Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce
Rice University lab's protein coating extends shelf life of perishable fruits and vegetablesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 4, ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Ute Hellmich receives Exploration Grant for research into membrane proteins of parasites
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation promotes innovative research concepts / New research project focuses on neglected tropical diseasesCredit: ill./©: Ute Hellmich (created ...
Universal access to spectrometers one step closer
Credit: © Leipzig University, Swen Reichhold Professor Grundmann is optimistic about the future: "In the longer term, we want this ...
New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Measuring the location and orientation of single molecules could provide new insights into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Tianben Ding, Tingting ...
Scientists aim gene-targeting breakthrough against COVID-19
Cellular delivery system developed at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry could be missing link in battle against SARS-CoV-2Credit: R.N. Zuckermann A ...
The sensitive strain sensor that can detect the weight of a feather
Credit: University of Sussex Physicists have created the most sensitive strain sensor ever made, capable of detecting a feather's touch. ...
Metasurface opens world of polarization
Device may have far-reaching applications in polarization imaging, quantum optics, and moreCredit: (Image courtesy of Zhujun Shi/Harvard SEAS) Polarization, the ...
A promise to restore hearing
In a first, researchers use base editing to correct recessive genetic deafness and restore partial hearingCredit: Harvard University When Wei ...
Precision spray coating could enable solar cells with better performance and stability
New approach offers practical way to make multilayer perovskite solar cellsCredit: Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos, Mahidol University WASHINGTON -- Although perovskites are ...
Graphene and 2D materials could move electronics beyond ‘Moore’s Law’
Credit: The University of Manchester A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA ...
Etching the road to a hydrogen economy using plasma jets
Scientists improve light-driven water-splitting to produce hydrogen by etching the reaction catalyst with plasma jets in solutionCredit: Tokyo University of ...
Boosting energy efficiency of 2D material electronics using topological semimetal
Credit: SUTD Driven by the ever-increasing desires of the consumer market for smaller, lighter and smarter devices, the size of ...
Novel bioaccumulative compounds found in marine bivalves
Nontarget and target screening of organohalogen compounds in mussels and sediment from Hiroshima Bay, JapanCredit: Reprinted with permission from Environmental ...
Anisotropy of spin-lattice relaxations in molecular magnets
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Scientists from IFJ PAN in cooperation with researchers from the Nara Women's University (Japan) and the ...
Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08714 Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the ...
Double-sided solar panels that follow the sun prove most cost effective
Credit: Rodríguez-Gallegos et al./Joule Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels--which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one--and ...
Super water-repellent materials are now durable enough for the real world
A new armour-plated superhydrophobic material has been developed for potential uses in medical equipment, solar panels and moreCredit: Aalto University ...
Active particles with light-switchable propulsion direction and reversible interactions
Credit: Source: UW Physics, M. Lisicki Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, ETH in Zurich ...
Solar hydrogen production: Splitting water with UV is now at almost 100% quantum efficiency
Credit: Copyright © 2020 The Office of Public Relations, Shinshu University Pour yourself a glass of water and take a ...
A new strategy for the optimal electroreduction of Co2 to high-value products
Credit: KAIST Researchers suggest that modulation of local CO2 concentration improves the selectivity, conversion rate, and electrode stability, and shed ...
