Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

February 25, 2019

Credit: NTU Singapore A new pilot plant to treat industrial wastewater is being built that could potentially reduce the amount ...

Researchers engineer a tougher fiber

Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity ...

A quantum magnet with a topological twist

Materials with a kagome lattice pattern exhibit 'negative magnetism' and long-sought 'flat-band' electronsCredit: Hasan, et. al, Princeton University Taking their ...

Scientists sharpen their molecular scissors and expand the gene editing toolbox

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Feb. 22, 2019 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have figured out a better ...

Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor

Physicists refer to room temperature superconductivity as 'the holy grail'Credit: via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office A scientist working for ...

JILA researchers make coldest quantum gas of molecules

Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA JILA researchers have made a long-lived, record-cold gas of molecules that follow the wave patterns of quantum ...

Quantum dots can spit out clone-like photons

System that generates coherent single particles of light could help pave the way for quantum information processors or communications CAMBRIDGE, ...

NJIT’s Sagnik Basuray is named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors

Credit: NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Sagnik Basuray, an assistant professor of chemical engineering who develops novel sensors, ...

New paper provides design principles for disease-sensing nanomaterials

The detailed findings could lead to more precise, effective methods of treating and diagnosing a variety of diseases, including cancersCredit: ...

CLEAR at UTA continues collaboration with the Apache Corporation

Analyzing surface, groundwaterCredit: UT Arlington The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at The University of Texas at Arlington ...

Can mixing household cleaners kill you? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 -- When the bathroom starts looking grimy, and it's time to ...

How to freeze heat conduction

Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity; such materials ...

New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used with a phone app, reveals whether ...

Carbon nanotubes can be produced in a new way by twisting ribbon-like graphene