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UrduA research team at POSTECH has uncovered a promising new zeolite, anticipated to be a turning point for the oil refining and petrochemical industries. This research was recently published in the scientific journal Science on July 2, 2021. The team…
Tag: CHEMISTRY/PHYSICS/MATERIALS SCIENCES
Enzyme from fungi shows molecules which way to turn
Xue Sherry Gao and team isolate natural catalysts for better drug synthesis
Ultrathin semiconductors electrically connected to superconductors for the first time
For the first time, University of Basel researchers have equipped an ultrathin semiconductor with superconducting contacts. These extremely thin materials with novel electronic and optical properties could pave the way for previously unimagined applications. Combined with superconductors, they are expected…
Sodium solid electrolyte combining high conductivity with electrochemical stability
For the development of all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries with long-term stability
Machine learning cracks the oxidation states of crystal structures
Chemical elements make up pretty much everything in the physical world. As of 2016, we know of 118 elements, all of which can be found categorized in the famous periodic table that hangs in every chemistry lab and classroom. Each…
Developing new techniques to build biomaterials
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins. The biomaterials could eventually have applications in joint repair or wound healing as well…
Building a better biosensor polymer
A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for building the next generation of biosensors. An international research team led by KAUST is the first to overcome some critical challenges in developing this polymer. Much…
Shining a light on methane transformation
Using photocatalysts to convert methane into valuable chemicals
Falling in line: The simple design and control of MOF electric flow
Osaka Prefecture University develops a method to design and control the path of electron flow in a polycrystalline material
New study presents transformative metasurface based on zerogap embedded template
A research team, led by Professor Dai-Sik Kim in the Department of Physics at UNIST has developed a new technique of predefining the crack pattern on a flexible substrate by a sequential deposition of metallic layers which leads to a…
The bitumen puzzle
Bitumen surfaces under the microscope
What to do with food waste? Well, that depends
NREL researchers examine disposal methods as more landfills prepare to shut down
Nano-scale borate bioactive glass: Next generation material for skin-healing
Recently, with the help of a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, scientists constructed nano-scale borate bioactive glass (Nano-HCA@BG), which can effectively reduce the biological toxicity of borate bioglass, improve the biocompatibility of the glass, and promote the effect of…
Singlet oxygen selectively degrades oxytetracycline in fenton-like oxidation
Recently, a research team led by Prof. KONG Lingtao at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has prepared a type of hollow amorphous Co/C composites to activate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to generate…
Scientists synthesize 3D graphene films with high-energy E-beam
Recently, Prof. WANG Zhenyang’s research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has prepared macroscopic thick three-dimensional (3D) porous graphene films. Using high-energy electron beam as the energy source and taking…
Breakthrough in tissue engineering as ‘shape memory’ supports tissue growth
Research published today has demonstrated the viability of 3D-printed tissue scaffolds that harmlessly degrade while promoting tissue regeneration following implantation. The scaffolds showed highly promising tissue-healing performance, including the ability to support cell migration, the ‘ingrowth’ of tissues, and revascularisation…
Nanomaterials shape and form influences their ability to cross the blood brain barrier
Nanomaterials found in consumer and health-care products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with varying ease depending on their shape – creating potential neurological impacts that could be both positive and negative,…
Goldfinder: scientists discover why we can find gold at all
Why are gold deposits found at all? Gold is famously unreactive, and there seems to be little reason why gold should be concentrated, rather than uniformly scattered throughout the Earth’s crust. Now an international group of geochemists have discovered why…
Scientists reconstruct Mediterranean silver trade, from Trojan War to Roman Republic
Scientists have reconstructed the Eastern Mediterranean silver trade, over a period including the traditional dates of the Trojan War, the founding of Rome, and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. The team of French, Israeli and Australian scientists and…
Stress-free path to stress-free metallic films paves the way for next-gen circuitry
Optimized sputtering technique helps minimize stress in tungsten thin films
Engineer’s graphene additive manufacturing research makes journal’s cover story
MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Research led by Kansas State University’s Suprem Das, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, in collaboration with Christopher Sorensen, university distinguished professor of physics, shows potential ways to manufacture graphene-based nano-inks for additive manufacturing of…
New technology and partnerships to aid scientists facing critical global challenges
Swansea University and Diamond Light Source to exploit revolutionary nanoparticle beam technology
Microbes in cow stomachs can break down plastic
Bacteria found in the rumen, one of the compartments that make up the cow stomach, can break down plastics, representing an eco-friendly way to reduce litter
Solving a long-standing mystery about the desert’s rock art canvas
Wander around a desert most anywhere in the world, and eventually you’ll notice dark-stained rocks, especially where the sun shines most brightly and water trickles down or dew gathers. In some spots, if you’re lucky, you might stumble upon ancient…
Solar hydrogen for Antarctica — study shows advantages of thermally coupled approach
A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Ulm University, and Heidelberg University has now investigated how hydrogen can be produced at the South Pole using sunlight, and which method is the most promising
Closing the gap on the missing lithium
Researchers account for some of the lithium missing from our universe
In full-shell semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, zero-bias peaks induced by Andreev states, not Majorana modes
Researchers could not confirm that a feature that supposedly signals the presence of Majorana bound states – the unusual quasiparticles that may become the cornerstone of topological quantum computing – was in fact due to elusive Majorana particles, in full-shell…
Instant water cleaning method ‘millions of times’ better than commercial approach
Creation of hydrogen peroxide in situ could provide clean, drinkable water to communities in the poorest nations around the world
Scalable manufacturing of integrated optical frequency combs
Optical frequency combs consist of light frequencies made of equidistant laser lines. They have already revolutionized the fields of frequency metrology, timing and spectroscopy. The discovery of ”soliton microcombs” by Professor Tobias Kippenberg’s lab at EPFL in the past decade…
Unfinding a split electron
Scientists advance the understanding of potential topological quantum bits
Turning yeast cells into labs for studying drivers of gene regulation
Researchers have developed a more efficient platform for studying proteins that play a key role in regulating gene expression. The approach uses engineered yeast cells to produce enzyme and histone proteins, conduct biochemical assays internally, and then display the results.…
RUDN University chemists synthesize biodiesel from jatropha curcas plant
RUDN University chemists have proposed a new method of producing fuel from Jatropha Curcas, a poisonous tropical plant. Natural minerals and a non-toxic additive from vegetable raw materials are used for that. The reaction efficiency is 85%. The fuel can…
New ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium join the ranks of high-temperature superconductors
A team led by Skoltech professor Artem R. Oganov studied the structure and properties of ternary hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium and showed that alloying is an effective strategy for stabilizing otherwise unstable phases YH10 and LaH6, expected to be…
Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?
Common press release: Stockholm University, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Catalyzing the conversion of biomass to biofuel
Water in zeolites saves energy in the conversion of biomass into biofuel
From meadow to plate: The cultured meat that replaces animals with grass
An affordable lab system that uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat has been developed at the University of Bath in the UK
Plastic drapes reduce hypothermia in premature babies
Study: Plastic better than cloth for low birth-weight newborns
Using AI to predict 3D printing processes
University of Illinois engineers use Frontera supercomputer to develop physics-informed neural networks for additive manufacturing
A crystal made of electrons
Crystals have fascinated people through the ages. Who hasn’t admired the complex patterns of a snowflake at some point, or the perfectly symmetrical surfaces of a rock crystal The magic doesn’t stop even if one knows that all this results…
Beam steering angle expander with two liquid crystal polymeric diffractive optical elements
Flat optics based on patterned liquid crystals (LCs) has recently received extensive research interest. Comparing with dielectric metasurfaces which are usually fabricated by sophisticated lithography process, LC polymer-based planar optics, owing to the self-assembly properties, can be fabricated through all-solution…
New algorithms give digital images more realistic color
Method could help improve color for electronic displays and create more natural LED lighting
Slowing down grape ripening can improve berry quality for winemaking
Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And these types of episodes are expected to intensify as Earth’s climate changes. Now, researchers reporting…
Digging into the molecules of fossilized dinosaur eggshells
Dinosaurs roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago, and paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters are still unearthing traces of them today. The minerals in fossilized eggs and shell fragments provide snapshots into these creatures’ early lives, as well…
Small biotechs team up with big partners to manufacture drugs
Many of the most promising new molecules to treat diseases come from smaller biotechnology firms, which often lack resources to scale up production when it’s time for their drugs to go to large-scale clinical trials or the market. Now, a…
Making seawater drinkable in minutes
According to the World Health Organization, about 785 million people around the world lack a clean source of drinking water.
‘Edge of chaos’ opens pathway to artificial intelligence discoveries
Scientists at the University of Sydney and Japan’s National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) have discovered that an artificial network of nanowires can be tuned to respond in a brain-like way when electrically stimulated.
Identifying a topological fingerprint
Anomalous planar Hall effect (APHE) the ‘smoking gun’ for topological magnetic monopole
Transforming the layered ferromagnet F5GT for future spintronics
Record-high electron doping in a layered ferromagnet
How lead (maybe) caused the downfall of ancient Rome (video)
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2021 — Ancient Rome’s emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff — bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing in animal skins and attacking people … the list goes on. Why were…
To make monoliths like natural organisms do, apply pressure-driven fusion
Inspired by sea urchins and coccoliths, which produce inorganic skeletons from amorphous calcium carbonate (acc) in the environment, researchers have demonstrated the ability to make minerals or ceramics composed of a single chemical compound from acc nanoparticles, using pressure-driven fusion.…