Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Catalyst enables reactions with the help of green light

Chemists from the University of Bonn and the USA use inexpensive and non-hazardous titaniumCredit: © Photo: Zhenhua Zhang For the ...

University of Kentucky’s Superfund Research Center receives $8.7 million

Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2020) -- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded ...

Often and little, or rarely and to the full?

Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski If we were talking about food, most experts would choose the former, but in ...

Artificial ‘candy canes’ block viruses

Publication in the Journal of the American Chemical SocietyCredit: L. Hartmann, M. Schelhaas Viruses are part of the human experience ...

How effective are cloth masks against coronavirus? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 20, 2020 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that the ...

Unprecedented 3D images of live cells plus details of molecules inside

No damage caused by strong light, no artificial dyes or fluorescent tags neededCredit: Image by s-graphics.co.jp, CC BY-NC-ND The insides ...

KIST develops low-price, high-efficiency catalyst that converts CO2 into chemicals

Catalyst is developed that reduces the use of precious metals, using an in-situ analytical technique. Foundation is laid for practical ...

A cheap organic steam generator to purify water

Cellulose-conducting polymer aerogels for efficient solar steam generationCredit: Thor Balkhed It has been estimated that in 2040 a quarter of ...

New discovery settles long-standing debate about photovoltaic materials

Credit: US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists have theorized that organometallic halide perovskites-- a class of light harvesting "wonder" ...

Texas A&M researchers uncover the art of printing extremely hard steels flawlessly

Results from the collaboration with scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory could have applications in the aerospace, automotive and ...

Under pressure: New bioinspired material can ‘shapeshift’ to external forces

Credit: Pam Li/Johns Hopkins University Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to ...

KIST and UNIST joint research team develop a high-capacity battery material using salmon DNA

Stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes. Improved catalyst performance and lifespan found ...

New electrode material developed to increase charge capacity of lithium batteries

Credit: Yokohama National University Lithium batteries hold a lot of promise for the future of many applications, including electric vehicles, ...

Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules

Credit: University of South Florida Scientists at the University of South Florida have reached a new milestone in the development ...

Skoltech and MIPT scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides

Credit: Pavel Odinev/Skoltech The search for coveted high-temperature superconductors is going to get easier with a new 'law within a ...

Single-atom-layer trap: A pivotal microscopic feature for li-ion migration

Credit: ZHU Feng, Md Shafiqul Islam, ZHOU Lin, et al. On April 14th, Prof. MA Cheng from the University of ...

Scientists develop high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

Credit: DICP Recently, research groups led by Prof. LIU Jian and Prof. WU Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical ...

Moiré engineering applicable in correlated oxides by USTC researchers

Credit: FAN Xiaodong, LI Lin and CHEN Xin The research team of Prof. ZENG Changgan from Hefei National Laboratory for ...

Researchers propose theoretical model to describe capillary force balance at contact line