University of Oregon scientists dissociate water apart efficiently with new catalysts
Using a new approach, they were able to study and improve the water-dissociation reaction that rips apart water molecules in ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
New light-based method for faster and ‘green’ production of building blocks for medicines
"Significant breakthrough" simplifies processing of gaseous, low-weight hydrocarbons in industry.Credit: Timothy Noël, TU/e In industry, gaseous hydrocarbons, such as ethane ...
Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions
Credit: Credit: Zhenzhen Yang/University of Tennessee Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of ...
Thermophones offer new route to radically simplify array design, research shows
Credit: David Tatnell Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat. The team ...
Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’
Credit: ZHAO Yanchun Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a ...
New method reveals how the Parkinson’s disease protein damages cell membranes
Credit: Fredrik Höök/Chalmers University of Technology In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the 'Parkinson's ...
High-throughput X-ray diffraction instrument comes to Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source
Credit: Wes Agresta / Argonne National Laboratory Nothing brings scientists together like the possibility of better, more versatile research. Case ...
Laser takes pictures of electrons in crystals
Credit: University of Rostock The researchers used powerful laser flashes to irradiate thin, films of crystalline materials. These laser pulses ...
Complexity of human tooth enamel revealed at atomic level in NIH-funded study
Unprecedented details of enamel structure may point to new ways to prevent or halt cavitiesCredit: Karen DeRocher, Northwestern University Scientists ...
First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds
The surviving core of a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a distant star by University of Warwick astronomers, offering ...
Researchers develop computational model to build better capacitors
Credit: Doug Irving, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a computational model that helps users ...
Hydrated eutectic electrolytes help improve performance of aqueous zn batteries
Credit: ZHAO Jingwen and YANG Wuhai Zinc (Zn) batteries have attracted more and more attention due to large volumetric capacity, ...
NFL awards near $500K to university for helmet safety
Grantees plan to 3D-print player-specific helmet liners to reduce concussionsCredit: CU Denver The National Football League (NFL) and Football Research, ...
A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator
Evidence of very high-energy gamma radiation from Eta CarinaeCredit: Illustration: DESY, Science Communication Lab With a specialised telescope in Namibia ...