Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

New research on previously undescribed biochemical process could contribute to broader quest toward more-targeted cancer therapiesCredit: Image courtesy Matthew Bochman ...

Why can our brains learn and memorize?

Comprehensive understanding of expression mechanism of long-term potentiation and long-term depression of hippocampal excitatory synaptic strengthCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY ...

The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity

Credit: Alexander Yakushev, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung Gaining a better understanding of the limiting factors for the existence of stable, ...

The highest heat-resistant plastic ever is developed from biomass

Credit: JAIST The use of biomass-derived plastics is one of the prime concerns to establish a sustainable society, which is ...

Kitchen temperature supercurrents from stacked 2D materials

Ultra-low-energy electronics 'straight out of the fridge'?Credit: Olivia Kong Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly ...

Robots and humans collaborate to revolutionize architecture

Robotic strength and precision allow for vastly more sustainable processes.Credit: Photo by Shenhan Zhu, CREATE Laboratory Princeton Two Princeton researchers, ...

Innovation spins spider web architecture into 3D imaging technology

Credit: Sena Huh/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors ...

New boost for high-brightness dyes research

Credit: StabiLux StabiLux Biosciences, a spin-out company from research conducted at Michigan Technological University, has received an additional $500,000 supplementary ...

Final two journals in the 2020 pilot program use Subscribe to Open to publish volumes OA

The Annual Review of Environment and Resources and the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science have been converted from ...

A new material for separating CO2 from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas

Chemists at the University of Bayreuth have developed a material that could well make an important contribution to climate protection ...

UC studies tobacco use, cancer connection

Research shows that tobacco use changes the metabolism of a type of kidney cancer which could lead to individualized treatmentCredit: ...

Computational study reveals how Ebola nucleocapsid stabilizes

All-atom simulations of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid reveal how a helical assembly, indispensable for viral infection, stabilizes the virusCredit: Tanya ...

Scientists discover unusual materials properties at ultrahigh pressure

Credit: Maria Brodskaya, NUST MISIS An international team of scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia), Linköping University (Sweden) and University of ...

Interactions within larger social groups can cause tipping points in contagion flow

The distribution of group interactions in a social network affects the critical point at which explosive jumps in opinion, popularity, ...

$1 million grant to study the survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in the food supply chain

Credit: Andrew Mann From the delivery of an Amazon package to ordering takeout food, people touch a multitude of surfaces ...

Asymmetric optical camouflage: Tuneable reflective color accompanied by optical Janus effect

Credit: Taehyun Kim, Eui-Sang Yu, Young-Gyu Bae, Jongsu Lee, In Soo Kim, Seok Chung, Seung-Yeol Lee, and Yong-Sang Ryu In ...

COVID-19 cough clouds in closed spaces

How COVID-19 cough clouds travel in the presence and absence of face masksCredit: Amit Agrawal and Rajneesh Bhardwaj WASHINGTON, October ...

Hidden-symmetry-enforced nexus points of nodal lines in layer-stacked dielectric photonic crystals

Credit: by Zhongfei Xiong, Ruo-Yang Zhang2, Rui Yu, C. T. Chan, Yuntian Chen Discovering and synthesizing symmetry-protected topological (SPT) band ...

Keeping COVID-19 out of classrooms: Open windows, use glass screens in front of desks

Aerosol spread of virus in classrooms with air conditioning poses issues for students, teachersCredit: Khaled Talaat WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 ...

Ultraviolet shines light on origins of the solar system