Chemistry
Perfect diamagnetism observation of high-temperature superconductivity in compressed H2S
Credit: ©Science China Press The discovery of the extremely high superconducting temperature (Tc) of ~200 K reported in the sulfur...
New record: 3D-printed optical-electronic integration
Credit: ©Science China Press Optoelectronic integration offers a promising strategy to simultaneously obtain the merits of electrons and photons when...
Can break junction techniques still offer quantitative information at single-molecule level
Credit: ©Science China Press Single-molecule break junction techniques offer unique insights into the charge transport at the molecular level. The...
New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Christian Wagner A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg...
University of Konstanz researchers create uniform-shape polymer nanocrystals
Researchers from the University of Konstanz's CRC 1214 'Anisotropic Particles as Building Blocks: Tailoring Shape, Interactions and Structures' generate uniform-shape...
Small currents for big gains in spintronics
A new low-power magnetic switching component could aid spintronic devicesCredit: © 2019 Tanaka-Ohya Laboratory UTokyo researchers have created an electronic...
Breathing new life into dye-sensitized solar cells
Japanese researchers are poised to reboot the field of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, the most efficient solar...
Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide,...
A microscopic topographic map of cellular function
A decade of research leads MU scientists to a better understanding of how materials move out of cellsCredit: University of...
Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications
Laser catapulting creates miniaturized lenses with customized shapes and optical properties for cameras, solar cells and microscopes WASHINGTON -- A...
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
Few sun-like stars have these massive planets, making our sun unusualCredit: GPIES team, with animation by Paul Kalas, UC Berkeley....
Astrophysicist announces her discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
Credit: Michelle Vigeant LAWRENCE -- At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick,...
Table salt compound spotted on Europa
Finding prompts a rethinking of the icy moon's subsurface ocean A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on...
Weighing risks and benefits of drug treatment for major depression
Research summary from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Depression is a common and serious problem for older adults....
Body composition shown to affect energy spent standing versus sitting
Findings support increased standing time as a simple way to boost energy expenditure A person's body composition could influence the...
UMBC research decodes plant defense system, with an eye on improving farming and medicine
Findings reveal new genetic links between plants' circadian clock and immunity systemsCredit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC UMBC's Hua Lu, professor...
New evidence shows crash with Antlia 2 gave the Milky Way the ripples in its outer disc
RIT scientist Sukanya Chakrabarti developing methods to hunt for the darkest dwarf galaxiesCredit: Sukanya Chakrabarti/RIT The newly-discovered dark dwarf galaxy...
New gene editor harnesses jumping genes for precise DNA integration
Credit: Sam Sternberg/Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY --A new discovery by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College...
UTEP partners with UAlbany to map developing brain circuits underlying conditioned fear
Credit: Dr. Arshad Khan A partnership between researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso and the University at...
A heart failure drug to treat leukemia: A promising new therapeutic approach
Canadian researchers followed their intuition that a drug initially intended for heart failure could be effective in treating cancer. Those...
