Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Portland State University A team of Portland State University researchers who have discovered a possible one-pill cure for malaria ...

Imprinted spheres fight breast cancer

Inhibition of HER2 on tumor cells by molecularly imprinted nanoparticles A particularly aggressive, metastasizing form of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, ...

The energy system of the future and Power-to-X

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Jörg Roth In a joint research project of five Swiss competence centres for energy research, scientists of ...

‘Tsunami’ on a silicon chip: a world first for light waves

Sydney-Singapore team manipulates soliton photonic waves on a silicon chipCredit: Singapore University of Technology and Design A tsunami holds its ...

The highest energy gamma rays discovered by the Tibet ASgamma experiment

Astronomy offers new energy windowCredit: Image by IHEP The Tibet ASgamma experiment, a China-Japan joint research project, has discovered the ...

Tiny supersonic jet injector accelerates nanoscale additive manufacturing

Credit: Matthew R. Henry By energizing precursor molecules using a tiny, high-energy supersonic jet of inert gas, researchers have dramatically ...

Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth

Credit: Elle Starkman Beryllium, a hard, silvery metal long used in X-ray machines and spacecraft, is finding a new role ...

New study shows nanoscale pendulum coupling

Credit: D. Navarro In 1665, Lord Christiaan Huygens found that two pendulum clocks, hung in the same wooden structure, oscillated ...

Physicists OK commercial graphene for T-wave detection

Credit: Evgenii Sheshin et al./Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ...

Measuring the laws of nature

A physical constant, which is of great importance for basic research, has now be re-measured, with much higher precision than ...

High brightness mid-infrared laser expands horizon of spectroscopic analytical technique

Quantum cascade laser-based infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry could offer real-time monitoring for industrial and scientific applications WASHINGTON -- Researchers have used ...

Getting more heat out of sunlight

Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applicationsCredit: Lin Zhao CAMBRIDGE, MA -- ...

Redefining the limits of measurement accuracy

Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt develop more sensitive quantum sensorsCredit: Fabian Wolf For centuries, humans have been ...

New chemical tools to modify and study biomolecules

Credit: J. Waser/B. Fierz (EPFL) Understanding the structure and metabolism of cells and living organisms is essential for the development ...

UH researcher reports the way sickle cells form may be key to stopping them

Process could be similar to how first living cells formed; applications to industry possibleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston ...

Creating ‘movies’ of thin film growth at NSLS-II

Coherent x-rays at NSLS-II enable researchers to produce more accurate observations of thin film growth in real timeCredit: Brookhaven National ...

Proteins trapped in glass could yield new medicinal advances

Credit: Small: Volume 15, Issue 24, Atom Probe Tomography for 3D Structural and Chemical Analysis of Individual Proteins Gustav Sundell, ...

Glow reveals dangerous bacteria

Chemiluminescence probes for the rapid and sensitive detection of salmonella and listeria Salmonella and listeria are among the most widely ...

Scientists weigh the balance of matter in galaxy clusters

A method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters - the largest objects in our universe - has ...

Tracking down dark matter