Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

After more than 40 years of dedicated service to safety, Bob May has been named a fellow of the Health ...

Two for the price of one

Kyoto University simultaneously synthesizes dicarboxylic acids and hydrogen from diolsCredit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Every year, the chemical industry ...

Researchers describe structure of SARS-CoV-2 proteins suitable for design of new drugs

Credit: Petra Krafcikova / IOCB Prague COVID-19 has changed the lives of millions and even billions of people around the ...

First gene knockout in a cephalopod is achieved at Marine Biological Laboratory

Credit: Karen Crawford WOODS HOLE, Mass. --A team at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has achieved the first gene knockout ...

TU Graz researchers synthesize nanoparticles tailored for special applications

Credit: © IEP - TU Graz Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field ...

Research brief: ‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all

For the first time, researchers electrically transform material from non-magnetic to magneticCredit: Leighton et al In a breakthrough new study, ...

Rena Bizios to receive the BioMedSA Award for Innovation in Healthcare and Bioscience

Credit: UTSA Communications (July 30, 2020) -- BioMedSA, the non-profit corporation founded in 2005 to promote and grow San Antonio's ...

Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?

Credit: Katja Koehler-Cole Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also ...

First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium’s value for producing fusion

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Lithium, the silvery metal that powers smart phones and helps treat bipolar disorders, could ...

How a crystalline sponge sheds water molecules

Scientists use advanced techniques to observe how a specific crystalline sponge changes shape as it loses water moleculesCredit: Travis Mitchell ...

Tailored meta-grid of nanoparticles boosting performance of light-emitting diodes

Credit: by Debabrata Sikdar, John B. Pendry, and Alexei A. Kornyshev Introducing the newly designed 'meta-grid' of nanoparticles into the ...

New fabric could help keep you cool in the summer, even without A/C (video)

Credit: American Chemical Society Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity consumption in ...

Army scientists develop realistic canine bite sleeve to improve training

Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 23, 2020) -- Army scientists designed and developed a realistic canine bite ...

Room temperature superconductivity creeping toward possibility

Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a ...

Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00485 A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a ...

Uncovering the nitty-gritty details of surface tension and flow behavior

Pitt Professor receives $292K from NSF to investigate the micromechanics of surface tensionCredit: University of Pittsburgh Dry sand can be ...

How stony-iron meteorites form

SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the solar systemCredit: Dr. Nicolas P. Walte / TUM Meteorites give us insight into ...

Tailored light inspired by nature

Researchers develop for the first time light fields using caustics that do not change during propagationCredit: WWU - Alessandro Zannotti ...

A new method is developed to extract antibiotic residue in food from animal sources

Credit: University of Córdoba Coccidiosis is a kind of intestinal illness that affects different groups of animals. It inhibits the ...

Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors