Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

NSF awards Pitt researcher $223,093 to study the interaction between ionic liquids and water PITTSBURGH (June 28, 2019) -- Ionic ...

New grant supports promising research in solar energy

UD's Ujjwal Das and collaborators work to improve photovoltage technologyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson In their quest to improve ...

Utrafast magnetism: Electron-phonon interactions examined at BESSY II

Credit: HZB Interactions between electrons and phonons are regarded as the microscopic driving force behind ultrafast magnetization or demagnetization processes ...

Prized postdoc works to demystify process behind quark combination

Theorist Andrea Signori wins the 2019 JSA Postdoctoral Prize for work to explain how quarks build particlesCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab ...

Skoltech scientists found a way to control the electrical characteristics of optical memory devices

Organic electronics has been developing at a blistering pace over the last decade: flexible thin-film electronic circuits, sensors, displays, solar ...

Researchers teleport information within a diamond

Credit: Yokohama National University Researchers from the Yokohama National University have teleported quantum information securely within the confines of a ...

Toxic substances found in the glass and decoration of alcoholic beverage bottles

Bottles of beer, wine and spirits contain potentially harmful levels of toxic elements, such as lead and cadmium, in their ...

UI researchers validate optimum composites structure created with additive manufacturing

Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Aerospace Engineering Additive manufacturing built an early following with 3D printers using ...

NIST presents first real-world test of new smokestack emissions sensor designs

Credit: Sean Kelley/NIST In collaboration with industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have completed the ...

Experiment reverses the direction of heat flow

A study led by Brazilian scientists used quantum correlations to make heat flow from a colder to a hotter medium ...

New AI tool captures top players’ strategies in RNA video game

Neural network approach could aid efforts to build biomedically useful RNA structuresCredit: Koodli et al. A new artificial-intelligence tool captures ...

Researchers verify 70-year-old theory of turbulence in fluids

Credit: The University of Queensland Pilots and air travellers know turbulence can be powerful, but science has struggled to fully ...

New Zealand and Australian researchers observe 70-year-old prediction, with wide-reaching effects

As you stir milk into a cup of coffee, you will see fluid turbulence in action - rapid mixing that ...

New technology gives insight into how nanomaterials form and grow

Researchers examine 'living' nanomaterials for first time EVANSTON, Ill. -- A new form of electron microscopy allows researchers to examine ...

A peculiar ground-state phase for superconductor NbSe2 — It’s a Bose metal!

Credit: Physical Review B The application of large enough magnetic fields results in the disruption of superconducting states in materials ...

US Department of Energy renews Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials

Credit: Image courtesy of UChicago. DOE seeks to accelerate design of new materials through high-performance computing The U.S. Department of Energy ...

The chemistry behind black powder (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 27, 2019 -- Old-school gunpowder is really called "black powder," and it was ...

Sixth Nano Research Award presented to Xinhe Bao and Omar M. Yaghi

Tsinghua University Press and Springer Nature honor two scientists for their outstanding contribution to nanoscience research This year's Nano Research ...

Found: A sweet way to make everyday things almost indestructible

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA The secret to making clothing practically indestructible could be the same thing that makes us ...

Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green