Chemistry
RIT researchers set to help LIGO resume the hunt for ripples in space and time
Advanced LIGO's third observing run will provide scientists new data on gravitational waves The Nobel Prize-winning project that hunts for...
White people’s eating habits produce most greenhouse gases
White individuals disproportionately affect the environment through their eating habits by eating more foods that require more water and release...
Autonomous weed control via smart robots
A drift-free, weed-specific pesticide applicator could enable autonomous weed control via smart robots -- and help minimize exposure of crops...
Lipid vesicles transmit luminous or electrical signals
Fluorescent molecules or charges enable liposomes to transmit light or electrical signals. Magnetic particles added to the material allow transmission...
Physicists constrain dark matter
Credit: ESO/WFI (optical), MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al. (submillimeter), NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al. (X-ray) Researchers from Russia, Finland, and the U.S....
Massive earthquakes provide new insight into deep Earth
Credit: Wenyuan Fan TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In the waning months of 2018, two of the mightiest deep earthquakes ever recorded...
High-speed videos capture how kangaroo rat escapes rattlesnake attack
Bipedalism may have been favored in kangaroo rats to avoid ambush predators like vipers and owls, says UC Riverside biologistCredit:...
BPS, institutional and industry partners host Eva Nogales for Cryo-EM briefing
Credit: BPS - On March 26, the Biophysical Society (BPS), in coordination with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), hosted Dr. Eva...
Solving a hairy forensic problem
For decades, forensic scientists have tested strands of hair to reveal drug use or poisoning. But in recent years, reports...
Interest in RNA editing heats up
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has attracted much excitement and investor interest with its potential to someday treat diseases...
New Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology launched today
Centre will pioneer research in artificial cells, minimal genomes and protein design Building stripped-down versions of life using protocells, genome...
Let’s not make big waves
A team of researchers generates ultra-short spin waves in an astoundingly simple materialCredit: HZDR / Juniks Due to its potential...
Fluorine: Toxic and aggressive, but widely used
Investigations with neutrons settle scientific dispute about the structure of solid fluorineCredit: Markus Hoelzel / TUM In toothpaste, Teflon, LEDs...
3D printer threads electronic fibers onto fabrics
Credit: Yingying Zhang The potential for wearable electronics goes far beyond smart watches, but our current options for battery packs...
Cannabis during pregnancy bumps psychosis risk in offspring
With marijuana use rising among pregnant women, study raises new concernsCredit: Courtesy of Jeremy Fine. Pregnant women who use cannabis...
Drug shortages: Limited warnings, followed by rationing and hoarding
Hospital pharmacy managers call for more efficient allocation systemsCredit: The University of Chicago Medicine Despite ongoing efforts to develop efficient,...
Fullerenes bridge conductive gap in organic photovoltaics
Efficient cathode interlayers made of ionene polymers refined with pendant fullerenes Organic photovoltaics have achieved remarkably high efficiencies, but finding...
Laser physics: Downsizing the particle accelerator
The plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) technique is regarded as a highly promising route to the next generation of particle accelerators....
Russian physicists obtained data on particles self-organization in ultracold dusty plasma
It is for the first time that physicists investigated the behavior of particles in a dusty plasma at a temperature...
NUST MISIS scientists managed to increase rocket fuel burning rate by almost 5 times
Credit: ©Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Due to the unique catalysts based on metal nanopowders scientists of the National University of Science...