Mattress flammability standard is a lifesaver, NIST report finds
Credit: NIST/B. Hayes No matter how soft and cozy, beds that have gone up in flames are a source of some of the deadliest fires...
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Scientists defy nature to make insta-bling at room temperature
Credit: Jamie Kidston, ANU An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature - a...
Scientists develop a magnetic switch with lower energy consumption
Credit: UAB Magnetic materials are ubiquitous in modern society, present in nearly all the technological devices we use every day. In particular, personal electronics like...
Green chemistry: Politecnico di Milano publishes in Chem
The first solid-state synthesis of a supramolecular Borromean networkCredit: Chem The prestigious journal Chem (Cell Press, impact factor: 19.735) publishes the first mechanosynthesis of a...
New semiconductor coating may pave way for future green fuels
Credit: Sascha Ott Hydrogen gas and methanol for fuel cells or as raw materials for the chemicals industry, for example, could be produced more sustainably...
Astronomers’ success: seven new cosmic masers
Credit: Andrzej Roma?ski The publication is the result of many months of observations of radiation coming from the plane of the Milky Way, namely from...
Fostering creativity in researchers: how automation can revolutionize materials research
Credit: Tokyo Tech At the heart of many past scientific breakthroughs lies the discovery of novel materials. However, the cycle of synthesizing, testing, and optimizing...
Super-resolution “street view” microscopy hits the SPOT
Advanced microscopy technique opens up inner working of cellsCredit: From Nature Communications Karl Zhanghao et al 2020 (doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19747-0) The ability to "see" the inner workings...
Largest number of highly cited scientists in Singapore comes from NTU for 3 straight years
Credit: NTU Singapore Thirty-eight scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have been recognised for their research influence - the highest number among institutions...
The ultimate conditions to get the most out of high-nickel batteries
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick The automotive industry has become increasingly interested in the use of high-Ni (nickel) batteries for electric vehicles. However high-Ni cathodes,...
Blood biomarkers for detecting brain injury in COVID-19 patients
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 17, 2020--COVID-19 can directly cause neurologic symptoms and long-term neurological disease. Elevations of blood biomarkers...
Lovestruck by oxytocin! Novel roles of the hormone in controlling male sexual function
Researchers from Okayama University in Japan decode the mechanisms behind oxytocin controlled male sexual functions and behaviorsCredit: 2020 Okayama University Hormones are key players of...
Gold nanoparticles turn the spotlight on drug candidates in cells
Osaka University researchers report a combination of alkyne tags and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microscopy for following the dynamics of small-molecule drugs in cellsCredit: Osaka...
Faster detection of photocatalyst-generated oxygen has big implications for clean energy
New method is 1000 times faster and could be used to illuminate reaction mechanisms behind artificial photosynthesisCredit: (TOC graphic from the ACS Catalyst journal paper)....
Antibiotic resistance genes in three Puerto Rican watersheds after Hurricane Maria
Credit: Maria Virginia Riquelme In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a category 5 hurricane that made landfall in September 2017, flooding and power outages caused...
