectives for...
SwRI, UTSA researchers create innovative model for sCO2 power generation
Project involves visualizing combustion flames in sCO2 SAN ANTONIO -- July 15, 2019 -- Southwest Research Institute and The University...
High-performance sodium ion batteries using copper sulfide
Researchers presented a new strategy for extending sodium ion batteries' cyclability using copper sulfide as the electrode materialCredit: KAIST Researchers...
Super volcanic eruptions interrupt ozone recovery
Credit: Global Volcanism Program Since the Antarctic ozone hole was detected in 1985, depletion of the ozone layer--the "big umbrella"...
