Giving nanowires a DNA-like twist
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory We see crystals all around us: snowflakes, ice cubes, table salt, gemstones, to name a ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Origin of life insight: peptides can form without amino acids
Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors of amino acids under ...
Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface
Findings lay foundation for engineered nano-scale circuits, sensors and filtersCredit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. July 11, 2019 - The goal of ...
QMUL and Paragraf awarded £500,000 to explore using Graphene to replace rare metal Indium
Queen Mary University of London and the graphene-device company Paragraf have been awarded £500,000 by Innovate UK to explore using ...
Discovered: A new way to measure the stability of next-generation magnetic fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Scientists seeking to bring to Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars ...
Chemical makers oppose new tariffs
In June, chemical manufacturers converged on Washington, D.C., to urge the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to remove ...
How a popular antidepressant drug could rewire the brain
Prozac®, the trade name for the drug fluoxetine, was introduced to the U.S. market for the treatment of depression in ...
Carbon nanotube tape stays sticky in extreme temperatures
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01629 In very hot or cold environments, conventional tape can lose its stickiness ...
On the way to printable organic light emitting diodes
Researchers are developing an efficient OLED consisting of only one layerCredit: MPI-P Organic light-emitting diodes are components that no longer ...
Pair of supermassive black holes discovered on a collision course
The titanic duo can help astronomers predict when the historic first detection of the background 'hum' of gravitational waves from ...
How to discover new materials quickly
Material researchCredit: RUB, Marqard An unexplored cosmos of potential materials The number of potential new materials that can be assembled ...
Mussels are inspiring new technology that could help purify water and clean up oil spills
Mussels are notorious maritime stowaways known for damaging the hulls of boats, but these same adhesive properties have widespread engineering ...
Puzzling on a quantum chessboard
A new model could demonstrate quantum supremacy on hardware already available todayCredit: University of Innsbruck The queen problem is a ...
Terahertz technology escapes the cold
The first demonstration of a terahertz quantum cascade laser operating without cryogenic cooling heralds the widespread use of these devices ...
NUS scientists discover how to ‘lock’ heat in place using quantum mechanics
Credit: National University of Singapore A ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has revealed ...
Solar power with a free side of drinking water
Credit: © 2019 Wenbin Wang A multifunctional device that captures the heat shed by photovoltaic solar panels has been developed ...
Mattresses could emit higher levels of VOCs during sleep
Hundreds of household items, including furniture, paint and electronics, emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which at high levels can pose ...
Pet tags link widely used flame retardant to hyperthyroidism in cats
Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02226 Feline hyperthyroidism is the most common endocrine-related disease of older ...
Pioneering Army researcher earns Presidential Early Career award
Credit: Army Research Laboratory A researcher from the Army's corporate research laboratory has received the Presidential Early Career Award for ...
Hinge-like protein may open new doors in cystic fibrosis treatment
Credit: Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University In recent decades, treatment options for people with cystic ...
