Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Photo: cfaed/Jürgen Lösel A diverse set of experiments supported by simulations were able to rationalize the effect of specific ...

How iodine state enables organic synthesis at room temperatureCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University An international collaboration of chemists from Tomsk Polytechnic ...

Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Scientists at McMaster University have identified new biomarkers for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in urine, ...

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used the Swiss Light Source SLS to ...

Solar finance expert Jenny Chase explains how business is as important as technology in making sustainable solar power an affordable ...

tungsten ditelluride shows bistable and electrically switchable spontaneous polarization states; potential for new nano-electronics applicationsCredit: FLEET In a paper released ...

Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, ...

Researchers have discovered a biochemical oxygen sensing system conserved across biological kingdoms, which allows both plant and animal cells to ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Medications attach to the proteins in our bodies the way spacecrafts dock into the International Space Station. Describing that ...

Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 6 million people worldwide, is caused by the buildup of alpha-synuclein ...

Small molecules can encode data from an image and be read with over 98 percent accuracyWriting and reading data encoded ...

Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit CAMBRIDGE, MA -- In any ...

Credit: © Caroline Schneider This year's CNRS Gold Medal, one of France's most prestigious scientific prize, has been awarded to ...

Credit: Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and the living beings. ...

Network analysis approach could aid exploration of new scent combinations Mathematical analysis of online perfume data shows how the unique ...

Berkeley Lab study finds that text mining of scientific literature can lead to new discoveriesCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab Sure, computers ...

Credit: Tobias Zang 'Grandmother, why do you have such big ears?' is one of the most well-known questions in literature, ...

Modelling leads to the optimum size for platinum fuel cell catalystsCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM An interdisciplinary research team at ...

Siegfried Waldvogel is coordinating an EU project to convert waste into sustainable compounds in collaboration with an industrial consortiumCredit: Alexander ...

The high-performance device is fabricated in 'clean areas' in between graphene foldsCredit: IBS Director Rodney Ruoff's research group from the ...