Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and ...

How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges

Credit: (Source: University of Oviedo) An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for ...

Stretched beyond the limits

Mechanical stress can cause fatigue not only in synthetic materials, but also in mammalian tissues like collagen.Credit: Photo: HITS It ...

NTU Singapore scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by ...

Computer vision helps SLAC scientists study lithium ion batteries

Credit: Image courtesy Yijin Liu/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lithium-ion batteries lose their juice over time, causing scientists and engineer to ...

Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide

Scientists use lasers and gold particles to turn titanium oxide into nanocomposite for photocatalystsCredit: ITMO.News Oxides of different metals often ...

CCNY physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

Credit: Carlos Meriles Research Group In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common ...

Scientists measured electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water

Credit: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute ...

Laser loop couples quantum systems over a distance

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Quantum technology is currently one of the most active fields of research worldwide. ...

Quantum resonances near absolute zero

Credit: DICP Recently, Prof. YANG Xueming from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and ...

Light, sound, action: Extending the life of acoustic waves on microchips

Foundational work opens door to low-heat, low-energy, fast internetCredit: University of Sydney Scientists in Australia and Europe have taken an ...

Molecule reduces multiple pathologies associated with Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Photo courtesy College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When tested in ...

Ultra-long-working-distance spectroscopy with 3D-printed aspherical microlenses

Credit: Aleksander Bogucki, ?ukasz Zinkiewicz, Magdalena Grzeszczyk, Wojciech Pacuski, Karol Nogajewski, Tomasz Kazimierczuk, Aleksander Rodek, Jan Suffczy?ski, Kenji ?by Watanabe, ...

2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties

Rice University lab detects piezoelectric effects in nanosheets due to defectsCredit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 7, 2020) ...

Quantum jump tipping the balance

Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atomsCredit: MPI for Nuclear Physics A ...

Young Scientist prize for Lancaster physicist

Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University's Dr Samuli Autti has been awarded a Young Scientist Prize 2020 by the International Union ...

Plasma electrons can be used to produce metallic films

Credit: Magnus Johansson/Linköping University Computers, mobile phones and all other electronic devices contain thousands of transistors, linked together by thin ...

New simple method for measuring the state of lithium-ion batteries

Mainz-based researchers present new technique for measuring the charge state, defects, and capacity losses of rechargeable batteries using atomic magnetometryCredit: ...

A closer look at superconductors

A new measuring method helps understand the physics of high-temperature superconductivityCredit: HZDR / Juniks From sustainable energy to quantum computers: ...

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