Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: USU News Release -- LOGAN, UTAH -- The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State ...

2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. ...

Russian physicists trained the oscillatory neural network to recognize images

Credit: Andrei Velichko Physicists from Petrozavodsk State University have proposed a new method for oscillatory neural network to recognize simple ...

Squid could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics

Self-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are among the potential applications of squid 'ring tooth' protein ...

Innovative nanocoating technology harnesses sunlight to degrade microplastics

Credit: CLAIM Low density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The innovative ...

GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough

Credit: CSIRO Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that's conductive, easy to ...

Superconduction: Why does it have to be so cold?

Scientists at TU Wien have figured out a new way to approach the question why superconductivity only works at extremely ...

New compound could help treat ovarian cancer

Scientists find new drugs compound for treating cancer Cancer is less likely to become resistant to the compound than standard ...

Life-changing magic of tidying up: Complex structures’ organization studied in slime mold

How cells organize into complex structures studied in slime moldCredit: Fujimori et al. 2019, PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815063116 Researchers in Japan ...

New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness

Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs ...

NIST physicists ‘flash-freeze’ crystal of 150 ions

Credit: Jordan/NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have "flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ...

Powering a pacemaker with a patient’s heartbeat

Credit: American Chemical Society Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But ...

A scientific method for perfect fondue

Cheese fondue is an icon of Swiss cuisine and a dinner party staple. While it may seem like a simple ...

Delhi’s complicated air pollution problem