Microbial gene discovery could mean greater gut health
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - As the owner of a human body, you're carrying trillions ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
UNF chemistry awarded NSF grant to harness biochemical potential of ocean microorganisms
Credit: University of North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. - Dr. Amy Lane, UNF associate professor of chemistry and director for the ...
Quantification of the internal OH- effects in upconversion nanocrystals
Credit: by Yansong Feng, Zhi Li, Qiqing Li, Jun Yuan, Langping Tu, Lixin Ning and Hong Zhang The great application ...
It takes some heat to form ice!
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Water freezes and turns to ice when brought in contact with a cold surface ...
Ionophobic electrode boosts energy storage performance
Credit: IPE Using renewable energy to replace fossil energy is now considered the best solution for greenhouse gas emission and ...
Recruiting bacteria to build catalysts atom by atom
Credit: © 2021 KAUST Exploiting the unusual metal-reducing ability of the iron-breathing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, KAUST researchers have demonstrated a ...
New methods proposed to characterize polymer lamellar crystals
Credit: LI Xiangyang Different from small molecules, polymer will fold into lamellar crystals during crystallization and further assemble into lamellar ...
Controlling magnetization by surface acoustic waves
Credit: Tohoku University Using the circular vibration of surface acoustic waves, a collaborative research group have successfully controlled the magnetization ...
New microscopy method reaches deeper into the living brain
Imaging method poised to bring new insight into how the brain works in health and diseaseCredit: Daniel Razansky, University and ...
Shiny mega-crystals that build themselves
The other side of entropyCredit: Gian Vaitl / Empa To really appreciate what a team of researchers led by Maksym ...
Technology that predicts protein stability is released by UK university spin-out company
A digital tool that will make it cheaper, safer and faster to develop new medicines is being rolled out by ...
Unveiling what governs crystal growth
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) With brilliant colors and picturesque shapes, many crystals are wonders of nature. Some crystals ...
Study of promising photovoltaic material leads to discovery of a new state of matter
McGill University researchers gain new insight into the workings perovskites that could lead to more efficient and cheaper solar cellsCredit: Colin Sonnichsen Researchers ...
Ultrafast, on-chip PCR could speed diagnosis during current and future pandemics
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c02154 Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard for diagnosis ...
Engineering researcher receives $450K grant
Marianna Maiaru earns Air Force Young Investigator awardCredit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher Marianna Maiaru, assistant professor ...
LHAASO detect dozen sources of ultra-high energy gamma-rays
Credit: YANG Jianrui; MA Xiaohan; LIU Yuanbo Discovered by Victor Hess in 1912, cosmic rays, relativisitic particles that shower Earth, ...
Better understanding membranes
Experts from the University of Goettingen and the Hereon present new research strategiesCredit: Graphic: Authors of the paper Whether in ...
Suppressing meta-holographic artifacts by laser coherence tuning
Credit: by Yaniv Eliezer, Geyang Qu, Wenhong Yang, Yujie Wang, Hasan Yilmaz, Shumin Xiao, Qinghai Song and Hui Cao Metasurface ...
Tuning the intermediate reaction barriers by a CuPd catalyst for CO2 electroreduction to C2 products
Credit: Chinese Journal of Catalysis Using intermittent electric energy to convert excessive CO2 into C2 products, such as ethylene and ...
Deciphering structure of a toxic matter that destroys the nerves in the brain
Credit: POSTECH Alzheimer's disease - also called dementia - where memory and cognitive functions gradually decline due to deformation and ...