Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: WANG Guoyan and MA Yanbing Chinese researchers realized an elementary link of a quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum ...

RUDN University chemists created cheap catalysts for ethanol conversion

Credit: RUDN University RUDN University chemists proposed a new way to synthesize catalysts for the conversion of ethyl alcohol. The ...

Anyone can get super-hearing

New audio technique can track bats in flight and help localise sources of ultrasonic soundCredit: Ville Pulkki/Aalto University Humans can ...

Hexagonal boron nitride’s remarkable toughness unmasked

2D material resists cracking and description by century-old theory of fracture mechanicsCredit: Image courtesy of J. Lou/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

Nanomaterials with laser printing

New laser-driven methodCredit: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces In the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the ...

Acoustic solutions made from natural fibers can reduce buildings’ carbon footprints

Aalto University researchers discovered that wood-based pulp fibers are also well-suited for making acoustic materialsCredit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University Good acoustics ...

Activation of carbon-fluorine bonds via cooperation of a photocatalyst and tin

Scientists from Osaka University have succeeded in developing the world's first organic reaction that selectively converts a specific carbon-fluorine (C-F) ...

Mapping intermittent methane emissions across the Permian Basin

Credit: Leslie Von Pless/Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) The Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, is the ...

UArizona engineers demonstrate a quantum advantage

Researchers in the College of Engineering and James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences experimentally demonstrate how quantum resources aren't ...

Self-aware materials build the foundation for living structures

New research in Nano Energy introduces revolutionary scalable material that senses and powers itselfCredit: iSMaRT Lab From the biggest bridges ...

Harmonious electronic structure leads to enhanced quantum materials

Credit: MPI CPfS The electronic structure of metallic materials determines the behavior of electron transport. Magnetic Weyl semimetals have a ...

A novel nanometer-scale proximity labeling method targeting histidine residues

Credit: Shinichi Sato Researchers have created a new nanometer-scale proximity labeling system that targets histidine residues quickly, providing a new ...

Best of both worlds: High entropy meets low dimensions, opens up infinite possibilities

Credit: Tokyo Tech The discovery of graphene, a 2D layered form of carbon, once caused a paradigm shift in science ...

Manipulating quinary charge states in solitary defects of 2D intermetallic semiconductor

Credit: @Science China Press Single atomic defect is the smallest structural unit of solid material. The construction of devices based ...

Story tips: Un-Earthly ice, buildings in the loop, batteries unbound and 3D printing for geothermal

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Neutrons - Space ice, un-Earthly cold Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully ...

2D natural clay offers a platform for machine learning algorithm

Credit: @Science China Press Algorism plays a significant role in predicting future states of a system. Particularly, non-Markov chain algorithm ...

Solar energy-driven sustainable process for synthesis of ethylene glycol from methanol

Credit: Chinese Journal of Catalysis The photochemistry of the future will spring up human industry without smoke, and bring a ...

Researchers measure tritium production rates in mock-up of water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket

Credit: ZHU Qingjun To realize tritium self-sustaining cycle through tritium breeding blanket has been one of the core technologies of ...

The secret to stickiness of mussels underwater

Credit: POSTECH Mussels survive by sticking to rocks in the fierce waves or tides underwater. Materials mimicking this underwater adhesion ...

Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution