Chemistry
Study: Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris
X-ray studies at Berkeley Lab provide evidence for source of exotic assortment of melt debrisCredit: Mario Wannier Mario Wannier, a...
Power to the constants!
On World Metrology Day, 20 May 2019, what defines a kilogram, an ampere and all the other units will change...
Optical security: Tunable-resonator upconverted emission color printing
Credit: SUTD Viewing bank notes under ultraviolet or infra-red light is a common check for counterfeits. Doing so causes invisible...
Quieter intensive care units may translate to better outcomes for infants in new study
Researchers find quiet times in hospital neonatal units may be related to improved infant health -- results to be reported...
Locating a shooter from the first shot via cellphone
French acoustics researchers hope soldiers will soon be able to look to locate shooters on their smart phones with information...
GPs need training to tackle chronic opioid use
GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use - according to...
Manipulating superconductivity using a ‘mechanic’ and an ‘electrician’
Credit: NINS/IMS In the strongly correlated materials such as cuprate high-temperature superconductors, superconductivity can be controlled either by changing the...
Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings
Credit: NanoPhotonics Cambridge/Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Jialong Peng The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones,...
Army discovery opens path to safer batteries
Credit: (U.S. Army illustration) ADELPHI, Md. -- Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the...
Our history in the stars
Matter around a young star helps astronomers explore our stellar historyCredit: © 2019 Rohan Mehra - Division for Strategic Public...
Computing faster with quasi-particles
Credit: Picture: Ewelina Hankiewicz Majorana particles are very peculiar members of the family of elementary particles. First predicted in 1937...
Hope on the horizon for treating stroke
UC Riverside biomedical scientist's decades-long work moves to clinical trialsCredit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A stroke treatment developed by...
Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
ITHACA, N.Y. - Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to...
Mathematical framework explores how the brain keeps a beat
New 'neuronal metronome' suggests how the brain might learn a rhythm, not just perceive it A new mathematical model demonstrates...
Back to the sources of neural diversity
By deciphering the genetic programmes of neurons of the cerebral cortex, Swiss and Belgian researchers unravel the mechanisms controlling the...
Color vision found in fish that live in near darkness
New research reveals signs of highly sensitive color vision in fish that live in the abyss beyond sunlight's reachCredit: Pavel...
Arizona sets a grand stage for Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting and Exposition
GSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition Meeting Announcement For Immediate Release Arizona Sets a Grand Stage for Geological Society of...
Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel
Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanolCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Known for their ability to...
Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
Army-funded research demonstrates emergent chirality in polar skyrmions for the first time in oxide superlatticesCredit: Courtesy of Xiaoxing Cheng, Pennsylvania...
Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars
Credit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The galaxy is littered with planetary systems vastly different from ours. In the...
