Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist's quest to understand how foxgloves make medicinal compoundsCredit: Zhen Wang ...

Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions alone cannot substantially decrease air pollution

Credit: Qianqian Zhang High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of ...

UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performanceCredit: Cameron Crook and Jens Bauer / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 13, 2020 ...

Livestock and poultry farming should be the future focus of agricultural ammonia emissions control

Credit: Jiayu Huang As the only alkaline gas in the atmosphere, ammonia can react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides ...

New handle for controlling electromagnetic properties could enable spintronic computing

The magnetic transition of troilite causes instabilities in the 'space metal's' structure that transforms it from a conductor to an ...

Magnet research takes giant leap

Credit: UCF Researchers pushing the limits of magnets as a means to create faster electronics published their proof of concept ...

Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research

2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental ...

New protocol identifies fascinating quantum states

Method can be directly applied in existing experimental platformsCredit: IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch Nowadays, modern quantum simulators offer a wide range ...

Construction of sintering resistant Pt based catalyst based on ‘composite energy well’ model

Credit: ©Science China Press Nano-catalysts usually have higher catalytic activity than traditional bulk catalysts. And it is widely acknowledged that ...

Single-electron pumping in a ZnO single-nanobelt transistor

Credit: ©Science China Press Single electron pumping devices with high efficiency and controllability at room temperature play an essential role ...

A new strategy to create 2D magnetic order

Credit: ©Science China Press Grain boundaries, which are consist of periodic arrangement of structural units and generally recognized as a ...

Torquato research links elastodynamic and electromagnetic wave phenomena

Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Princeton University Department of Chemistry Imagine the advances to predictive modeling if you could infer something ...

A novel Li-ion superconductor makes possible an era of safe battery

A fast Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte material comparable to the liquid electrolytes used in typical batteries. An innovative synthesis developed ...

USC scientists develop a better redox flow battery

Credit: Source: USC USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use ...

New study shows how oxygen transfer is altered in diseased lung tissue

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at ...

New isomer separation method a boon for research on protein oxidation

UCSC chemists have developed an easy way to separate the stereoisomers of an oxidized amino acid that has important functions ...

Machine learning reveals new candidate materials for biocompatible electronics

Credit: Image courtesy of Kirill Shmilovich et al. Scientists and engineers are on a quest to develop electronic devices that ...

Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases

Credit: Purdue University/Brian Bentz WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new tool for medical professionals may help shed more light on ...

TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production

Credit: Wiley-VCH Electrocatalysis is one of the most studied topics in the field of material science, because it is extensively ...

Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin