Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame. Once breast cancer spreads to bone, treatment becomes nearly impossible. Breast cancer ...

Novel compound interrupts malaria parasite’s lifecycle

Compound inhibits key enzymes, interrupting the parasite's lifecycle in human organisms and preventing transmission to vector insects. This discovery published ...

Pressure may be key to fighting climate change with thermoelectric generators

New way to use compression techniques to improves thermoelectric performance, bringing researchers closer to practical applications that could help fight ...

Rare ‘Lazarus superconductivity’ observed in promising, rediscovered material

In a uranium-based compound once dismissed as uninteresting, scientists watched superconductivity arise, disappear, then return under the influence of high ...

Computer model helps make sense of human memory

Credit: OIST Brains are a mazy network of overlapping circuits -- some pathways encourage activity while others suppress it. While ...

SUTD physicists unlock the mystery of thermionic emission in graphene

SUTD researchers discover a new theory that paves the way for the design of better graphene electronics and energy converters.Credit: ...

Picoscience and a plethora of new materials

Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory New Haven, Conn. - The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that ...

Salk scientists find way to quantify how well cutting-edge microscopy technique works

New approach helps researchers determine the resolution of cryo-EM, leading to better methods of imaging proteinsCredit: Salk Institute In 2017, ...

Optical imager poised to improve diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease

New non-invasive instrument images layers of the eye's protective tear film with speed and precisionCredit: AdOM Advanced Optical Methods Ltd. ...

Researchers discover a link between two important products of nitric oxide

Oxide plays a key role in cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer; experiments reveal a hitherto unknown mechanism ...

Next-generation single-photon source for quantum information science

Kwiat group achieves most efficient single-photon production everCredit: Siv Schwink/University of Illinois Department of Physics Over the last two decades, ...

New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions

Credit: Alan Zhan/University of Washington A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a ...

The fast dance of electron spins

Chemists investigate the interactions of metal complexes and lightCredit: © Sebastian Mai When a molecule is hit by light, in ...

Graphene turns 15 on track to deliver on its promises

The Graphene Flagship analyses the current graphene landscape and market forecast for graphene over the following decadeCredit: Image: Irina Grigorieva, ...

More energy means more effects — in proton collisions

Credit: IFJ PAN, P. Kotko The higher the collision energy of particles, the more interesting the physics. Scientists from the ...

Weak spot in pathogenic bacteria