Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Purdue University researchers turned to biology to help in the design of next-generation computersCredit: Purdue University/Shelley Claridge WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Moore's law - which says the number of components that could be…
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Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 25, 2019 -- Your body is a delicately balanced chemical system, and if you take too much of a drug, you destroy that balance. That's what happens when you overdose. This week on…
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New technique could catch insect infestation in individual trees at early stagesCredit: HAWK University of Applied Science and Arts WASHINGTON -- Insect infestation is becoming an increasingly costly problem to the forestry…
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Researchers try a trick for complete 3D analysis of submicron crystalsCredit: © Tim Grüne The 3D analysis of crystal structures requires a full 3D view of the crystals. Crystals as small as powder, with edges less than one…
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Credit: Virginia Tech The large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to come up with ways to use existing and near-term quantum processors to solve useful…
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A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce their…
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An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop, they follow predetermined patterns of tissue folding, so that individuals of the same species end up with…
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Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris A new five-year, $11.8 million National Institutes of Health grant will help University of Alaska scientists translate their knowledge of hibernating animals into treatments that advance human…
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Russian and Chinese scientists to create prototype sensors for electronics of the latest generation.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Russian and Chinese scientists to create prototype sensors for…
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Credit: Thomas Angus / Imperial College London Advanced simulations have solved a problem in turbulent fluid flow that could lead to more efficient turbines and engines. When a fluid, such as water or air, flows fast…
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Credit: University of Bristol Inspired by the processes of cellular differentiation observed in developmental biology, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated a new spontaneous…
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McMaster researchers aggregate trillions of phages into new formCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON July 25, 2019 - McMaster researchers have developed a novel new gel made entirely from bacteria-killing…
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Credit: Elle Starkman Subatomic particles zip around ring-shaped fusion machines known as tokamaks and sometimes merge, releasing large amounts of energy. But these particles -- a soup of charged electrons and atomic nuclei, or ions,…
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Credit: Princeton University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 24, 2019) -- A U.S. Army project exploring novel applications of superconducting resonators has discovered these systems may be used to simulate quantum materials…
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