Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Purdue Univeristy/Rebecca McElhoe Humans can do lots of things that plants can't do. We can walk around, we can ...

New AI model helps understand virus spread from animals to humans

Credit: Daniel Bojar A new model that applies artificial intelligence to carbohydrates improves the understanding of the infection process and ...

Bending light for safer driving; invisibility cloaks to come?

Optical cloaks hide objects in plain view by controlling the flow of electromagnetic radiation around themCredit: Figure reproduced with permission ...

Seeking a faster pathway to synthetic data

Helmholtz Association funds project for data acquisition using neural networksCredit: CASUS/2021 CMS Collaboration In addition to experimentally generated data, fundamental ...

Regenerating damaged eyes with mussel protein and amniotic membrane

Credit: POSTECH The eye is the first sensory organ that recognizes the presence or shape of an object. The conjunctiva ...

Compounds derived from hops show promise as treatment for common liver disease

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research by Oregon State University suggests a pair of compounds originating from hops ...

Use of PFAS in cosmetics ‘widespread,’ new study finds

Credit: University of Notre Dame Many cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of per- ...

Unlabeled PFAS chemicals detected in makeup

Credit: Green Science Policy Institute Makeup wearers may be absorbing and ingesting potentially toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according ...

Researchers create switchable mirrors from liquid metal

Approach could be used to create electrically controlled mirrors for art or advanced devicesCredit: Keisuke Nakakubo, Kyushu University WASHINGTON -- ...

University of Surrey’s extraordinary social impact provides vital support in a year of crisis

Credit: University of Surrey The Measuring Up 2019-20 report has a natural focus on health, exploring how the University has ...

Rice lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis

Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterialsCredit: Illustration by Jincheng Lei/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 11, 2021) ...

Researchers discover a key cause of energy loss in spintronic materials

Study could help engineers build more efficient magnetic materials for computersCredit: Bill Peria, University of Minnesota A study led by ...

Near-field routing of hyperbolic metamaterials

Flexible control of the propagating direction of near-field light can be realized with hyperbolic metamaterials, using an all-electric metasourceCredit: Z. ...

How electrons behave in quantum critical ferromagnets?

Credit: ©Science China Press At a classical second-order phase transition, condensed matter systems acquire long-range order upon cooling below the ...

A step closer to a hydrogen-fuelled economy using an efficient anode for water splitting

Development of highly efficient nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards as anodes with extremely low overpotential for electrocatalytic ...

Professor Jim Al-Khalili awarded CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Credit: University of Surrey Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Distinguished Chair in physics at the University of ...

One step towards a daily-use deep UV light source for sterilization and disinfection

Researchers construct a gallium nitride optical microcavity with high reflectivity distributed Bragg reflectors to double the frequency of incoming light, ...

Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices

New physics revealed by UC Riverside-led research could improve understanding of moiré superlatticesCredit: Ella Maru Studio, with contributions from Hongyi ...

New method makes generic polymers luminescent

Credit: Koji Kubota et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition. May 14, 2021 Hokkaido University researchers have developed a simple method ...

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