Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 -- When the bathroom starts looking grimy, and it's time to ...

How to freeze heat conduction

Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity; such materials ...

New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used with a phone app, reveals whether ...

Carbon nanotubes can be produced in a new way by twisting ribbon-like graphene

Graphene is a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. It is closely related to carbon nanotubes, which ...

The ‘Laminar Express’: USU engineers dissect the two-seam fastball

Credit: USU News Release -- LOGAN, UTAH -- The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State ...

2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. ...

Russian physicists trained the oscillatory neural network to recognize images

Credit: Andrei Velichko Physicists from Petrozavodsk State University have proposed a new method for oscillatory neural network to recognize simple ...

Squid could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics

Self-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are among the potential applications of squid 'ring tooth' protein ...

Innovative nanocoating technology harnesses sunlight to degrade microplastics

Credit: CLAIM Low density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The innovative ...

GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough

Credit: CSIRO Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that's conductive, easy to ...

Superconduction: Why does it have to be so cold?

Scientists at TU Wien have figured out a new way to approach the question why superconductivity only works at extremely ...

New compound could help treat ovarian cancer

Scientists find new drugs compound for treating cancer Cancer is less likely to become resistant to the compound than standard ...

Life-changing magic of tidying up: Complex structures’ organization studied in slime mold

How cells organize into complex structures studied in slime moldCredit: Fujimori et al. 2019, PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815063116 Researchers in Japan ...

New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness

Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs ...

NIST physicists ‘flash-freeze’ crystal of 150 ions

Credit: Jordan/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ...

Powering a pacemaker with a patient’s heartbeat

Credit: American Chemical Society Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But ...

A scientific method for perfect fondue

Cheese fondue is an icon of Swiss cuisine and a dinner party staple. While it may seem like a simple ...

Delhi’s complicated air pollution problem

According to the World Health Organization, Delhi is the world's most polluted large city. And it's only going to get ...

Russian researchers made gold nano-stars for intracellular delivery

Credit: Timofey Pylaev et al. Researchers from Russian Academy of Sciences developed a new method for star-shaped nanoparticles synthesis based ...

‘Butterfly-shaped’ palladium subnano cluster built in 3-D