Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: UMass Amherst Eric Decker, professor of food science, has recently received the two top awards in his field - ...

Groundwater discharge affects water quality in coastal waters

Credit: Isaac Santos Water quality management in the ocean often targets visible pollution sources such as sewage, rivers or ships. ...

Water splitting for solar energy conversion

Credit: Cited from Wang, Z., Luo, Y., Hisatomi, T. et al. Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water ...

Cervical cancer testing tech could replace pap smears, save lives

Emerging techniques could help detect the virus leading to cervical cancer low-income and developing nationsCredit: Ismail Degani (Center for Systems ...

Sussex scientists develop ultra-thin terahertz source

Credit: EPic Lab, University of Sussex Physicists from the University of Sussex have developed an extremely thin, large-area semiconductor surface ...

Using holographic endoscopes to observe distant objects

Endoscopes made of single-hair thin optical fibers can reconstruct images of macroscopic objects at larger imaging distancesCredit: Tomas Cizmar WASHINGTON, ...

Discovery of a mechanism for making superconductors more resistant to magnetic fields

Rotation of electron spins in superconductors of atomic-scale thickness may be used to make qubits for quantum computingCredit: NIMS Superconductivity ...

Breaking records like baking bread

Topological protection of entangled two-photon light in photonic topological insulators

Credit: MBI/HU In a joint effort, researchers from the Humboldt-Universität (Berlin), the Max Born Institute (Berlin) and the University of ...

Researchers first to link silicon atoms on surfaces

Interdisciplinary team develops highly efficient surface reactions / Results published in 'Nature Chemistry'Credit: Klaasen/Witteler Materials such as gallium arsenide are ...

Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete

Rice University lab's optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissionsCredit: Tour Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 29, 2021) - ...

How cells transport molecules with ‘active carpets’

New research provides insights into the process of diffusion in living systems, with implications from novel active coatings to understanding ...

New model simulates the temperature rise of laser-heated skin

Researchers in Japan propose a new way of understanding temperature rise of laser-heated skinCredit: Shibaura Institute of Technology Laser treatment ...

Scientists find explanation for abnormally fast release of gas from nuclear fuel

Credit: MIPT Scientists at MIPT have found a possible explanation for the anomalously fast release of gas from nuclear fuel. ...

Standing out: Unusual magnetic transition in perovskite oxide can help boost spintronics

Credit: Nature Communications Transition metal perovskites oxides exhibit several desirable properties, including high-temperature superconductivity and electrocatalysis. Now, scientists at Tokyo ...

String theory solves mystery about how particles behave outside a black hole photon sphere

Credit: EHT Collaboration; Kavli IPMU (Kavli IPMU modified EHT's original image)) A paper by the Kavli Institute for the Physics ...

Electromagnetic fields of nanostructures visualized in 3D for the first time

Scientists from Graz, Austria, succeeded for the first time in visualizing temporal distortions of the atomic lattice on the surface ...

An industrially viable competitor to silicon-based solar cells is in the works

Researchers from Kanazawa University fabricated a highly efficient perovskite solar cell with nearly the energy conversion efficiency of commercial silicon-based ...

Deciphering the secrets of printed electronics

We live in a world where we want our electronics to be flexible, bendable and stretchable apart from being intelligent. ...

First steps towards revolutionary ULTRARAM memory chips