Degradable plastics
Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science at the University of Konstanz, receives an Advanced Grant from the European ...
Tag: Molecular Physics
New biologically derived metal-organic framework mimics DNA
Credit: Peter G. Boyd/EPFL The field of materials science has become abuzz with "metal-organic frameworks" (MOFs), versatile compounds made up ...
Liquid jets break up more readily on a substrate
Using computational models to investigate how liquid drops behave on surfaces Whether we're aware of it or not, in day-to-day ...
Ushering in ultrafast cluster electronics
Credit: Tachikawa H., et al. Scientific Reports, Feb. 20, 2019 A new computational method can help fast track the development ...
UCI scientists are first to observe, image all-important molecular vibrations
Using light focused to size of an atom, they push resolution of microscopy to new levelCredit: Steve Zylius / UCI ...
Insects in freezing regions have a protein that acts like antifreeze
Special protein changes the structure of water and overpowers ice crystals, and could be used in applications like de-icing airplanes, ...
A universal description of non-equilibrium colloid phase separation
Tokyo, Japan - Liquids, with their flowing dynamics, are often far from equilibrium. This makes it particularly hard to model ...
AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
All-dielectric nanoantennas remain chemically non-invasive, they cause no effect on the studied analytes and reactions.Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of ...
Breakthrough study of cell signaling holds promise for immune research and beyond
A team of physical chemists has unraveled the inner workings of a process that allows hard-working T cells to tune ...
Physics: Behavior of ‘trapped’ electrons in a one-dimensional world observed in the lab
Credit: Jeison Fischer A team of physicists at the University of Cologne has, for the first time, seen a particularly ...
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions
In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range. Physicists ...
Thomas Elsaesser receives an ERC Advanced Grant
Electric Interactions and Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of BiomoleculesCredit: MBI/Ralf Guenther For the second time, an ERC Advanced Grant has been ...
Simplified synthesis
Researchers dramatically simplify and streamline organic chemical synthesisCredit: ©2019 irasutoya.com For the first time researchers discovered a simple and highly ...
Lipid vesicles transmit luminous or electrical signals
Fluorescent molecules or charges enable liposomes to transmit light or electrical signals. Magnetic particles added to the material allow transmission ...
Fluorine: Toxic and aggressive, but widely used
Investigations with neutrons settle scientific dispute about the structure of solid fluorineCredit: Markus Hoelzel / TUM In toothpaste, Teflon, LEDs ...
Russian physicists obtained data on particles self-organization in ultracold dusty plasma
It is for the first time that physicists investigated the behavior of particles in a dusty plasma at a temperature ...
UB chemist and materials scientist lands $675,000 NSF CAREER award
Timothy Cook will design self-assembling molecules and work with K-12 science teachers to create 3D-printed magnetic structures that self-assemble in ...
Syracuse University physicist discovers new class of pentaquarks
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Tomasz Skwarnicki, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, has uncovered ...
A fascinating phase transition: From one liquid state to another
Credit: 2019 Hajime Tanaka, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - A team at The University ...
Race at the edge of the Sun: Ions are faster than atoms
Astrophysicists observe physics phenomena in gas streamsCredit: Hinode JAXA/NASA Ions move faster than atoms in the gas streams of a ...