Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: PDI and Instituto Balseiro and Centro Atómico Lasing - the emission of a collimated light beam of light with ...

To recreate ancient recipes, check out the vestiges of clay pots

Archaeologists find that unglazed ceramic cookware absorbs the chemical residue of present and past mealsCredit: Photo courtesy of Melanie Miller ...

Harvard team uses laser to cool polyatomic molecule

Harvard researchers become first to cool polyatomic molecule using lightCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer After firing the lasers and bombarding ...

Solutions to big problems: they’re in the (soft matter) solution

Credit: Virginia Tech For most people, a coffee stain may go unnoticed, an everyday accident. In the world of physics, ...

Quantitatively understanding of angle-resolved polarized Raman scattering from black phosphorus

Credit: ©Science China Press For anisotropic crystals, it has been known for many years that the birefringence effect rising from ...

Quirky response to magnetism presents quantum physics mystery

Magnetic topological insulators could be just right for making qubits, but this one doesn't obey the rulesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory ...

High-precision electrochemistry: The new gold standard in fuel cell catalyst development

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Vehicles powered by polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are energy-efficient and eco-friendly, but despite increasing ...

Inexpensive, non-toxic nanofluid could be a game-changer for oil recovery

The nanofluid is made from commercially available sodium using household blenderCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston ...

Evidence of power: Phasing quantum annealers into experiments from nonequilibrium physics

Credit: Tokyo Tech It is established that matter can transition between different phases when certain parameters, such as temperature, are ...

Tracking structural regeneration of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Credit: ©Science China Press Recent years have witnessed explosive development in electrochemical CO2 reduction into valuable chemicals or fuels. The ...

Solvation rearrangement brings stable zinc/graphite batteries closer to commercial grid storage

Credit: ZHAO Jingwen With grid-scale renewable energy on the rise, many scholars have shifted their attention from energy generation to ...

Rationally designing hierarchical zeolites for better diffusion and catalyst efficiency

Credit: ©Science China Press Thanks to various crystalline topologies, tunable chemical composition, high (hydro)thermal stability, and controllable surface acidity/basicity, zeolites ...

DOE funds $21 million to advance diagnostics on the flagship facility at PPPL

Credit: Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communication. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $21 million ...

Revealing the secrets of high-energy cosmic particles