Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entryCredit: R. Schwartz/H. Milchberg/U. ...

Scaling forward

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientist's approach to molecular modeling may accelerate the development of new organic materials for electronics. ...

Hears the pitch: Ryerson-led research team invents a new mode of photoacoustic imaging

Did you know that music and diagnostic imaging have something in common? Sounds have a lower or higher pitch depending ...

Brookhaven Lab publishes second edition of nuclear nonproliferation textbook

Updating the 2013 edition, the new release describes important changes that have since been implemented in the International Atomic Energy ...

Novel MD simulation sheds light on mystery of hydrated electron’s structure

Credit: Vladimir Rybkin The e-aq species is difficult to observe directly because it is short-lived and cannot be separated or ...

New research shows highest energy density all-solid-state batteries now possible

Credit: Sangryun Kim and Shin-ichi Orimo Scientists from Tohoku University and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization have developed a ...

Optical ‘tweezers’ combine with X-rays to enable analysis of crystals in liquids

Credit: Robert Horn/Argonne National Laboratory Understanding how chemical reactions happen on tiny crystals in liquid solutions is central to a ...

The story of nanotechnology and how size really does matter

Credit: World Scientific Nanotechnology is a buzz word many of us have heard but are uncertain as to what it ...

Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks

Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding ...

Researchers create new way to power electric cars

UMass Lowell invention makes vehicles run clean longer LOWELL, Mass. - A team of UMass Lowell researchers has pioneered a ...

Organic semiconductors: One transistor for all purposes

In mobiles, fridges, planes - transistors are everywhere. But they often operate only within a restricted current range. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) ...

Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter ...

Making solar cells is like buttering bread

Credit: Loi lab / University of Groningen Formamidinium lead iodide is a very good material for photovoltaic cells, but getting ...

Breakthrough in acidic water electrolysis via ruthenium-based catalysts