Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Jariwala et al., Joule, 2019 People can be good at hiding strain, and we're not alone. Solar cells have ...

Evading Heisenberg isn’t easy

Credit: I. Shomroni, EPFL. The limits of classical measurements of mechanical motion have been pushed beyond expectations in recent years, ...

Shedding new light on the charging of lithium-ion batteries

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Exposing cathodes to light decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers ...

Vampire folklore has more chemistry than you’d think (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Halloween season wouldn't be the same without the undead. This ...

Scientists tame Josephson vortices

Credit: Viacheslav Dremov et al./Nature Communications MIPT physicists have learned how to locally control Josephson vortices. The discovery can be ...

Sponge-like 2D material with interesting electrical conductivity and magnetic properties

Researchers synthesize a new 2D Metal Organic Framework with an ever-growing list of possible applicationsCredit: IBS Chemists at the Center ...

Efficient hydrogen conversion via PEC water splitting using hematite mesocrystals

Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has ...

Vicinal reaction: A radical strategy for linking three organic groups together

Kanazawa University researchers design a radical reaction to build highly functionalized ketones, installing two new carbon-carbon bonds at adjacent positions ...

Novel NRL instrument enhances ability to measure nuclear materials

Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini) WASHINGTON - Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) designed ...

System provides cooling with no electricity

Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate awayCredit: Courtesy of Arny ...

Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules

Simple photochemical method takes advantage of quantum mechanicsCredit: Credit: Yishu Jiang, Northwestern University Northwestern University chemists have used visible light ...

Concrete with improved impact endurance for defense structures developed at FEFU

Credit: FEFU press office Engineers from the Military Studies Center at Far Eastern Federal University (MSC FEFU) developed a brand-new ...

Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award

Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow ...

A plethora of states in magic-angle graphene

Credit: ICFO Last year, graphene made another major splash in the headlines when scientists discovered that by simply rotating two ...

Researchers use 3D printing to make glass optical fiber preform

New approach greatly simplifies silica fiber fabrication, enabling new designs and applicationsCredit: John Canning, University of Technology in Sydney WASHINGTON ...

Microrobots clean up radioactive waste (video)

Credit: American Chemical Society According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world's growing energy demands ...

A stretchable stopwatch lights up human skin

Credit: Adapted from ACS Materials Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.9b00376. Imagine a runner who doesn't need to carry a stopwatch or ...

Nanoceramics from the ball mill

Nanometer-sized corundum particles for automotive catalysts and particularly stable ceramics can now be produced amazingly easilyCredit: Amol Amrute, MPI für ...

Various stearates tested for in-situ combustion process by Kazan Federal University

The results were published in FuelCredit: Kazan Federal University Thermal oil extraction gets more and more recognition in scientific circles. ...

Lithium ion battery design can charge an electric vehicle in 10 minutes