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UrduWater is the basis of all life on earth. Its structure is simple – two hydrogen atoms bound to one oxygen atom – yet its behavior is unique among liquids, and scientists still do not fully understand the origins of…
Tag: Molecular Physics
A new view for glasses
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at The University of Tokyo introduced a new physical model that predicts the dynamics of glassy materials based solely on their local degree of atomic structural order. Using computer simulations, they showed how this theory greatly…
Your zip software can calculate the complex physical quantity called entropy
A standard compression algorithm could revolutionize physical and biological computations, Tel Aviv University researchers say
Your zip software can calculate the complex physical quantity called entropy
A standard compression algorithm could revolutionize physical and biological computations, Tel Aviv University researchers say
Illuminating the path for super-resolution imaging with improved rhodamine dyes
DUT and SUTD researchers developed a new strategy that enhances the brightness and clarity of sub-cellular structures when dyed with novel rhodamine fluorophores, laying the ground for the advancement of super-resolution microscopes
Illuminating the path for super-resolution imaging with improved rhodamine dyes
DUT and SUTD researchers developed a new strategy that enhances the brightness and clarity of sub-cellular structures when dyed with novel rhodamine fluorophores, laying the ground for the advancement of super-resolution microscopes
Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures
Physicists from Kiel and Copenhagen elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbons
Electron correlations in carbon nanostructures
Physicists from Kiel and Copenhagen elucidate the behaviour of electrons in graphene nanoribbons
Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic
A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat could protect motorcyclists and racecar drivers during accidents. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a hydrogel that does the opposite of what polymer-based materials, like plastic bottles, normally do: their material…
Molecular vibrations lead to high performance laser
Breakthrough method has implications for enhanced performance of lasers for communications, diagnostics and defense
Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon–the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules–in a breakthrough that has implications…
Molecular vibrations lead to high performance laser
Breakthrough method has implications for enhanced performance of lasers for communications, diagnostics and defense
Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon–the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules–in a breakthrough that has implications…
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
Controlling the optical properties of solids with acoustic waves
One of the main challenges in materials science research is to achieve high tunability of the optical properties of semiconductors at room temperature. These properties are governed by “excitons”, which are bound pairs of negative electrons and positive holes in…
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
Scientists reveal the structure of viral rhodopsins
The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique protein found in the genome of giant viruses, has been determined thanks to the work of MIPT graduates and PhD students. The paper was published in…
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomers
Controlling the optical properties of solids with acoustic waves
One of the main challenges in materials science research is to achieve high tunability of the optical properties of semiconductors at room temperature. These properties are governed by “excitons”, which are bound pairs of negative electrons and positive holes in…
Scientists reveal the structure of viral rhodopsins
The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique protein found in the genome of giant viruses, has been determined thanks to the work of MIPT graduates and PhD students. The paper was published in…
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomers
What keeps cells in shape? New research points to 2 types of motion
The health of cells is maintained, in part, by two types of movement of their nucleoli, a team of scientists has found. This dual motion within surrounding fluid, it reports, adds to our understanding of what contributes to healthy cellular…
New study shows unique magnetic transitions in quasicrystal-like structures
Scientists showed for the first time the presence of unique magnetic transitions in peculiar structures similar to quasicrystals
What keeps cells in shape? New research points to 2 types of motion
The health of cells is maintained, in part, by two types of movement of their nucleoli, a team of scientists has found. This dual motion within surrounding fluid, it reports, adds to our understanding of what contributes to healthy cellular…
New study shows unique magnetic transitions in quasicrystal-like structures
Scientists showed for the first time the presence of unique magnetic transitions in peculiar structures similar to quasicrystals
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule, but one that has an extra proton attached to it. This is the conclusion of research carried out at Radboud University, which…
Molecular Systems Biology appoints M. Madan Babu as new Chief Editor
Heidelberg, 25 November 2019 – EMBO Press is pleased to announce the appointment of systems biologist M. Madan Babu as the new Chief Editor of Molecular Systems Biology . Madan Babu, who heads the regulatory genomics and systems biology group…
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon molecule, but one that has an extra proton attached to it. This is the conclusion of research carried out at Radboud University, which…
Molecular Systems Biology appoints M. Madan Babu as new Chief Editor
Heidelberg, 25 November 2019 – EMBO Press is pleased to announce the appointment of systems biologist M. Madan Babu as the new Chief Editor of Molecular Systems Biology . Madan Babu, who heads the regulatory genomics and systems biology group…
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Decoding the fundamental mechanisms of human salivary lubrication
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by the University of Leeds have uncovered the fundamental mechanism by which human saliva lubricates our mouth. Their multi-scale study opens the door to advancing dry mouth therapies and saliva substitutes – potentially bringing…
A review of single molecule-based electronic devices
In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO , a group of researchers from the Shenyang Jianzhu University in China provide an overview of single molecule electronic devices, including molecular electronic devices and electrode types. Future…
Drexel researchers create and stabilize pure polymeric nitrogen using plasma
Producing polymeric nitrogen at near-ambient conditions is a new trick for liquid plasma
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Device may enable ‘”T-ray vision’ and better wireless communication
Drexel researchers create and stabilize pure polymeric nitrogen using plasma
Producing polymeric nitrogen at near-ambient conditions is a new trick for liquid plasma
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Device may enable ‘”T-ray vision’ and better wireless communication
Mysteries behind interstellar buckyballs finally answered
Researchers discovered a mechanism creating complex carbon molecules in a simulated planetary nebula environment
Mysteries behind interstellar buckyballs finally answered
Researchers discovered a mechanism creating complex carbon molecules in a simulated planetary nebula environment
Getting glued in the sea
New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine adhesives. Scientists have been working on developing adhesives for the marine environment that are inspired by organisms that fix themselves…
Getting glued in the sea
New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine adhesives. Scientists have been working on developing adhesives for the marine environment that are inspired by organisms that fix themselves…
Study investigates a critical transition in water that remains liquid far below 0 °C
The theoretical model proposed by Brazilian researchers can be applied to any system in which two energy scales coexist
Study investigates a critical transition in water that remains liquid far below 0 °C
The theoretical model proposed by Brazilian researchers can be applied to any system in which two energy scales coexist
Century-old food testing method updated to include complex fluid dynamics
To make better-tasting desserts, this ultrasonic spinning rheometry method includes velocity profiling of complex liquids in food products in order to more accurately capture dynamics inside the material.
Established mass production technology for solid-solution alloy nanoparticles
Contributing to the realization of a sustainable society by reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases
Meet the Director: Douglas Mans, EMSL
This is a continuing profile series on the directors of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facilities. These scientists lead a variety of research institutions that provide researchers with the most advanced tools of modern science including accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light sources and neutron sources, as well as facilities for studying the nano world, the environment, and the atmosphere.
Membrane intercalation enhances photodynamic bacteria inactivation
Bacterial infections pose a threat to human health. Now, with increasing antibiotic resistance, such infections may again ravage humanity as they did in the pre-antibiotic era. Scientists are thus seeking new, non-antibiotic means to combat bacterial infection. One promising strategy…
Brain cancer-detecting innovation by CCNY researchers receives two US patents
Raising hopes of rapid and more specific brain cancer diagnoses, a new “Resonance Raman” technique developed by world-renowned physicist Robert R. Alfano and his IUSL research group at The City College of New York is the recipient of two U.S.…
Membrane intercalation enhances photodynamic bacteria inactivation
Bacterial infections pose a threat to human health. Now, with increasing antibiotic resistance, such infections may again ravage humanity as they did in the pre-antibiotic era. Scientists are thus seeking new, non-antibiotic means to combat bacterial infection. One promising strategy…
Brain cancer-detecting innovation by CCNY researchers receives two US patents
Raising hopes of rapid and more specific brain cancer diagnoses, a new “Resonance Raman” technique developed by world-renowned physicist Robert R. Alfano and his IUSL research group at The City College of New York is the recipient of two U.S.…