Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Investigating the impact of temperature on solar and wind energy production in AustraliaCredit: Jing Huang WASHINGTON, August 18, 2020 -- ...

Humid air can extend lifetime of virus-laden aerosol droplets

Scientists report a detailed model of aerosol transport through air, considering several environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity and ambient ...

New superlattice by CCNY team could lead to sustainable quantum electronics

Credit: Image by Lukas Zhao A team of international physicists led by Lia Krusin-Elbaum of the City College of New ...

A stepping stone for measuring quantum gravity

Theoretical design for gravitational wave detector has many additional applicationsCredit: R. Marshman et al A group of theoretical physicists, including ...

The easy way to get a square deal

Scientists at Osaka University demonstrate a simple method for inserting high-energy cubane molecules into an existing single-crystal supramolecular framework, work ...

Insect wings inspire new ways to fight superbugs

Scientists reveal how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact - by stretching, slicing or ...

Russian chemists proposed a new design of flow batteries

The new design allows not only to reduce the cost of experiments, but also increases the power of vanadium batteriesCredit: ...

Artificial materials for more efficient electronics

Credit: Bernard Mundet / EPFL We are surrounded by electronic devices. Transistors are used to power telephones, computers, televisions, hi-fi ...

A new two-dimensional carbon allotrope — semiconducting diamane film synthesized

Credit: Feng Ke Atomically thin diamond, also called diamane, is a two-dimensional carbon allotrope and has attracted considerable scientific interest ...

Low-dose real-time X-ray imaging with nontoxic double perovskite scintillators

Credit: Wenjuan Zhu, Wenbo Ma, Yirong Su, Zeng Chen, Xinya Chen, Yaoguang Ma, Lizhong Bai, Wenge Xiao, Tianyu Liu, Haiming ...

Dynamic full-field optical coherence tomography: 3D live-imaging of retinal organoids

Credit: by Jules Scholler, Kassandra Groux, Olivier Goureau, José-Alain Sahel, Mathias Fink, Sacha Reichman, Claude Boccara and Kate Grieve Current ...

The MOF-based multicolor single-mode microlaser

Credit: Huajun He, Yuanjing Cui, Hongjun Li, Kai Shao, Banglin Chen and Guodong Qian Since different tissues, cells or biochemicals ...

Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by THz-induced Kerr effect

Credit: Hang Zhao, Yong Tan, Liangliang Zhang, Rui Zhang, Mostafa Shalaby, Cunlin Zhang, Yuejin Zhao, and Xi-Cheng Zhang Liquid water ...

Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications

Credit: Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Picture strong wind blowing against a tree until it's knocked ...

No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers

Rice lab makes case for high-performance carbon nanotube fibers for industryCredit: Pasquali Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 17, 2020) ...

Wearable sensors printed on natural materials analyze substances present in sweat

Applied to skin as a piece of sticking plaster, the device developed by Brazilian researchers can be used to monitor ...

New superlattice material for future energy efficient devices

Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, August 17, 2020 - A team of international physicists including Jennifer Cano, PhD, ...

Designed bacteria produce coral-antibiotic

Sustainable biotechnological production of a natural substance against tuberculosisCredit: (Image: Thomas Brück / TUM) Thomas Brück saw the sea whip ...

Filling the void in ammonia synthesis: The role of nitrogen vacancies in catalysts

Credit: 2020 American Chemical Society Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) explore how nitrogen vacancies in catalysts participate ...

3D printing steps up to the frontlines in the battle against Covid-19