UTSA to unlock the power of sulfur in future drug design
Credit: UTSA Organosulfur compounds are widely present in our bodies and the natural environment. They are found in onions, shallots ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Technology shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants receives millions in funding
Innovation shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants in drinking water, airports, military sitesCredit: Oren Darling/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...
Researchers discover highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst
International team, including two GW astrophysicists, identifies previously unseen component of extreme stellar explosionsCredit: NASA, ESA, and V. Acciari et ...
Turning up the heat to create new nanostructured metals
Scientists used heat to drive a spontaneous process in which different metals mixed to form 3-D interlocking nanostructures in thin ...
New hybrid device can both capture and store solar energy
Device offers a new avenue for capitalizing on abundant solar energyCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston ...
University of Delaware startup awarded $3.4M in Department of Energy funding
Funding will help advance and commercialize a new class of polymer membranes to make fuels cells much more economicalCredit: University ...
Li-ion battery components to be printed on an inkjet printer
Researchers are developing a technology for printing the electrodes for miniature li-ion batteries by an inkjet printer.Credit: Peter the Great ...
Scientists developed a method for studying the structure of self-organizing materials
This new method can take 3D micro and nano-printers to a new levelCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University An international ...
Toward new types of bioinspired dynamic materials
Credit: Politecnico di Torino The ability to conceive and develop new types of materials has determined the development of humanity ...
Eight highly cited researchers from JMU Wuerzburg
Credit: JMU Wuerzburg In 2014, Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, was proud to learn that three of its researchers ...
Artyom Yurov, IKBFU physicist: ‘Can quantum effects occur at mega-scale?’
An article of the IKBFU Director of Institute of Physics, Mathematics and Informational Technology, Artyom Yurov and the Institute's Associate ...
This humidity digester breathes in atmospheric water and exhales energy
Credit: National University of Singapore Integrating a super moisture-absorbent gel with light-active materials, researchers in Singapore have developed a humidity ...
‘Self-cleaning’ concrete could keep buildings looking new (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Building materials that clean themselves could save immense time and labor in homes and businesses, as ...
4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07104 Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. ...
New water-based optical device revolutionizes the field of optics research
A new method of modulating light using water as a medium, called giant optical modulation, which is less expensive and ...
Fly me (partway) to the moon
To measure the Moon's brightness, NIST scientists sent a telescope as high as planes can flyCredit: NASA photo/Ken Ulbrich Last ...
Tiny filters help detect cancerous blood cells
A computer model is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant ...
A remote control for everything small
Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams; at TU Wien a method was developed to ...
Birds of a feather flock together, but how do they decide where to go?
Researchers propose a new method of studying coordinated behavior in biological systems, which they use to study pigeon flightsCredit: Angie ...
Laying out directions for future of reliable blood clotting molecule models
Emerging methods for simulating the net-forming molecule behind clots, von Willebrand Factor, point to several promising avenues for future thrombus ...
