Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Pavithra M. Naullage WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- Certain molecules bind tightly to the surface of ice, creating a ...

First comprehensive major reference work on porous materials in 20 years

In-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art of the synthesis, manufacturing, modelling and key applications of porous materials in four volumesCredit: World ...

New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world

Credit: Shunliang Wu Using artificial intelligence, UCPH researchers have solved a problem that until now has been the stumbling block ...

Ants swallow their own acid to protect themselves from germs

Credit: Simon Tragust Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team from Martin Luther University ...

Mainz U & GSI involved in EU network of PhD students for research on radioactive elements

Nuclear and atomic physicists and nuclear chemists of Mainz University and GSI are closely involved in the EU Innovative Training ...

The Charlesworth Group strengthens Hindawi partnership in China

Leading open access publisher Hindawi has extended their partnership with The Charlesworth Group to include digital author marketing in China.Credit: ...

The importance of good neighbors in catalysis

Credit: David Albinsson/Chalmers University of Technology Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from ...

New protein nanobioreactor designed to improve sustainable bioenergy production

Credit: Professor Luning Liu Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable, ...

‘Transparent solar cells’ can take us towards a new era of personalized energy

Scientists design novel transparent solar cells using thin silicon films, with efficient power generationCredit: Joel Filipe on Unsplash Today, the ...

NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats

Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of ...

Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts

Credit: Brett Palm/University of Washington Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions ...

Just like us – Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us

Neanderthals introduced solid food in their children's diet at around 5-6 months of ageCredit: ERC project SUCCESS, University of Bologna, ...

Analyzing biological and chemical damage on 20th-century construction materials

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has used spectroscopy to explore how the environment impacts on the degradation of new ...

A versatile photodetector assisted by photovoltaic and bolometric effects

Credit: by Wei Jiang, Tan Zheng, Binmin Wu, Hanxue Jiao, Xudong Wang, Yan Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, Meng Peng, Hailu Wang, ...

Light-modulated graphene-organic heterojunction transistors realizing photocurrent logic changes

Credit: by Jiayue Han, Meiyu He, Ming Yang, Qi Han, Fang Wang, Fang Zhong, Mengjian Xu, Qing Li, He Zhu, ...

Rotation of a molecule as an “internal clock”

Measuring ultrafast reactionsCredit: MPI for Nuclear Physics Using a new method, physicists at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Nuclear ...

GRETA, a 3D gamma-ray detector, gets green light to move forward

Spherical detector will be a centerpiece at Michigan State's facility for rare isotope beamsCredit: GRETA collaboration The effort to construct ...

Devil in the defect detail of quantum emissions unravelled

Study helps unlock chemical structure in defects that emit single photonsCredit: Trong Toan Tran Systems which can emit a stream ...

Room temperature conversion of CO2 to CO: A new way to synthesize hydrocarbons

New method could potentially reduce dioxide emission into the atmosphere and slash costs of chemical manufacturingCredit: NIST Researchers at the ...

Boosting the capacity of supercapacitors