Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Researchers have squeezed a high-energy electron beam into tight bundles using terahertz radiation, a promising advance in watching the ultrafast ...

Quantum leap for quantum computing

UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computersCredit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of California, ...

Skoltech scientists break Google’s quantum algorithm

Credit: Physical Review Letters Google is racing to develop quantum enhanced processors that utilize quantum mechanical effects to one day ...

‘Tickling’ an atom to investigate the behavior of materials

Credit: D. Kepaptsoglou, SuperSTEM Scientists and engineers working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. When the position of ...

Air pollution is one of the world’s most dangerous health risks

Researchers calculate that the effects of air pollution shorten the lives of people around the world by an average of ...

MacMillan illuminates the micro-environment, creating a new path to cancer drugs

Princeton University's Dave MacMillan led the effort to create a nanoscale map of proteins and their nearest neighbors.Credit: Tamara Reyes-Robles/Merck ...

Longest microwave quantum link

Credit: ETH Zurich Department of Physics / Heidi Hostettler Collaboration is everything - also in the quantum world. To build ...

Superhydrophobic magnetic sponge to help purify water from oil products

TPU jointly with the University of Lille developed a new material capable of purifying water effectively from oil products. It ...

Exciting tweaks for organic solar cells

Molecular changes could improve the efficiency of next-generation photovoltaicsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya A molecular tweak has improved organic solar ...

All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries with high capacity and long life

First step to accomplishment of next-generation batteries superior to conventional lithium-ion batteriesCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS ...

Solving a mystery in 126 dimensions

After 90 years, scientists reveal the structure of benzeneCredit: UNSW Sydney One of the fundamental mysteries of chemistry has been ...

Cooling magnets with sound

Quantum physicists are proposing to cool microparticles with sound wavesCredit: Carlos Sánchez Muñoz While quantum physics is usually concerned with ...

York University researchers one step closer to creating organic batteries

Credit: Paola Scattolon York University researchers have discovered a way to make Lithium-powered batteries more environmentally friendly while retaining performance, ...

Water splitting observed on the nanometer scale

New investigation method provides fundamental insights into electrocatalytic water splitting under operating conditionsCredit: MPI-P, License CC-BY-SA It is a well-known ...

How a magnet could help boost understanding of superconductivity

Physicists unravel a mystery behind the strange behavior of electrons in a ferromagnetCredit: Yashar Komijani Physicists have unraveled a mystery ...

Using molecules to draw on quantum materials

Canadian researchers used circular molecules to change the properties of a surfaceCredit: Chaoying Fu Over millennia, civilizations progressed through the ...

Research brief: Energy researchers invent error-free catalysts

Discovery could improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness of industrial chemical technologiesCredit: Ardagh et al., Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation A team ...

New material could turn clothing into a health monitor