Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Smalyukh lab In the not-so-distant future, researchers may be able to build atoms to your specifications with the click ...

UTA doctoral student earns prestigious Semiconductor Research Corporation fellowship

Student fellowshipCredit: UT Arlington Allison Osmanson, a doctoral student in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of ...

Russian scientists investigate new materials for Li-ion batteries of miniature sensors

Researchers are developing new materials for solid-state thin-film Li-ion batteries for micro and nanodevicesCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University ...

ACS selects Naomi Halas to represent Americas at ChinaNano

Rice U. pioneer wins 2019 ACS Nano Lectureship Award for the AmericasCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University nanoscientist Naomi Halas ...

Farmers and food companies hit the dirt to improve soil health

Big food brands, such as Kellogg, Campbell, Mars Wrigley and General Mills, have started investing in their ingredients by helping ...

Kratom’s reputed pain-relief benefits could come from one of its metabolites

Kratom is a Southeast Asian tree with a long history of use in traditional medicine. In the region, the plant's ...

New substance can form in the OA process of crystal growth, new study reveals

Credit: LIU Yongfei and YANG Yong Chinese scientists have revealed that a new substance can form during the oriented attachment ...

Particles, Fields and Forces

Quantum field theory without the mathematics!Credit: Springer Nature Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of particle physics are theories ...

Artificial intelligence boosts proteome research

Machine learning makes proteomics research more effectiveCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the Technical University of ...

First-class protein research: New research training group established at MLU

Credit: MLU / Maike Glöckner A new research training group will start conducting research on proteins at the Martin Luther ...

The University of Cordoba guides plants towards obtaining iron

Credit: University of Córdoba The calcareous soils that pervade the southern region of the country pose a challenge for plants: ...

Self-healing DNA nanostructures

Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00888 DNA assembled into nanostructures such as tubes and origami-inspired shapes could someday ...

Compostable food containers could release PFAS into environment

Compostable food containers seem like a great idea: They degrade into nutrient-rich organic matter, reducing waste and the need for ...

The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick A Neptunian planet has been found in what should be a 'Neptunian Desert' by telescopes ...

New organic flow battery brings decomposing molecules back to life

'Zombie' molecules dramatically increase battery lifetimeCredit: Harvard SEAS After years of making progress on an organic aqueous flow battery, Harvard ...

Societal values and perceptions shape energy production and use as much as new technology

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Societal values and perceptions have shaped the energy landscape as much as the technologies that drive its ...

Energy researchers break the catalytic speed limit

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered new technology that can ...

Synthetic version of CBD treats seizures in rats