Tag: Molecular Physics

Why single wires are superior to bundlesCredit: Sylvia Germes Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction ...

Stretched beyond the limits

Mechanical stress can cause fatigue not only in synthetic materials, but also in mammalian tissues like collagen.Credit: Photo: HITS It ...

Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide

Scientists use lasers and gold particles to turn titanium oxide into nanocomposite for photocatalystsCredit: ITMO.News Oxides of different metals often ...

First simulation of a full-sized mitochondrial membrane

New algorithm links different scales, bringing simulated cell a step closerCredit: Marrink Lab, University of Groningen Scientists from the University ...

CCNY physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

Credit: Carlos Meriles Research Group In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common ...

Young Scientist prize for Lancaster physicist

Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University's Dr Samuli Autti has been awarded a Young Scientist Prize 2020 by the International Union ...

Plasma electrons can be used to produce metallic films

Credit: Magnus Johansson/Linköping University Computers, mobile phones and all other electronic devices contain thousands of transistors, linked together by thin ...

High color purity 3D printing

Credit: ICFO Selective powder sintering for 3D printing has recently become an increasingly affordable solution for manufacturing made-to-order elements of ...

Programming with the light switch

May 6, 2020

Credit: Illustration: Michal Rössler In the development of autonomous systems and materials, self-assembling molecular structures controlled by chemical reaction networks ...

First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction

Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation; seeing the very first step opens ...

Looking for dark matter with the universe’s coldest material

Credit: ICFO/ P. Gomez & M. Mitchell Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% ...

Red light for stress

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part ...

Hidden symmetry found in chemical kinetic equations

Rice University discovery has implications for drug design, genetics, moreCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 30, 2020) -- Rice ...

A molecular pressure cooker tenderizes tough pieces of protein and helps to bite off