Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Hot paper in Angewandte ChemieCredit: HHU / Robin Küng How can a highly effective drug be transported to the precise ...

First detailed look at how charge transfer distorts a molecule’s structure

Charge transfer is highly important in most areas of chemistry, including photosynthesis and other processes in living things. A SLAC ...

Superconductivity, high critical temperature found in 2D semimetal W2N3

Credit: Davide Campi @EPFL Superconductivity in two-dimensional (2D) systems has attracted much attention in recent years, both because of its ...

Scroll’n’roll — nanomaterials towards effective photocatalytic pollution treatment

Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski We live in times when among the most limited and precious resources on Earth ...

UMD team demonstrates swarm of photons that somersault in lockstep

Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and figure ...

Machine learning accelerates cosmological simulations

Using neural networks, researchers can now simulate universes in a fraction of the time, advancing the future of physics researchCredit: ...

Polarization-sensitive photodetection using 2D/3D perovskite heterostructure crystal

Credit: @Science China Press Polarization-sensitive photodetectors, based on anisotropic semiconductors, have exhibited wide advantages in specialized applications, such as astronomy, ...

Observation of antichiral edge states in a circuit lattice

Credit: @Science China Press Originally formulated in the context of condensed matter physics, the Haldane model is an influential model ...

Emissive supramolecular metallacages via coordination-driven self-assembly

Credit: @Science China Press Metallacages prepared via coordination-driven self-assembly have received extensive attention because of their three-dimensional layout and cavity-cored ...

Using 4D printing to enable vascularization, bone tissue regeneration, spinal fusion

4D printing helps create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite.Credit: Hanjun Hwangbo, Hyeongjin Lee WASHINGTON, May 4, ...

New look at a bright stellar nursery

VLA observations reveal changes over timeCredit: CREDIT: DePree, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Spitzer/NASA. This overlay shows radio (orange) and ...

Surfaces can be designed with antiviral properties to mitigate COVID-19

An optimally designed surface can speed the decay of a viral loadCredit: S. Chatterjee, J.S. Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, and R. ...

Cellphone converts into powerful chemical detector

With only $50 worth of components, an ordinary cellphone transforms into a sophisticated scientific instrument, capable of identifying chemicals, drugs, ...

Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks — Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts

Credit: Swansea University Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when ...

Sustainable corrosion protection through digitization

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is coordinating a 5.5 million Euro EU project in creating a platform for innovative corrosion protection technologiesCredit: Chris ...

Heart cells cozy up to prevent deadly arrhythmias

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC researchers show subtle changes regulate heartbeatsCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Blood may seem like a ...

Laser light makes a comeback (literally)