Research leads to better modeling of hypersonic flow
Credit: Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water
Water disinfectant reacts with chromium in iron pipes to form hexavalent chromiumCredit: Water Chemistry and Technology Lab/UCR Rusted iron pipes ...
Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived
Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/Martín Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make ...
Dark excitons hit the spotlight
Researchers pioneer a revolutionary new method to directly observe previously hidden particles, called dark excitons.Credit: OIST Heralding the end of ...
Researchers confront optics and data-transfer challenges with 3D-printed lens
Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a ...
Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly ...
New energy conversion system will bridge gap between renewable energy and power grid
Credit: WVU Engineers at West Virginia University are creating a new energy conversion system that has the potential to bridge ...
The helix of life: New study shows how ‘our’ RNA stably binds to artificial nucleic acids
Credit: Yukiko Kamiya As medical research progresses, traditional treatment protocols are being rapidly exhausted. New approaches to treat diseases that ...
Cooling electronics efficiently with graphene-enhanced heat pipes
Credit: Ya Liu/Johan Liu/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found that graphene-based heat pipes ...
Artificial intelligence collaboration seeking to hasten COVID-19 insights
Credit: Chris Adam/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care professionals and researchers have been confined ...
RUDN University physicists described a new type of amorphous solid bodies
Credit: RUDN University Many substances with different chemical and physical properties, from diamonds to graphite, are made up of carbon ...
Nanomaterials enable dual-mode heating and cooling device
Device could cut HVAC energy use by nearly 20% in the USCredit: Po-Chun Hsu, Duke Engineering DURHAM, N.C. - Engineers ...
New platform generates hybrid light-matter excitations in highly charged graphene
Columbia researchers are the first to use static charge between 2D atomic layers to provide a new route for generating ...
KIT and Audi are working on recycling method for automotive plastics
Closed loop for plastics from automotive engineering: Recycled plastics are processed to pyrolysis oil which can then be used for ...
Protein molecules in cells function as miniature antennas
Credit: Credit: Petr Pachl / IOCB Prague Researchers led by Josef Lazar of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ...
A French team has improved the measurement of a fundamental physical constant
Credit: Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa et Tatsumi Aoyama The validation and application of theories in physics require the measurement of ...
Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene — the ‘rice of the industry’
Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design-a key component of CO2 utilization using renewable energy.Credit: ...
Natural three-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal
Credit: by Chang Li, Xuping Wang, Yang Wu, Fei Liang, Feifei Wang, Xiangyong Zhao, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang Nonlinear photonic ...
New butterfly-inspired hydrogen sensor is powered by light
Light-activated sensor delivers precision results at room temperatureCredit: RMIT University Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed ...
Scientists invent a new type of microscope that can see through an intact skull
The microscope uses a combination of hardware and software-based adaptive optics to reconstruct object imageCredit: IBS Non-invasive microscopic techniques such ...
