Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: ©Science China Press Perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) show great potential in the photoelectric fields due to high power conversion ...

Assassin cells armed with anticancer drugs kill cancer masses

Credit: Won Jong Kim (POSTECH) There are immune cells in our bodies that directly destroy infected or cancer cells - ...

NMR confirms molecular switches retain function in 2D-array

Credit: Tomas Bellon / IOCB Prague Prague, 15 May 2020 - Researchers led by Jiri Kaleta of IOCB Prague have ...

Asymmetric iodoesterification of simple alkenes by concerto catalyst

Credit: Takayoshi Arai Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids. Published in ...

Coordination polymer glass provides solid support for hydrogen fuel cells

Hydrogen fuel cells made with coordination polymer glass membranes could produce as much energy as their liquid-based counterparts while adding ...

Purdue startup wins recognition, investments for technology on waste algae disposal

Credit: Kelvin Okamoto WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-affiliated startup focusing on technology to turn municipal wastewater algae into ...

Inexpensively locating friendly (and unfriendly) radio waves

Passive method for locating and characterizing radio waves could lead to cameras that can capture images using ambient radio wavesCredit: ...

A wearable device may help prevent unexpected death in epilepsy

Credit: Jay Shah/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - More than one-third of the people in the United States who have ...

Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read

Researchers use plasmonics to enhance fluorescent markers in lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devicesCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Engineers at ...

Hollow-core fiber raises prospects for next-generation scientific instruments

Credit: University of Southampton The novel fibres' latest advances, published this week in Nature Photonics, have underlined the technology's potential ...

Dogs can detect traces of gasoline down to one billionth of a teaspoon

Study provides lowest estimate of sensitivity limit for canine-and-handler teams detecting traces of gasoline during arson investigationsCredit: Joe Towers Trained ...

UCF receives NSF RAPID Award to develop cough drops to help control COVID-19

A team of University of Central Florida researchers is looking at changing people's saliva to help manage the spread of ...

Filming quantic measurement for the first time

The results show that it is not an instant processCredit: University of Sevile Quantum physics deals with microscopic systems such ...

FDA approves ventilator designed by particle physics community