New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants
Credit: William W. Turechek, Ole Myhrene, Janet Slovin, and Natalia A. Peres In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery's reputation relies on their ability to...
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Rethinking spin chemistry from a quantum perspective
Osaka City University breaks from convention with a true quantum algorithm that can calculate energy differences between the electronic ground and excited spin states of...
Using ancient fossils and gravitational-wave science to predict earth’s future
A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used knowhow from gravitational wave astronomy (used to find black holes in space) to study...
Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance self-powered electronics
New ultra-efficient material for future wearable techCredit: Image of pacemaker by Lucien Monfils, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0...
How short circuits in lithium metal batteries can be prevented
Credit: Illustration: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology There are high hopes for the next generation of high energy-density lithium metal batteries, but before they can...
Researchers develop sustainable catalysis process
Method of the University of Bonn enables sustainable oxidations related to enzyme reactionsCredit: © AG Prof. Grimme, Fabian Bohle/Universität Bonn Acetals are important chemical compounds...
A neuronal cocktail for motivation
A research story from the generous fruit fly that identifies the machinery behind the fly's relentless flying pursuits.Credit: Anamika Sharma 'A journey of a thousand...
Scientists streamline process for controlling spin dynamics
Researchers discovered the thickness of magnetic materials can act as a "knob" for fine-tuning spin dynamics, a key property for developing next-generation electronicsCredit: Brookhaven National...
Cosmic beasts and where to find them
Credit: I. Heywood (Oxford/Rhodes/SARAO) Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa's powerful MeerKAT telescope. These galaxies are thought to be amongst the...
Strong M-M’ Pauli repulsion leads to repulsive metallophilicity
HKU chemists resolve a long-standing challenging problem on Metal-Metal interaction, the first team to prove that strong M-M' Pauli repulsion leads to repulsive metallophilicityCredit: The...
CMOS-compatible 3D ferroelectric memory with ultralow power and high speed
Credit: POSTECH As we enter the era of superintelligence and hyper-connected Fourth Industrial Revolution, the importance of high-density and high-performance memory is greater than ever....
Optical data transmission speed increased by a factor of at least 10,000
A pulsed-laser repetition rate of 57.8 GHz was achieved by inserting a resonator containing graphene. The limitations of the manufacturing process were overcome by directly...
High-ranking male hyenas have better chances with females because they are less “stressed”
Interacting with other males is more "stressful" for low-ranking than for high-ranking male spotted hyenasCredit: Oliver Höner/Leibniz-IZW Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and...
A massive advance in spectrometry
Scientists at Kanazawa University combine continuum and molecular dynamics simulations to study the neutralization of excess charges during mass spectrometry, which may lead to more...
Research establishes antibiotic potential for cannabis molecule
The main nonpsychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill Gram-negative bacteria for the first timeCredit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Synthetic...
