Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

3D printing of chalcogenide glass could enable low-cost manufacturing of complex optical components for telecom and sensing applications WASHINGTON -- ...

CEBAF turns on the charm

Jefferson Lab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility has confirmed production of charm quarks following a recent upgrade NEWPORT NEWS, VA ...

Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Self-assembling synthetic materials come together when tiny, uniform building blocks interact ...

Is it really ‘dry clean only’? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 18, 2019 -- Knowing the do's and don'ts of washing your clothes can ...

From nata de coco to computer screens: Cellulose gets a chance to shine

Researchers at Osaka University meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, ...

Engineering researcher uses network science to understand how materials work

Credit: Courtesy of Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Network science is how mathematicians and software designers construct complicated social ...

Nature: When lightning strikes — the LOFAR radio telescope is watching closely

Lightning still is a poorly understood phenomenon -- LOFAR radio telescope measures so far unknown structures and discharge processes -- ...

Light and peptides: New method diversifies natural building blocks of life

Credit: J. Waser/EPFL Discovering new biological targets is a critical part of our ongoing battle against diseases. Over the years, ...

New fiber-shaped supercapacitor for wearable electronics

Credit: ©Science China Press Fiber electrodes, as the key part of fiber-shaped supercapacitors for wearable electronics, are widely explored on ...

A hole in one for holographic display

Tiny pinholes in a thin film could pave the way for more widespread applications for 3D holographic displaysCredit: KAIST Researchers ...

Lasers make magnets behave like fluids

For years, researchers have pursued a strange phenomenon: When you hit an ultra-thin magnet with a laser, it suddenly de-magnetizes. ...

The secret to a stable society? A steady supply of beer doesn’t hurt

Archaeologists recreate ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloatCredit: Donna Nash A thousand years ago, the ...

Green material for refrigeration identified

Researchers from the UK and Spain have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace the inefficient and polluting gases used ...

In vivo super-resolution photoacoustic computed tomography by localization of single dyed droplets

Credit: Pengfei Zhang, Lei Li, and Lihong V. Wang Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) is a non-invasive hybrid imaging technique that ...

Researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from lithium-ion batteries

Credit: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers at the University of California San Diego have improved their recycling ...

Artificial intelligence speeds efforts to develop clean, virtually limitless fusion energy

Credit: Eliot Feibush/PPPL and Julian Kates-Harbeck/Harvard University Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that is transforming scientific inquiry ...

Making a fast ion transporter

Credit: NINS/IMS Na+/H+ antiporters exchange sodium ions and protons across cellular membrane to control pH, ion concentrations and cell volume, ...

University of Barcelona researchers develop new variant of Maxwell’s demon at nanoscale

Credit: M. Ribezzi-Crivellari et al. Maxwell's demon is a machine proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1897. The hypothetical machine ...

New study shows people used natural dyes to color their clothing thousands of years ago

Credit: Annemarie Kramell Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. ...

SMU physicist Jodi Cooley will receive the 2019 Klopsteg Award