Heavy water tastes sweet
Credit: Carmelo Tempra / IOCB Prague Ordinary pure water has no distinct taste, but how about heavy water - does ...
Tag: Molecular Physics
UMass Amherst team discovers use of elasticity to position microplates on curved 2D fluids
Research is a leap forward in the quest for flexible ultrathin materialsCredit: Weiyue Xin of Santore lab. AMHERST, Mass. - ...
Researchers extend the life of a dipolar molecule
Static, long-lasting molecules are key to molecule-based quantum simulation and information processingCredit: Photo courtesy of the Ni group In 2018, ...
Skoltech team used mass spectrometry to study composition of meteorites
Credit: Skoltech Scientists from Russia and Germany studied the molecular composition of carbonaceous chondrites - the insoluble organic matter of ...
Researchers develop third and final ‘made-to-order’ nanotube synthesis technique
Credit: NINS/IMS The current method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes--in essence rolled up sheets of graphene--is unable to allow complete control ...
3D design leads to first stable and strong self-assembling 1D nanographene wires
Credit: NINS/IMS Nanographene is flexible, yet stronger than steel. With unique physical and electronic properties, the material consists of carbon ...
Study shows promise of quantum computing using factory-made silicon chips
A single qubit on a standard silicon transistor chip has been successfully demonstrated as "quantum capable" in a new study ...
Scientists at CERN successfully laser-cool antimatter for the first time
The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the response of antimatter to light and of how ...
Findings offer ‘recipe’ for fine tuning alloys for high-temperature use
Credit: Levente Vitos Superalloys that withstand extremely high temperatures could soon be tuned even more finely for specific properties such ...
A successful phonon calculation within the Quantum Monte Carlo framework
Scientists expand the scope of the quantum Monte Carlo framework by reducing the error in calculation of atomic forces in ...
Why are optical refractive indices so small?
Credit: ICFO Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon cover, voted the greatest classical rock album of all time, intended ...
The egg in the X-ray beam
Innovative time-resolved method reveals network formation by and dynamics of proteinsCredit: Credit: DESY, Gesine Born A team of scientists has ...
First detailed look at crucial enzyme advances cancer research
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In order to develop more effective drugs against a range of cancers, ...
Standing out: Unusual magnetic transition in perovskite oxide can help boost spintronics
Credit: Nature Communications Transition metal perovskites oxides exhibit several desirable properties, including high-temperature superconductivity and electrocatalysis. Now, scientists at Tokyo ...
Caltech professor Ibrahim Cissé applies physics to decode and understand RNA transcription
Nigerien-born physicist is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical ScienceCredit: Image courtesy of the ...
Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Materials that contain special polymer molecules may someday be able to warn us ...
New ‘bi-molecule’ with multiple technological applications discovered
University of Granada scientist discovers a new type of 'bi- molecule' that could help develop quantum sensors with multiple technological ...
Researchers discover new organic conductor
Credit: NINS/IMS Salts are far more complicated than the food seasoning - they can even act as electrical conductors, shuttling ...
An exotic metal-insulator transition in a surface-doped transition metal dichalcogenide
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Metal-insulator transition (MIT) driven by many-body interactions is an important phenomenon in ...
Tunable smart materials
Researchers at Osaka University invent tunable microparticles that can assemble into larger structures based on the content of attached chemical ...