Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Cracow, 18 February 2021 Creation of matter in an interaction of two photons belongs to a ...

3D microscopy clarifies understanding of body’s immune response to obesity

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers who focus on fat know that some adipose tissue is ...

Quantum computer based on Rydberg atoms on the way to prototype

Scientists at the University of Stuttgart develop a quantum computer demonstrator with several hundred qubits based on Rydberg atomsCredit: University ...

An efficient method for separating O-18 from O-16, essential for use in cancer treatment

Blueprint for fault-tolerant qubits

Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University have designed a circuit for quantum computers which is naturally protected against ...

Fueling the future: Novel two-polymer membrane boosts hydrogen fuel cell performance

Scientists combine materials with contrasting properties using a unique method to design a robust and high-performance fuel cell membrane for ...

Skies of blue: Recycling carbon emissions to useful chemicals and reducing global warming

Researchers optimize a novel process for the efficient conversion of carbon emissions into useful chemicals like acetate using microbesCredit: Pusan ...

Selective concentration of cationic species

Credit: POSTECH, WILEY Sample pretreatment processes such as concentration or classification are essential to finding trace substances present in a ...

A novel gel electrophoresis technique for rapid biomarker diagnosis via mass spectrometry

Development of a rapid recovery method of target protein biomarkers using dissolvable polyacrylamide gel and its application to mass spectrometryCredit: ...

Upending complex crystal formation

PNNL researchers discover a new route to forming complex crystalsCredit: (Composite image by Mike Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) When ...

University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute and Mayo Clinic collaborate on new citizen science project

Credit: Minnesota Infrastructure Partnership, Mayo Clinic A University of Minnesota-Mayo Clinic partnership has joined with the Zooniverse citizen scientist platform ...

New crystalline ice form

Scientists elucidate crystal structure for exotic ice XIXCredit: Uni Innsbruck Ice is a very versatile material. In snowflakes or ice ...

Improving stroke treatment with a modified therapeutic molecule

A research team from INRS has improved the protective effect of a molecule against ischemic strokeCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) A ...

Moiré patterns facilitate discovery of novel insulating phases

February 15, 2021

UC Riverside-led study observed unexpected insulating phases by placing electrons on stacked monolayers of 2D semiconductorsCredit: Microwave Nano-Electronics Lab, UC ...

New physics rules tested on quantum computer

February 15, 2021

Simulation of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics using a quantum computer goes beyond centuries old conventionsCredit: Aalto University Aalto researchers have used ...

Scientists manipulate magnets at the atomic scale

Credit: Lancaster University Fast and energy-efficient future data processing technologies are on the horizon after an international team of scientists ...

Flowers of St. John’s Wort serve as green catalyst

Credit: Julia Naumann Since ancient times, St. John's Wort has been used as a medicinal herb covering a wide range ...

Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer dots

Credit: P-Cat Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic ...

New insight into protein structures that could treat Huntington’s disease

Credit: Sylvia Germes In Huntington's disease, a faulty protein aggregates in brain cells and eventually kills them. Such protein aggregates ...

Strathclyde physics professor wins international award for contribution to optics