Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Swansea University Swansea University has successfully won funding to reduce the time it takes to sanitise ambulances after carrying ...

Discoverer of famed blue pigment to hunt for new red

Credit: Mas Subramanian, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Mas Subramanian, distinguished professor of chemistry at Oregon State University, has received a ...

Scientists proposed a new approach for efficient nanomaterials’ modeling

Researchers proposed a new approach to improve the efficiency of mathematical modeling of the processes in materials at the nanoscale.Credit: ...

ETRI develops world’s top-class 400-Gbps optical engine

Researchers in South Korea have developed ultra-fast transmitting/receiving optical engine that can provide stable and improved data transfer speed for ...

Upcycling spongy plastic foams from shoes, mattresses and insulation

New method turns foam into higher value rubber and hard plasticsCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a ...

A milder hair dye based on synthetic melanin

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00068 With the coronavirus pandemic temporarily shuttering hair salons, many clients are ...

NSF provides more support for drug discovery platform for hard-to-treat cancers

Credit: Sherine Abdelmawla WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new round of support will help a Purdue University-affiliated startup further develop ...

Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?

Credit: Doug Weaver Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting ...

Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A simple pretreatment step enables membranes to be enhanced using atomic layer deposition, a technique that ...

Superhard candy — scientists cracked the complex crystal structure of molybdenum borides

Credit: Dmitry V. Rybkovskiy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In their search for new superhard compounds, researchers carried out a prediction ...

Gold standard force fields help identify promising peptides to disrupt COVID-19

University of Utah researchers rapidly generate molecular models of compounds relevant for COVID-19Credit: Cheatham Lab Drug discovery is arduous, expensive, ...

Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm

Credit: Image courtesy Collin Kaufman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the ...

Scientists explore the power of radio waves to help control fusion reactions

Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman. A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining ...

Surveying the lipid landscape

Credit: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna Researchers increasingly aim at utilising the manifold functions of lipids in our bodies, ...

Hierarchically porous TiO2/rGO with exposed (001) facets for lithium storage capacity

Credit: ©Science China Press The design of materials with high capacity, excellent rate capability and long cycle life is one ...

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices based on silicon carbide may revolutionize electronics

Devices built with silicon carbide offer faster switching speeds, lower losses and higher blocking voltages, which are superior to those ...

Rat spinal cords control neural function in biobots

The interaction between a rat spinal cord and an engineered muscle system displays behavior similar to the peripheral nervous systemCredit: ...

Correlations in COVID-19 growth point to universal strategies for slowing spread

Models drawing on chaos theory find growth in nine countries conforms to a power law curve and highlight the value ...

How blood cells deform, recover when traveling through tiny channels

Two different types of shape recovery behaviors for red blood cells traveling through microfluidic channels may pave the way to ...

Simulating borehole ballooning helps ensure safe drilling of deep-water oil, gas