Chemistry
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...
57% of the plastic waste on the Tarragona coast is clothing fibers from washing machines
Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili research group Tecnatox have analyzed the pollution of the sea, the marine sediment...
New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced life in the universe
Toxic gases limit the types of life we could find on habitable worldsCredit: (Graphic courtesy of Christopher Reinhard/Georgia Tech) RIVERSIDE,...
Clarifying the economic value of adjusting the power consumption
Development of analysis and control technologies focusing on time-varying power generation costs Since the output of renewable energy such as...
Engineers use graph networks to accurately predict properties of molecules and crystals
Credit: Chi Chen/Materials Virtual Lab Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new deep learning models that...
What if dark matter is lighter? Report calls for small experiments to broaden the hunt
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley scientists are already pursuing new experiments to probe for low-mass dark matter particlesCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley...
How acids behave in ultracold interstellar space
Solvated acids tend to release a proton; however, they display more complex behavior under space conditions Bochum-based researchers from the...
Dashing the dream of ideal ‘invisibility’ cloaks for stress waves
Credit: Creative Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Circular_EM_cloak_using_transformation_optics.svg/2000px-Circular_EM_cloak_using_transformation_optics.svg.png (2) Whether Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, which perfectly steers light waves around objects to make them...
