Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Improved deformable mirrors could help scientists detect new sources of gravitational waves from deep in spaceCredit: Huy Tuong Cao, University ...

Closing the carbon cycle to stop climate change

Credit: Ayan Maity, TIFR, Mumbai An excessive amount of carbon dioxide is the main cause of climate change. One of ...

Access to forbidden rings

Researchers at UNIGE have developed a new method for creating chains of molecular rings with unparalleled sophistication.Credit: © UNIGE Cyclic ...

The imitation game: Scientists describe and emulate new quantum state of entangled photons

A research team from ITMO University, with the help of their colleagues from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia) ...

Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09880 Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport ...

Compartments without borders

New method to create 'membraneless compartments' lends insight into cellular processesCredit: Keating Lab, Penn State A new laboratory method allows ...

Artificial intelligence helps prevent disruptions in fusion devices

Credit: Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. An international team of scientists led by a graduate student ...

Long-distance fiber link poised to create powerful networks of optical clocks

Low-noise links between high-precision clocks could benefit early earthquake detection and other applicationsCredit: Tomoya Akatsuka, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ...

Perovskite solution aging: Scientists find solution

Credit: WANG Xiao Perovskite solar cells have developed quickly in the past decade. But like silicon solar cells, the efficiency ...

Composing new proteins with artificial intelligence

Using machine learning to create new proteins by translating proteins into musical scoresCredit: Markus J. Buehler WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020 ...

Physicists propose new filter for blocking high-pitched sounds

Credit: Robert Rivera, University at Buffalo; Luis Machado, Federal University of Pará in Brazil BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Need to reduce ...

Semiconductors can behave like metals and even like superconductors

Credit: Hungria/Universidad de Cádiz, Ramin/DESY, Klinke/University of Rostock and Swansea University. The crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials ...

Seeing with electrons: Scientists pave the way to more affordable and accessible cryo-EM

Researchers develop a low-cost and easy-to-use cryogenic electron microscope.Credit: OIST Visualizing the structure of viruses, proteins and other small biomolecules ...

Novel approach to enhance performance of graphitic carbon nitride

Credit: Kai Yang In a report published in NANO, scientists from the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University ...

Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial

Credit: iQ Group Global A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more ...

Machine learning technique sharpens prediction of material’s mechanical properties

Credit: MIT Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed ...

APS tip sheet: Origins of matter and antimatter

Study suggests an 'axiogenesis' mechanism for the explanation of the matter to antimatter ratio in the UniverseCredit: Co et al. ...

New low-cost approach detects building deformations with extreme precision in real time

With the ability to detect submillimeter movements in real time, new method could be valuable for monitoring historic structures and ...

Biophysicists blend incompatible components in one nanofiber

Credit: Elizaveta Pavlova et al./RSC Advances Russian researchers from the Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, the Moscow Institute ...

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