Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Scientists established a new concept of "photoexpansion" using microfabricated polycinnamate hard films revealed by time-resolved IR spectroscopyCredit: Image courtesy: Tatsuo ...

SMART breakthrough in materials discovery enables ‘twistronics’ for bulk systems

The findings allow manipulation of materials for the first time by stacking films at a twist angle, allowing a new ...

Scientists glimpse signs of a puzzling state of matter in a superconductor

Known as 'pair-density waves,' it may be key to understanding how superconductivity can exist at relatively high temperaturesCredit: Jun-Sik Lee/SLAC ...

The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic

A new environmental and technological analysis suggests that a revolutionary eco-friendly plastic is almost ready to hit the shelvesCredit: (Credit: ...

Nearly half a million dollars to fund a research chair to ensure food safety and quality

Funding for a new research chair directed by INRS Professor Monique LacroixCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) What are the antimicrobial effects ...

Two EU grants of up to NOK 25 million to Norwegian researchers

Two European Research Council's Advanced Grants will fund robot research, advanced chemistryCredit: Kai Dragland, NTNU Two professors from the Norwegian ...

Next generation of swimming biobots can self-train, showing striking speed and strength

Credit: IBEC Robotics field aims at mimicking what natural biological entities have achieved throughout millennia of evolution - actions like ...

Acceleration Consortium applies artificial intelligence to discovery of advanced materials

New collaboration on self-driving laboratories to focus on materials design in the areas of energy, the environment, structural and biomedical ...

1 of 695 Fast mitigation of power grids instability risks

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Arizona and the Los Alamos ...

Scientists capture first ever image of an electron’s orbit within an exciton

A revolutionary technique gives scientists an unparalleled close-up view inside fleeting particles called excitonsCredit: OIST In a world-first, researchers from ...

Lighting it up: Fast material manipulation through a laser

Credit: © Beaulieu Making the speed of electronic technology as fast as possible is a central aim of contemporary materials ...

Scientists find CO2-rich liquid water in ancient meteorite

Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the early solar systemCredit: Dr. Akira ...

Direct observation of the ad- and desorption of guest atoms into a mesoporous host

Battery electrodes, storage devices for gases, and some catalyst materials have tiny functional pores that can accommodate atoms, ions, and ...

New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster

Invention could solve waste management challenges on the battlefieldCredit: Courtesy University of California, Berkeley RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- With ...

Jane Austen quote encoded in a polymer

Credit: Sarah Moor Using a novel molecular-data-storage technique, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have encoded a quote ...

To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature

New technology could steer plastics from landfills, oceans -- and into your backyard compost binCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Ting ...

Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00710 Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible ...

New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

Polymer-eating enzymes embedded in plastic allow programmed degradationCredit: Christopher DelRe, UC Berkeley Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution ...

Bistable pop-up structures inspired by origami

Next-generation inflatable buildings maintain their shape without constant input of pressureCredit: (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS) In 2016, ...

Vibrational microscopy goes super resolution