Molecular Physics

Published work paves the way for further research into the potential of graphene TROY, N.Y. -- By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into…
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Credit: NINS/IMS An organic solar cell is light, flexible, low cost and green device, hence regarded as a potential seed of innovation in renewable energy industry. The efficiency of energy conversion of the organic solar cell is, however,…
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The 2019 MRS Communications Lecture recognizes excellence in the field of materials research through work published in MRS Communications. It is intended to honor the authors of an outstanding paper published in the journal during the…
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Credit: (Image: Xenon Collaboration) Around 1500 meters deep in the Italian Gran Sasso mountains is the underground laboratory LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso), in which scientists search for dark matter particles in a lab…
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Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Negative pressure governs not only the Universe or the quantum vacuum. This phenomenon, although of a different nature, appears also in liquid crystals confined in nanopores. At the Institute of Nuclear…
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A versatile system with potential application for non-invasive drug deliveryCredit: ©Tokyo Tech Researchers at Tokyo Tech's Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science have developed a micelle-type nano-container that can be switched between…
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Credit: Ola Jakup QUANTUM PHYSICS: University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it…
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Method could lead to advances in fighting fires, creating cleaner engines and even space travelCredit: UCF: Karen Norum The inside of a fire might be the last place one would explore, but a new University of Central Florida method to do…
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Researchers at Osaka University meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, computer, and smartphone screensCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - A…
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Credit: NINS/IMS Na+/H+ antiporters exchange sodium ions and protons across cellular membrane to control pH, ion concentrations and cell volume, which is linked to a wide spectrum of diseases from heart failure to autism. Researchers now…
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Credit: University of Luxembourg In liquid crystals, molecules automatically arrange themselves in an ordered fashion. Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have discovered a method that allows an anti-ordered state, which will…
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Proteins help organisms form or inhibit ice crystals Contrary to what you may have been taught, water doesn't always freeze to ice at 32 degrees F (zero degrees C). Knowing, or controlling, at what temperature water will freeze (starting…
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B cells gone bad could be the culprit in rheumatoid arthritisCredit: University of Houston Biomolecular researcher Navin Varadarajan has published in Arthritis & Rheumatology journal a first-of-its-kind study - a comprehensive…
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A new study explores how the presence of benzene ring bonds affects the process of Auger decay When an electron from one of the lower energy levels in an atom is knocked out of the atom by a collision with another electron, it creates a…
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