Water-balloon physics is high-impact science
Credit: Pierre-Thomas Brun Water balloons may seem like a trivial matter. A toy for mischievous kids in summer. But for ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Berkeley lab cosmologists are top contenders in machine learning challenge
Teams searched for hidden signal in simulated particle collider dataCredit: Gregor Kasieczka, Benjamin Nachman, David Shih In searching for new ...
A landmark plan for realizing fusion energy and advancing plasma science
Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers ...
Researchers detail how antineutrino detectors could aid nuclear nonproliferation
Credit: Virginia Tech Patrick Huber, a professor in the Virginia Tech Department of Physics, has co-authored an article that describes ...
Graphene underpins a new platform to selectively ID deadly strains of bacteria
Prototype developed by Boston College-led team demonstrates the first selective, electrical detection of two pathogenic bacterial speciesCredit: Kenneth Burch, Boston ...
Stretchable supercapacitors to power tomorrow’s wearable devices
Researchers demonstrate robust supercapacitors that still work when stretched to 8 times their original sizeCredit: Changyong Cao, Michigan State University ...
Nahum Arav part of team to discover quasar tsunamis
Credit: Virginia Tech Using the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Virginia Tech's ...
A nanoscale laser made of gold and zinc oxide
Researchers from Oldenburg, Germany, and collaborators reveal how new nanomaterial enhances light emissionCredit: University of Oldenburg Tiny particles composed of ...
Lehigh University engineers unlock secrets to swimming efficiency of whales, dolphins
Findings of team led by MechE professor Keith W. Moored could influence the design of next-gen underwater robotsCredit: Fatma Ayancik/Lehigh ...
How molecules self-assemble into superstructures
Researchers from Kiel control the size of molecular superstructures on surfacesCredit: Manuel Gruber and Torben Jasper-Toennies Most technical functional units ...
Study reveals secret of 18th-century portrait
Credit: Nikolay Simonenko et al./Heritage Science Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General ...
Unraveling the optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy
Credit: by Marie Richard-Lacroix and Volker Deckert For exploring the nanoscale far beyond the optical resolution limit, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ...
Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication
Researchers demonstrate fast and cost-effective platform for keeping data secureCredit: Henry Semenenko, University of Bristol monstrated new chip-based devices that ...
Radiation drugs with longer shelf life brings hope for cancer patients globally
Cost effective radiation technique targetedCredit: Image: IMCRC People with hard-to-reach cancers in the kidney, gut and prostate will have improved ...
Putting artificial intelligence to work in the lab
Automated scanning probe microscopy controlled by artificial intelligence/machine learningCredit: FLEET Automated Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) controlled by artificial intelligence First ...
An advance in molecular moviemaking shows how molecules respond to two photons of light
Hitting molecules with two photons at once set off unexpected processes that were captured in detail with SLAC's X-ray laser; ...
New telescope design could capture distant celestial objects with unprecedented detail
Credit: Antoine Labeyrie, Collège de France and Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur WASHINGTON -- Researchers have designed a new camera ...
New Argonne 3D printing method could transform recycling material behind medical isotope
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is an important medical isotope used to help radiologists detect heart disease, bone decay ...
Shedding light on optimal materials for harvesting sunlight underwater
Credit: Allison Kalpakci There may be many overlooked organic and inorganic materials that could be used to harness sunlight underwater ...
Supercomputers unlock reproductive mysteries of viruses and life
Stampede2 and Comet systems complete simulations pertinent to coronavirus, DNA replicationCredit: Mandal et al. Fundamental research supported by supercomputers could ...
