Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

A new measurement protocol, developed at TU Wien (Vienna), makes it possible to measure the quantum phase of electrons - ...

Department of Energy announces $21.4 million for quantum information science research

Projects linked to both particle physics and fusion energyCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ...

Chemicals for pharmaceuticals could be made cheaper and greener by new catalysts

Credit: University of Warwick High value chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals could be made much cheaper and quicker thanks to ...

Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain

UC Davis researchers receive $1.5 million grant from NIH's HEAL InitiativeCredit: UC Davis Health A UC Davis research team, led ...

New research identifies the strengths and weaknesses of super material

Scientists from Aarhus University and the University of Cambridge are first to measure and set guidelines for bolted joints using ...

Researchers synthesize ‘impossible’ superconductor

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Researchers from the U.S., Russia, and China have bent the rules of classical chemistry and synthesized ...

Quantum material goes where none have gone before

Alloy behaves strangely while traversing potential 'spin liquid' stateCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 30, 2019) -- ...

RUDN University chemists obtained new material for antibacterial food coatings

Credit: RUDN University RUDN University chemists have developed a simple and convenient method for producing derivatives of the natural polymer ...

Using high energy density material in electrode design enhances lithium sulfur batteries

A sandwich-structured electrode enhances reaction kinetics, prohibits shuttling effect, improves lithium sulfur battery performanceCredit: Xing Gao, Siwu Li, Ying Du ...

Borophene on silver grows freely into an atomic ‘skin’

Rice scientists lead effort to improve manufacture of valuable 2D materialCredit: Zhuhua Zhang/Rice University/Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics HOUSTON ...

Curved nanochannels allow independent tuning of charge and spin currents

Credit: Das et al, Nano Letters To increase the efficiency of microchips, 3D structures are now being investigated. However, spintronic ...

Realizing giant magnetic field by moiré pattern engineering

Credit: ©Science China Press In van der Waals layered structures, when two adjacent layers have small lattice mismatch and nearly ...

FEFU scientists developed high-precision sensor based on laser-textured gold film

Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with colleagues from Russia, Japan, and Australia have developed ...

Solar cells with new interfaces

Innovative two-dimensional materials increase the efficiencyCredit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia) and University of Rome Tor ...

Helping tobacco plants save water

Implantable Organic Electronic Ion Pump Enables ABA Hormone Delivery for Control of Stomata in an Intact Tobacco PlantCredit: Thor Balkhed ...

Material for nuclear reactors to become harder

Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS developed a unique composite material that can be used in harsh ...

Towards safer, more effective cancer radiation therapy using X-rays and nanoparticles

X-rays could be tuned to deliver a more effective punch that destroys cancer cells and not harm the bodyCredit: Illustration ...

Extra amino acid could work wonders

September 27, 2019

Rice University chemist uses designer amino acids in search for new curesCredit: Rice University Rice U. chemist uses designer amino ...

CCNY physicists score double hit in LED research

September 27, 2019

Credit: Image credit: Visakh Menon In two breakthroughs in the realm of photonics, City College of New York graduate researchers ...

Weird ideas for combating climate change (video)