Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have shown that LATP, a solid electrolytes considered for use ...

Rapid screening method targets fatty acids in yeast; Key to sustainable bioproducts

CABBI researchers at Illinois have developed a high-throughput screening tool, a chemical characterization approach based on MALDI-ToF MSCredit: Center for ...

Novel tool developed to diagnose and monitor autoimmune disorders

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow ...

DIY solution to reagent bottleneck in COVID-19 testing could also enhance future tests

Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for ...

Nature unveiling herself before science

Cutting-edge technology allows for real-time monitoring of biomineralisation as an important process of bone formationCredit: © Dennis Kurzbach "Nature unveiling ...

Image analysis technique provides better understanding of heart cell defects

A new algorithm combines gradient methods with fast Fourier transforms to quantify the organization of cardiac myofibrilsCredit: Brett N. Napiwocki ...

Scientists find a high hydrofluorocarbon emissions intensity in the Yangtze River Delta region

Credit: Bo Yao Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) have been widely used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances--for example, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). ...

A new electrostatic descriptor — The orbital electrostatic energy

Credit: ©Science China Press Understanding and predicting how molecules recognize each other are the key issues in the field of ...

Six feet not far enough to stop virus transmission in light winds

Current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient, because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of ...

Three-dimensional chessboards

Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose films aligned along multiple axes within the same sheet. This ...

A spreadable interlayer could make solid state batteries more stable

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Solid state batteries are of great interest to the electric vehicle industry. Scientists at ...

Scientists use pressure to make liquid magnetism breakthrough

Credit: Daniel Haskel It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a ...

Quantum Hall effect ‘reincarnated’ in 3D topological materials

2D order protects several entangled states that could be used in quantum computingCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 18, ...

Penn engineers develop first tunable, chip-based ‘vortex microlaser’ and detector

Encoding information in twisting beams of light could break bandwidth bottleneck in optical communicationsCredit: University of Pennsylvania As computers get ...

Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale

Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences.Credit: Greg ...

Graphene-reinforced carbon fiber may lead to affordable, stronger car materials

Credit: Margaret Kowalik and Adri van Duin / Penn State A new way of creating carbon fibers -- which are ...

HHU physicists: No evidence of an influence of dark matter on the force between nuclei

Physics: Publication in NatureCredit: HHU / Alighanbari, Hansen, Schiller The universe mainly consists of a novel substance and an energy ...

Discovery of high-Chern-number and high-temperature Chern insulator states: to information highway

Credit: ©Science China Press Quantum Hall effect (QHE) plays an important role in materials science and precision measurement. Due to ...

A theoretical boost to nano-scale devices

Researchers calculate the quasi-Fermi levels in molecular junctions applying an initio approach. -Credit: Yong-Hoon Kim, KAIST Semiconductor companies are struggling ...

UCLA physicists develop world’s best quantum bits