Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Courtesy of the University of Chicago, Nancy Wong RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Two U.S. Army research projects advance ...

Levitating droplets allow scientists to perform ‘touchless’ chemical reactions

Credit: Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00929 Levitation has long been a staple of magic tricks and movies. But in the ...

OU researcher receives Department of Energy Early Career Award

Credit: Provided by Dr. Bayram Saparov, University of Oklahoma Bayram Saparov, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and ...

Order out of disorder in ice

Credit: Chuanlong Lin The glass structure of a material is often believed to mimic its corresponding liquid. Polyamorphism between ices ...

Exotic mixtures

X-ray scattering enables closer scrutiny of the interior of planets and starsCredit: HZDR / Sahneweiß Recreating extreme conditions in the ...

Nature-imitating coating makes batteries more durable and efficient

Aalto University's researchers were the first in the world to make use of carbon dioxide in the production of a ...

‘Ironing’ out the differences: Understanding superconductivity in ultrathin FeSe

Credit: Physical Review Letters Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) elucidate the underlying cause behind the different critical ...

Removing toxic chemicals from water — New environmentally-friendly method

Credit: IMPACT/Swansea University Researchers from Swansea University have developed a new environmentally friendly method for removing toxic chemicals from water. ...

Dynamical and allosteric regulation of photoprotection in light harvesting complex II

Credit: ©Science China Press The photosynthetic systems of green plants have developed a dual function of efficient light collection under ...

Imaging magnetic instabilities using laser accelerated protons

An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel's instabilityCredit: David Tordeux The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma ...

KIST develops eco-friendly, flame-retardant carbon plastic ideal for recycling

Non-toxic, flame-retardant composite material based on bio-epoxy made from plant-source tannic acid. 99% eco-friendly recycling within tens of minutes merely ...

Australian awarded Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry

FLEET/UNSW's Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh awarded prestigious prizeCredit: UNSW FLEET CI Professor Kourosh Kaantar-zadeh (UNSW Sydney) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 ...

Rice professor attracts grant to study magnetism

DOE Early Career award to physicist Ming Yi backs experiments on 2D materialsCredit: Jeff FItlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 23, ...

Introducing a new isotope: Mendelevium-244

Berkeley Lab-led team creates a new, lighter form of the element mendelevium in experiments at the 88-Inch CyclotronCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley ...

Using chaos as a tool, scientists discover new method of making 3D-heterostructures

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from ...

Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material

Credit: Anupum Pant To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show ...

Scientists use protein, RNA to make hollow, spherical sacks called vesicles