Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Scientists will present their latest work on how the physical environment can affect the behavior and movement of cancer cells ...

Tracking communication networks and the diffusion of information

At the APS March Meeting in Denver, scientists will present their research on the ways people use networks to share ...

Scientists came up with nanoconcrete for casting under negative temperature conditions

Credit: Fons Heijnsbroek (@fonsheijnsbroek51), Unsplash Engineers from Far Eastern Federal University Military training center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) together with colleagues ...

New state-of-the-MOF materials

Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new ...

Tracking down the mystery of matter

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have measured a property of the neutron more ...

Anomalies in structure of polyvalent metal melts explained

A paper was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical PhysicsCredit: Kazan Federal University Metals and their alloys are the main structural ...

Polymers get caught up in love-hate chemistry of oil and water

Credit: Credit: Michelle Lehman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University ...

Support grows for technology aimed at turning bad fat to good fat

Credit: Alexander M. Gokan WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A significant investment from a Purdue University alumnus and his wife will ...

Shaping the future of machine learning for active matter

Credit: Malin Arnesson Now researchers are presenting guidelines for how active matter, such as cells and microorganisms, can best be ...

Novel photocatalytic method converts biopolyols and sugars into methanol and syngas

Credit: WANG Min A research group led by Prof. WANG Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the ...

Researchers combine advanced spectroscopy technique with video-rate imaging

Imaging technology poised to enhance spectral analysis for food, agricultural and pharmaceutical applicationsCredit: Pedro Martín-Mateos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ...

Tying up molecules as easily as you tie up your laces

UNIGE researchers have succeeded in tying molecules together, thereby modifying their intrinsic mechanical propertiesCredit: © UNIGE Knots are all around ...

New method converts carbon dioxide to methane at low temperatures

Credit: Sekine Laboratory, Waseda University A new method developed by a team of Waseda University scientists led by Professor Yasushi ...

KIER raised possibilities for urban use of ultralight flexible CIGS thin film solar cell

Identification of efficiency enhancement mechanism of polymer substrate flexible CIGS thin film solar cell; research results published in 'Nano Energy', ...

Bacteria loop-the-loop

Research team with participation from the University of Göttingen analyses flagellar locomotionCredit: Sarah Mohammadinejed, University of Göttingen The magnetotactic bacterium ...

Metal-organic frameworks can separate gases despite the presence of water

Credit: Vervoorts P. et al., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Jan. 27, 2020 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for ...

Cold sintering produces capacitor material at record low temperatures

Credit: Clive Randall, Penn State Barium titanate is an important electroceramic material used in trillions of capacitors each year and ...

How low can you go? Lower than ever before

NIST scientists make most sensitive measurements to date of silicon's conductivity for future solar cell, semiconductor applicationsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Silicon, ...

Using light to put a twist on electrons

Method with polarized light can create and measure nonsymmetrical states in a layered materialCredit: Ella Maru Studio Some molecules, including ...

Researchers develop technique to create nanomaterials which may help detect cancer earlier