Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Valeria Molinero/University of Utah At the heart of clouds are ice crystals. And at the heart of ice crystals, ...

Lena Funcke receives Leona Woods Lectureship Award

Postdoctoral theorist recognized for her work at the intersection of fundamental particles, the cosmos, and quantum computingCredit: Perimeter Institute UPTON, ...

Light it up: uOttawa researchers demonstrate practical metal nanostructures

Credit: Yaryna Mamchur, co-author and Mitacs Summer Student from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, ...

Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter

Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogapsCredit: Natelson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 18, ...

Understanding how electrons ‘dance’ in topological semimetals

UH physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to investigate materials' fundamental aspectsCredit: Preeti Gore Semimetals lie between metals and non-metals in ...

Scientists take step towards quantum supremacy

Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS A Russian-German research team has created a quantum sensor that grants access to measurement and manipulation ...

HAWC: Are photons of extreme energies coming from the Galaxy’s largest accelerator?

Credit: Source: HAWC For years, in the vastness of our galaxy, astrophysicists have been tracking down pevatrons - natural accelerators ...

Size matters when it comes to atomic properties

Credit: Neuroncollective, Daniel Spacek, Pavel Travnicek A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has yielded new answers to fundamental ...

UNIST to develop new electrolyte additives for high-energy-density LIBs

Credit: UNIST A joint research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel electrolyte additive that could enable a long ...

Death enables complexity in chemical evolution

How to beat Spiegelman's monsterCredit: Sylvia Germes Simple systems can reproduce faster than complex ones. So, how can the complexity ...

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Credit: JIA ZHU/PENN STATE A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers ...

‘We marry disorder with order’

Physicists able to determine properties of mesoporous materials more preciselyCredit: Photo: Swen Reichhold, Leipzig University He and his research group ...

Magnetism meets topology on a superconductor’s surface

This unusual electronic energy structure could be harnessed for technologies of interest in quantum information science and electronicsCredit: Dan Nevola, ...

Crystal structure prediction of multi-elements random alloy

Credit: POSTECH Alchemy, which attempted to turn cheap metals such as lead and copper into gold, has not yet succeeded. ...

Semiconductor nanogrooves enhanced broad spectral band mmW and THz detection

Credit: by Jinchao Tong, Fei Suo, Tianning Zhang, Zhiming Huang, Junhao Chu and Dao Hua Zhang Millimetre and terahertz wave ...

Ultrafast intra-atom motion tracked using synchrotron radiation

Credit: NINS/IMS Scientists in Japan have observed, and interfered with, the ultrafast motion of electron movement inside of a Xenon ...

New aluminum and samarium hexaboride-based composite material with near-zero expansion

Scientists developed a new aluminum and samarium hexaboride-based composite material with near-zero expansionCredit: Serebrennikov et al. / Results in Physics, ...

CO2 electrotransformation into value-added chemicals in ionic liquid-based electrolytes

Credit: ©Science China Press The use of fossil fuels as energy carriers and raw materials promotes the rapid development of ...

Cu-based small-pore zeolites for deNOx

Credit: ©Science China Press The diesel engine is the backbone of transportation due to its irreplaceability as the primary power ...

Elusive protein complex could hold the key to treating chromosomal disorders