Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Michelle Lehman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Using complementary computing calculations and neutron scattering techniques, researchers from the Department of ...

Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid

UCLA-led study captures the structure of metallic glassCredit: Yao Yang and Jianwei "John " Miao/UCLA Glass, rubber and plastics all ...

Revealing meat and fish fraud with a handheld ‘MasSpec Pen’ in seconds

Credit: Adapted from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c07830 Meat and fish fraud are global problems, costing ...

Temperature sensor could help safeguard mRNA vaccines

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00404 Scientists have developed vaccines for COVID-19 with record speed. The first two ...

Canadian-built laser chills antimatter to near absolute zero for first time

Researchers achieve world's first manipulation of antimatter by laserCredit: Chukman So/TRIUMF Vancouver, BC - Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration ...

Scientists at CERN successfully laser-cool antimatter for the first time

The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the response of antimatter to light and of how ...

A new technique to synthesize superconducting materials

University of Rochester researchers reduce the pressure required by separating hydrogen atoms from yttrium with a thin film of palladiumCredit: ...

Findings offer ‘recipe’ for fine tuning alloys for high-temperature use

Credit: Levente Vitos Superalloys that withstand extremely high temperatures could soon be tuned even more finely for specific properties such ...

Thermal power nanogenerator created without solid moving parts

Proposed thermal energy harvester may find applications in waste heat recovery, power supplies within microelectromechanical systems, solar power, space power ...

‘Designer’ pore shows selective traffic to and from the cell nucleus

Credit: University of Groningen The nucleus is the headquarters of a cell and molecules constantly move across the nuclear membrane ...

Heat conduction record with tantalum nitride

How can we remove heat from computer chips as fast as possible? At TU Wien, a metal compound has now ...

Pancake strategy for the win

Special heat treatment improves novel magnetic materialCredit: HZDR/Juniks Skyrmions - tiny magnetic vortices - are considered promising candidates for tomorrow's ...

Is battery recycling environmentally friendly?

Researchers conduct life-cycle assessment to determine the actual carbon footprint of recycling electric car batteriesCredit: Photo: Valeria Azovskaya/Aalto University Helsinki, ...

A successful phonon calculation within the Quantum Monte Carlo framework

Scientists expand the scope of the quantum Monte Carlo framework by reducing the error in calculation of atomic forces in ...

Neuroscience seminar highlights technologies for brain injuries, vaccines

Credit: Purdue University/Chris Adam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The same technology that helps treat traumatic brain injuries in athletes and ...

Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine

Credit: Image courtesy of Robert J. Charity, Washington University in St. Louis Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported ...

Why are optical refractive indices so small?

Credit: ICFO Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon cover, voted the greatest classical rock album of all time, intended ...

Materials scientists use frontal polymerization to mimic biology, reimagine manufacturing

Credit: Image courtesy the Autonomous Materials Systems Group, Beckman Institute A simple plastic water bottle isn't so simple when it ...

Shining, colored LED lighting on microalgae for next-generation biofuel

Combined blue and red illumination enhances growth, biosynthesis of D. Salina microalgaeCredit: Xiaojian Zhou/Yangzhou University WASHINGTON, March 30, 2021 -- ...

The egg in the X-ray beam