Chemistry
Astronomers find ‘cannonball pulsar’ speeding through space
Object got powerful 'kick' from supernova explosion Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA)...
NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space
New radio observations combined with 10 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have revealed a runaway pulsar...
Speeding the development of fusion power to create unlimited energy on Earth
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Can tokamak fusion facilities, the most widely used devices for harvesting on Earth the...
Drug used to control cholesterol found effective against cancer-associated cachexia
Experiments with mice suggest that treatment with atorvastatin can attenuate adipose tissue remodeling, leading to rapid weight loss and muscle...
Go for a run or eat chocolate: A choice dictated by the cannabinoid receptors
Physical inactivity is a common factor in lifestyle diseases - and one that is often linked to the excessive consumption...
Test center to bring tidal technology on stream at high speed
Credit: Fergus Cuthill A £2.4 million engineering research facility will seek to speed the development of materials and structures for...
University of Luxembourg cooperates with ArianeGroup on rocket engine technology
Credit: Arianespace The University of Luxembourg and the European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup have signed a collaboration agreement to advance research...
Smart glove for Industry 4.0: Connecting the physical hand to the virtual world
Hannover MesseCredit: Oliver Dietze Researchers at Saarland University have created an ultrathin flexible film that can act as a sensor...
Revealing the secret of the vacuum for the first time
New research group at the University of Jena combines theory and experiment to demonstrate for the first time certain physical...
New technique for in-cell distance determination
Credit: Research group Professor Malte Drescher, University of Konstanz In a joint paper which has just been published in The...
Energy-efficient superconducting cable for future technologies
The 'HTS CroCo' made by KIT can transport large amounts of electric power -- innovative manufacturing process makes it a...
Eating fish may help prevent asthma
A scientist from James Cook University in Australia says an innovative study has revealed new evidence that eating fish can...
Study shows pressure induces unusually high electrical conductivity in polyiodide
Work carried out in tetraethylammonium di-iodine triiodide (TEAI) Polyiodides exhibit useful electrochemical properties such as charge-carrier transportation, high electrolyte energy...
Carbon monoxide detectors could warn of extraterrestrial life
For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphereCredit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon (STScI)...
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