Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences

* The researchers have pinpointed that the true active photocatalytic species in a model ARTA reaction is a complex salt ...

More than meets the eye (of the storm): Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America

Study shows that cyclones could affect seemingly unrelated weather disasters in an entirely different continentCredit: NASA on Unsplash The year ...

Easily assembled gold nanoparticle scaffolding serves as molecular probe

Credit: FIGURE MODIFIED FROM Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01688H The development of pharmaceutical treatments is difficult -- ...

Research could dramatically lower cost of electron sources

Rice, Los Alamos make low-cost, scalable photocathodes from halide perovskitesCredit: Image courtesy A. Mohite/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 1, 2021) ...

Batteries that can be assembled in ambient air

Credit: POSTECH The honor of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to those who developed lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. These ...

Solving complex physics problems at lightning speed

Credit: Illustration: Andreas Ekström and Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology A calculation so complex that it takes twenty years to ...

By changing their shape, some bacteria can grow more resilient to antibiotics

Credit: Shiladitya Banerjee New research led by Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor of Physics Shiladitya Banerjee demonstrates how certain types ...

Islands without structure inside metal alloys could lead to tougher materials

These high-entropy alloys could lead to better technologies in transportation, energy and denfenseCredit: University of California San Diego An international ...

Accurate drug dosages with proton traps

An electronic proton-trapping ion pump for selective drug deliveryCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a proton ...

It’s elemental: Ultra-trace detector tests gold purity

Ultra-trace radiation detection technique sets new global standard for measuring the nearly immeasurableCredit: (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest ...

Production of ‘post-lithium-ion batteries’ requires new skills

Comparative study on lithium-ion battery series manufacturing and alternative technologiesCredit: WWU - MEET Research on manufacturing battery cells is gaining ...

Coiling them up: Synthesizing organic molecules with a long helical structure

Credit: Eiji Tsurumaki, Chemistry-A European Journal Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) produced and extensively characterized novel organic ...

New technology to detect bitter almonds in real time

Credit: University of Córdoba Who hasn't at some point been chewing on an almond and tasted an unpleasant and unexpected ...

High-speed holographic fluorescence microscopy system with submicron resolution

The group has realized a scanless 3D imaging system and an algorithm for high-speed measurementCredit: National Institute of Information and ...

Electric car of the future to be developed in Denmark

Aarhus University is to head development of the next generation of electric car batteries with a recharging time of just ...

Synthesizing valuable chemicals from contaminated soil

Researchers of Mainz University use electrolysis to produce dichloro and dibromo compounds in a safer and more environmentally friendly manner; ...

Imaging zebrafish movements in 3D to better understand ALS disease

An interdisciplinary team of INRS used an innovative imaging technique for a better understanding of motor deficits in ALSCredit: Christian ...

From heat to spin to electricity: Understanding spin transport in thermoelectric devices