Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Inspired by fungus, new form of synthetic melanin acts as natural detoxifierCredit: Nathan Gianneschi lab / Northwestern University The idea ...

Speeding up commercialization of electric vehicles

Credit: POSTECH Professor Byoungwoo Kang develops a high-density cathode material through controlling local structures of the Li-rich layered materials. Researchers ...

Instrument at BESSY II shows how light activates MoS2 layers to become catalysts

Credit: Martin Künsting /HZB MoS2 thin films of superposed alternating layers of molybdenum and sulfur atoms form a two-dimensional semiconducting ...

Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated

When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches ...

Taking 2D materials for a spin

Scientists at the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of High Pressure Physics fabricate a novel molybdenum disulfide transistor and ...

Food security: Irradiation and essential oil vapors for cereal treatment

A combined treatment of irradiation and essential oil vapors could effectively eliminate insects, bacteria and mold in stored grainsCredit: Christian ...

Twistoptics–A new way to control optical nonlinearity

Researchers engineer 1st technique to exploit the tunable symmetry of 2D materials for nonlinear optical applications: laser, optical spectroscopy, imaging, ...

National panel chaired by PPPL expert urges fusion pilot plant by 2035-2040

Such a plant would impact the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical systemCredit: Photos and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office ...

Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion power

Credit: Photo by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Simulation and image from Robert Hager and Seung-Hoe Ku. Efforts to duplicate ...

Exploring pieces of heart muscle that fail to compact

University of Houston researcher awarded $2.5M to study "spongy heart"Credit: University of Houston University of Houston pharmacologist Mingfu Wu has ...

Fermented wool is the answer

FAU researchers reveal the secret of the famous Pazyryk carpetCredit: FAU/Dr. Andreas Späth The Pazyryk carpet is the world's oldest ...

A COSMIC approach to nanoscale science

Instrument at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source achieves world-leading resolution of nanomaterialsCredit: Chungnam National University COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument ...

Zinc oxide: key component for the methanol synthesis reaction over copper catalysts

A team of researchers around the Fritz Haber Institute have found out that the important industrial process of methanol production ...

Magnetic whirls in confined spaces

Mobility of skyrmions in geometric structures depends on their arrangementCredit: ill./©: Jan Rothörl and Chengkun Song In a close collaboration ...

Metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion identified in situ

Credit: DICP Oxidative dispersion has been widely used in the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts as well as the fabrication ...

Could catnip become the new DEET?

The common plant shows promise as a new natural insect repellentCredit: Gallio lab / Northwestern New collaborative research from Northwestern ...

Porous crystal guides reaction to transform CO2

Performance of methane conversion solid catalyst is predicted by theoretical calculation