Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: HOU Jie A five-year collaborative study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has produced a theoretical model via computer simulation ...

Fluorine speeds up two-dimensional materials growth

By spatially confining fluorine, scientists could activate feeding gases while disabling its harmful effectsCredit: IBS Back in 2004, the physics ...

Turbo chip for drug development

KIT scientists develop process that facilitates and accelerates chemical synthesis and biological screening by combining all steps on a chipCredit: ...

Improving heat recycling with the thermodiffusion effect

Numerical simulations of the thermodiffusion effect within falling film absorbers reveal that thin films composed of liquid mixtures with negative ...

Coupled exploration of light and matter

A new approach to study nonlinear optical properties of polaritons in strongly correlated electronic states opens up fresh perspectives for ...

SwRI, UTSA researchers create innovative model for sCO2 power generation

Project involves visualizing combustion flames in sCO2 SAN ANTONIO -- July 15, 2019 -- Southwest Research Institute and The University ...

High-performance sodium ion batteries using copper sulfide

Researchers presented a new strategy for extending sodium ion batteries' cyclability using copper sulfide as the electrode materialCredit: KAIST Researchers ...

Algae as a resource: Chemical tricks from the sea

Algae could become an important resource in the future, if you understand the chemistry behind it. With the participation of ...

Alternative material for superconducting radio-frequency cavity

Credit: HZB At present, niobium is the material of choice for constructing superconducting radio-frequency cavity resonators. These will be used ...

Using building materials to monitor for high enriched uranium

A new paper details how small samples of ubiquitous building materials, such as tile or brick, can be used to ...

Green light for a new generation of dynamic materials

Credit: QUT/UGent/KIT Developing synthetic materials that are as dynamic as those found in nature, with reversibly changing properties and which ...

2D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states

Credit: Shashank Priya lab, Penn State A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals ...

UTSA chemist becomes a Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences

Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, July 15, 2019) -- Banglin Chen, the Dean's Distinguished Professor ...

Weyl fermions discovered in another class of materials

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer A particular kind of elementary particle, the Weyl fermions, were first discovered a few years ...

Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields surrounding Earth and other planets

Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Vast rings of electrically charged particles encircle the Earth and other planets. ...

RIT professor honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Linwei Wang named an exceptional scientist for work with artificial intelligence and biomedicine RIT computing professor Linwei Wang, whose research ...

Possibilities of the biosimilar principle of learning are shown for a memristor-based neural network

A group of scientists from Russia and Greece opens up new prospects for using local learning rules based on memristors ...

An entry to optically active oxazolidinones: The use of neutral phosphonium salt catalysts

Credit: Shinshu University Oxazolidinones are coveted in the field of medicine and pharmacology for their bioactive properties. There is hope ...

Which is the perfect quantum theory?

Artificial neural network resolves puzzles from condensed matter physicsCredit: Annabelle Bohrdt and Christoph Hohmann / MCQST For some phenomena in ...

DFG to fund ten new research units, two clinical research units and one centre for advanced studies