Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: ©Science China Press Lithium metal anode is promising to upgrade the energy density of lithium ion batteries for its ...

Heat flow through single molecules detected

Credit: OIST After several years of theorizing and experimenting, an international team of researchers including scientists at Okinawa Institute of ...

Heat transport through single molecules

Credit: Jan C. Kloeckner Combining novel theoretical and experimental approaches, researchers from the University of Michigan (USA), Kookmin University (South ...

X-ray mapping enhances potential of lightweight magnesium

A world-first study led by Monash University has discovered a technique and phenomenon that can be used for creating stronger, ...

Ultra-soft, liquid magnetic droplets could vault technology forward

UMass Amherst, California and Beijing researchers say magnetic field control of floating drops, like Harry Potter's wand, not magic anymoreCredit: ...

New low-cost thermoelectric material works at room temperature

Material could be used to cool electronic devices, overheated vehiclesCredit: University of Houston Has your steering wheel been too hot ...

New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets

Amazing magnetic, liquid material could lead to 3D-printable magnetic liquid devices for the fabrication of flexible electronics, or artificial cells ...

Highlights for the 2019 American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition ...

Cleaning our water with groundbreaking ‘bioinspired’ chemistry

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University The 20th and 21st centuries have seen an explosion in the use of synthetic chemicals worldwide, ...

Metal oxide-infused membranes could offer low-energy alternative for chemical separations

Credit: Fengyi Zhang Chemical manufacturers consume a massive amount of energy each year separating and refining feedstocks to make a ...

CCNY physicists use mathematics to trace neuro transitions

Credit: Journal of Neuoscience Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness ...

A sharper focus: New computational technique resolves compressed X-ray data

Credit: Image by Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne develops novel method to more clearly see complex materials physics in difficult-to-access environments. ...

The top five strangest poisons that can kill you (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- There are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, ...

Coaching scientists to play well together

Free tool shows how to avoid fights over data and authorship conflicts 'You stole my idea' or 'I'm not getting ...

Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host

Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and ...

Tiny vibration-powered robots are the size of the world’s smallest ant

Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D-printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration ...

Adding a polymer stabilizes collapsing metal-organic frameworks

Credit: Li Peng (EPFL) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a special class of sponge-like materials with nano-sized pores. The nanopores lead ...

Improving the signal-to-noise ratio in quantum chromodynamics simulations

A new Monte Carlo based simulation method enables more precise simulation for ensembles of elementary particles Over the last few ...

The art of sensing within the skin

Dermal tattoo sensors for the detection of blood pH change and metabolite levels The art of tattooing may have found ...

Simulations fix the cracks in magnetic mirrors