Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in The Journal of Chemical PhysicsCredit: Kazan Federal University The authors propose ...

TU Graz experimental physicists study steel on board the ISS

Credit: © Baustädter - TU Graz For many years, the Institute of Experimental Physics at Graz University of Technology and ...

The spin state story: Observation of the quantum spin liquid state in novel material

New insight into the spin behavior in an exotic state of matter puts us closer to next-generation spintronic devicesCredit: Tokyo ...

Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment

A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation processCredit: Jean-Daniel Bourgault (INRS) Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are ...

Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning

Credit: ATLAS Collaboration The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland became famous around the world in 2012 with the ...

Rock ‘n’ control

Göttingen physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transitionCredit: Dr Murat Sivis The goal of "Femtochemistry" is to ...

Programmable balloons pave the way for new shape-morphing devices

Kirigami balloons could be used in medical devices, soft roboticsCredit: (Image courtesy of the Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS) Balloon shaping isn't ...

Making a material impact

New UD center receives $18 million grant from National Science Foundation to advance materials researchCredit: Graphic illustration by Don Shenkle ...

Reducing radioactive waste in processes to dismantle nuclear facilities

The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has produced a methodological guide of in situ measurements for the purpose of ...

Bespoke catalysts for power-to-X

Using a synchrotron, scientists of KIT watch a power-to-X catalyst at workCredit: Photo: Tiziana Carambia Suitable catalysts are of great ...

Enzymes as double agents: New mechanism discovered in protein modification

Plant researchers identify 8 new enzymes which become doubly catalytically active and can play a role in photosynthesisCredit: Annika Brünje/ ...

Porous graphene ribbons doped with nitrogen for electronics and quantum computing

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb ...

Fluorescent peptide nanoparticles, in every color of the rainbow

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08259 The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is ...

Regulating the properties of MAPbBr3 single crystal via voltage and application

Credit: by Jun Xing, Chen Zhao, Yuting Zou, Wenchi Kong, Zhi Yu, Yuwei Shan, Qingfeng Dong, Ding Zhou, Weili Yu ...

Purifying water with the help of wood, bacteria and the sun

Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01088 According to the United Nations, about one-fifth of the world's population lives ...

New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation

New form of melanin has ability to protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment, spaceflightCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill.-- ...

Boron nitride destroys PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals PFOA, GenX

Pollutant-destroying properties surprise Rice engineer: 'It's not supposed to work'Credit: Image courtesy of M. Wong/Rice University HOUSTON -- (July 7, ...

Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor

3D printed fractal structures with closely spaced voids dissipate shockwaves five times better than solid cubesCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

A new understanding of protein movement

UD engineers uncover role of surface diffusion in protein transport, which could aid biopharmaceutical processingCredit: Photo courtesy of Ohnmar Khanal, ...

Contest between superconductivity and insulating states in Magic Angle Graphene