Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

January 27, 2020

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to ...

Blue-emitting diode demonstrates limitations and promise of perovskite semiconductors

Study shows all halide perovskites inherently unstable, requiring great attention to environmentCredit: Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, ...

Going with the flow: New insights into mysterious fluid motions

Scientists gain a deeper understanding of turbulent and transitional pipe flowsCredit: OIST Water issuing from an ordinary faucet tells a ...

A new twist on quantum communication in fiber

A team from Wits (South Africa) and HUST (China) show that multi-dimensional quantum communications with twisted light is possible down ...

Lin Chen receives Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society has announced that Lin X. Chen has ...

Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires new approach

Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in ScienceCredit: Pixabay Computer modelling and long-term ecological ...

MTU engineers examine lithium battery defects

Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Historically, as in decades ago, rechargeable lithium metal batteries were dangerous. These batteries were quickly abandoned ...

Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper

New touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up like ...

Maglab scientists capture molecular maps of animal tissue with unprecedented detail

Credit: Stephen Bilenky We've all heard, and seen, how a picture paints a thousand words. Now, in a scientific twist ...

Predictive touch response mechanism is a step toward a tactile internet

Researchers demonstrate the use of forecasting haptic feedback to overcome distance limit in human-to-machine applicationsCredit: S. Mondal, et al., The ...

A megalibrary of nanoparticles

Credit: Schaak Laboratory, Penn State Using straightforward chemistry and a mix-and-match, modular strategy, researchers have developed a simple approach that ...

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures

Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterize chemical mixturesCredit: Bodo Tiedemann Chemicals have improved our quality of ...

Scientists invent a new method of generating intense short UV vortices

Credit: Skoltech An international group of scientists, including Skoltech Professor Sergey Rykovanov, has found a way to generate intense "twisted" ...

New understanding of condensation could lead to better power plant condenser, de-icing materials

Credit: Images courtesy Nenad Miljkovic CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For decades, it's been understood that water repellency is needed for surfaces ...

Predicting the degradation behavior of advanced medical devices

Thin film studies are suggested as a fast and reliable method to determine the degradation of complex biomacromoleculesCredit: Copyright: HZG/Institute ...

Wannier90 program becomes community code in major new release

New functionalities, improvements make it very robust, efficient and feature-richCredit: Valerio Vitale @Imperial College London Wannier functions were first introduced ...

The secret of strong underwater mussel adhesion revealed

Credit: Hyung Joon Cha Among the Marvel characters, Spider-man has been the most popular character for the longest time of ...

Ghostly particles detected in condensates of light and matter