Gearing up nanoscale machines
Researchers at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, in partnership with research teams at University Paul Sabatier, France, are ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Researchers discover new organic conductor
Credit: NINS/IMS Salts are far more complicated than the food seasoning - they can even act as electrical conductors, shuttling ...
The very first structures in the Universe
Astrophysicists at the Universities of Göttingen and Auckland simulate microscopic clusters from the Big BangCredit: Jens Niemeyer, University of Göttingen ...
Biocrude passes the 2,000-hour catalyst stability test
Sewage and food waste biocrude conversion process reaches major milestoneCredit: (Illustration by Michael Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) RICHLAND, ...
MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of ...
Shining a healing light on the brain
Credit: (Image by Zhaowei Chen/Argonne National Laboratory.) Scientists make pivotal discovery of method for wireless modulation of neurons with X-rays ...
New computational methods allow for accurate determination of gene expression
Credit: Penn State College of Engineering A more accurate measurement and interpretation of gene activities, using large volumes of sequencing ...
New machine learning tool diagnoses electron beams in an efficient, non-invasive way
It can help operators optimize the performance of X-ray lasers, electron microscopes, medical accelerators and other devices that depend on ...
Stay on track! Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Scientists develop improved image processing algorithm that can more accurately detect tactile paving in various lighting conditions and environmentsCredit: Shibaura ...
Black hole shows magnetic fields surrounding it are strong enough to resist gravity
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study.Credit: Credit: © EHT Collaboration ...
Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Living tissue can heal itself from many injuries, but giving similar abilities to artificial systems, such ...
Waste from making purple corn chips yields a natural dye, supplements, kitty litter
Credit: Patrizia De Nisi The more colorful a food, the more nutritious it probably is. For example, purple corn contains ...
Searching for hints of new physics in the subatomic world
Particle physicists use lattice quantum chromodynamics and supercomputers to search for physics beyond the Standard ModelCredit: A. Bazavov (Michigan State ...
RUDN University chemists found a way to increase the efficiency of metathesis reactions
Credit: RUDN University Chemists from RUDN University found out that fluorine and fluoroalkyl groups increase the efficiency of catalysts in ...
Agile production: More than 14 million euros for battery research
KIT coordinates AgiloBat2: Novel production system for battery cells - flexible in terms of format, material, and quantity- BMBF funds ...
World’s most sensitive radio telescope concludes 15-month listening session, accepting international proposals
Credit: Image by NAO Nestled in the mountainous landscape of Guizhou in southwest China, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope ...
Lighting up bone repair
Credit: Department of Inorganic Biomaterials,TMDU Researchers led by TMDU fabricate a material that will aid bone healing, help medical practitioners ...
Scientists embed antibiotics in the 3D printed implants used to regenerate damaged bone
Credit: the Authors In a ground-breaking first, researchers have fabricated 3D scaffold implants containing antibiotics at high temperatures. These scaffolds ...
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
Heavy elements and a really powerful microscope help scientists map uncharted paths toward new materials and cancer therapiesCredit: Andy Minor ...
Electrochemical synthesis of formate from CO2 using a Sn/reduced graphene oxide catalyst
Credit: Kanazawa University Decreasing the emission and efficient utilization (fixation) of carbon dioxide (CO2) are worldwide issues to prevent global ...