Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.Credit: Image: Alina LaPotin Researchers at MIT and elsewhere ...

Bringing a power tool from math into quantum computing

Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that calculates the fast Fourier transform, an indispensable tool in all fields of engineeringCredit: ...

NTU scientists report plastic could be ‘eco-friendlier’ than paper &cotton in Singapore

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have modelled the cradle-to-grave environmental impact of using different ...

Start-up with plastic waste recycling solution wins top prize at ideasinc 2020

Credit: NTU Singapore Magorium - a Singaporean start-up seeking to disrupt the construction industry with an innovative plastic waste recycling ...

Diamond-studded silk wound dressing detects infection and improves healing

Credit: RMIT University Scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, ...

An innovative method to tune lasers toward infrared wavelengths

Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a ...

DNA-peptide interactions create complex behaviours which may have helped shape biology

Researchers find that simple DNA-peptide interactions create a surprising diversity of compartmentalised higher-ordered phase behaviours, suggesting that these polymers' primordial ...

Controlling the speed of enzyme motors brings biomedical applications of nanorobots closer

Recent advances in this field have made micro- and nanomotors promising devices for solving many biomedical problemsCredit: CNIC/ IBEC A ...

Technique to recover lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

Boosting the efficiency of single-cell RNA-sequencing helps reveal subtle differences between healthy and dysfunctional cellsCredit: MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Sequencing ...

Penn engineers create helical topological exciton-polaritons

This new type of quasiparticles could have applications in quantum computingCredit: University of Pennsylvania Our understanding of quantum physics has ...

Well-formed disorder for versatile light technologies

Credit: ETH Zurich / Jolanda Mueller From microscopes to data transfer via optical fibres all the way to modern quantum ...

Quantum physics: Physicists successfully carry out controlled transport of stored light

Patrick Windpassinger and his team demonstrate how light stored in a cloud of ultra-cold atoms can be transported by means ...

Modeling organic-field effect transistors with a molecular resolution

Credit: ©Science China Press Field-effect transistors are key components of sensors, electrical circuits, or data storage devices. The transistors used ...

Perovskite materials: Neutrons show twinning in halide perovskites

Credit: HZB A good ten years ago, research teams discovered the class of semi-organic halide perovskites, which are now making ...

Machine-learning technique from Sandia Labs could improve fusion energy outputs

Building a better reactor by modifying its wallsCredit: Photo: by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image. ...

Ed Fry selected as The Oceanography Society’s 2020 Jerlov Award recipient

For significant advances in knowledge of how light interacts with the oceanCredit: Texas A&M University Dr. Edward S. Fry, distinguished ...

Layer of strength, layer of functionality for biomedical fibers

Polymer fibers with layers of different properties have a wide variety of promising biomedical applications, including the creation of antiviral ...

Record high values of peak power with picosecond generators

Compact solid-state pulsed power generators achieve shorter, more powerful pulsesCredit: Sergei Rukin WASHINGTON, October 13, 2020 -- Powerful picosecond generators ...

A new strategy for the synthesis of crystalline graphitic nanoribbons

Credit: Peijie Zhang New work from a team of scientists led by Drs. Kuo Li and Haiyan Zheng from the ...

SLAC starts up new facility to revolutionize particle accelerators