Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: DU Xuemin A research group led by Prof. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of ...

An optimized structure of memristive device for neuromorphic computing systems implemented

An original combination of nanomaterials in a memristive device with the effect of resistive switching stabilization was used for the ...

Could water solve the renewable energy storage challenge?

Credit: IIASA Seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS), an already established yet infrequently used technology, could be an affordable and sustainable ...

New 3D chirality discovered and synthetically assembled

Credit: ©Science China Press The origin of lives of human beings, animals and plants on earth is attributed to chirality ...

A spookily good sensor

A sensor using quantum entanglement can determine if a single magnetic excitation is present in a millimeter-sized sphere. This moves ...

Tricky reaction sequence gets a major boost from a flow setup and statistics

Researchers from Osaka University optimize a complicated domino reaction in a flow system via machine learning to efficiently screen multiple ...

Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys

UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb ...

Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers

Researchers recently developed a technique that can be used to build carbon-nanotube-based fibers by creating chemical crosslinks; the technique improves ...

Chemists use mass spectrometry tools to determine age of fingerprints

Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Fingerprints are telling us more and more about the people ...

Time of day affects global brain fluctuations

Credit: Csaba Orban As the day progresses, the strength of the brain's global signal fluctuation shows an unexpected decrease, according ...

APS tip sheet: The new fate of the kaon

Preliminary reports of an extremely rare decay of a subatomic particle called the kaon could challenge the standard model of ...

Topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered that applying ...

APS tip sheet: Harnessing radar echoes for future neutrino detection

New high energy neutrino detection method could lead to a neutrino telescope able to observe neutrinos with energies beyond the ...

Scientists create supersensitive nanomaterials for DNA diagnostics and targeted drug delivery

Credit: Vladimir Cherkasov et al./ACS Nano In 1900, German physician Paul Ehrlich came up with the notion of a "magic ...

Novel Quantum effect found: Spin-rotation coupling

It was predicted 30 years ago, now the effect was measured for the first time by scientists at TU Wien ...

APS tip sheet: Capturing election interference

New model analyzes characteristics of the 2016 election and surrounding social media activityCredit: Dewhurst et al. Physical Review E, 2020 ...

Sussex researchers combine lasers and terahertz waves in camera that sees ‘unseen’ detail

Terahertz camera uses laser light patterns to 'see inside' objects -- Terahertz imaging can reveal tiny hidden features of living ...

Green approach accelerates process optimization and retrieval of ‘switchable’ solvents

Credit: Milad Abolhasani, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new, green technology for both ...

Visualizing diffusive dynamics beyond tracking limit with standard optical microscope

Evaluating the spatio-temporal distribution of diffusion coefficients for high-concentration Brownian particles without fluorescent labeling nor tracking them from microscopy movie ...

Measuring a dynamical topological order parameter in quantum walks