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ATLAS Experiment measures light scattering on light and constrains axion-like particles
Light-by-light scattering is a rare phenomenon in which two photons—particles of light—interact, producing another pair of photons. Direct observation of this process at high energy had proven elusive for decades,...
Method to apply microfluidic electrochemical technologies to single-electron transfer redox-neutral reactions
A team of chemists and engineers at MIT has found a new way to apply microfluidic electrochemical technologies to single-electron transfer (SET) redox-neutral reactions. In their paper published in the...
The exhaust gas from a power plant can be recovered and used as a raw reaction material
A research group at Nagoya University has developed a new technology that can drastically conserve the energy used to capture carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouse gases, from facilities...
Measuring a tiny quasiparticle is a major step forward for semiconductor technology
A team of researchers led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has uncovered new information about the mass of individual components...
Firms explore greener ethylene
Companies pursue alternatives to heating crackers with fossil fuels
Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapse
Teams around the world are building ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence systems of a type called neural networks, designed in some ways to mimic the wiring of the brain, for carrying out tasks...
BESIII reports most precise measurements of strong-phase parameters in neutral D meson decay
The BESIII collaboration has reported the most precise measurements to date of the relative strong-phase parameters in decays of neutral D mesons. These results are presented in two articles published...
An ant-inspired approach to mathematical sampling
In a paper published by the Journal of The Royal Society Interface, a team of Bristol researchers observed the exploratory behavior of ants to inform the development of a more...
D.C. swamp has gotten swampier under Trump, report finds
Four years after Donald Trump campaigned on "draining the swamp," wealthy special interests wielding power in Washington have only become more pervasive.
Air Force looking into reports that planes monitored protesters
The U.S. Air Force inspector general is investigating whether the military used reconnaissance aircraft to monitor recent protests in Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis that followed the death of George Floyd.
Jimmy Kimmel taking summer off before hosting Emmys
Jimmy Kimmel, who has been taping his ABC talk show from his home during the coronavirus pandemic, said he is taking the summer off.
Eight current Overseers share their unique stories
The Harvard Board of Overseers is one of the University’s two governing boards, working alongside the President and Fellows (also known as the Corporation), Harvard’s principal fiduciary board. Formally created in 1642, the...
Space tourists might rise above Earth in hydrogen balloons
Passengers could soar into the stratosphere under a giant hydrogen balloon, according to a plan by startup company Space Perspectives.
Newport Beach restaurant Javier's closes after staff member tests positive for COVID-19
The upscale eatery wrote on Instagram that it was voluntarily closing the location for deep cleaning and testing, and plans to reopen July 1.
'Nanotorch' highlights ultrafast biochemical reactions
Life depends on remarkable arrays of biochemical reactions. Understanding the workings of biomolecules involves real-time monitoring of these reactions. Happening in only tiny fractions of a millisecond, this is very...
Researchers make new discovery on the molecular structure of natural products
Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia have managed to synthesize a new porous material that makes it possible to encapsulate a series of...
Tear gas and pepper spray: What protesters need to know
Experts discuss the use and chemistry of the riot-control agents and how to neutralize their effects
Unstable radicals zapped into action in microfluidic electrochemical cell
Tight space between electrodes is key to working with short-lived radicals
Meissner corpuscles and their spatially intermingled afferents underlie gentle touch perception
Meissner corpuscles are mechanosensory end organs that densely occupy mammalian glabrous skin. We generated mice that selectively lacked Meissner corpuscles and found them to be deficient in both perceiving the...
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of encapsulated stable perovskite solar cells
Although perovskite solar cells have produced remarkable energy conversion efficiencies, they cannot become commercially viable without improvements in durability. We used gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to reveal signature volatile products...
Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates
The nucleus contains diverse phase-separated condensates that compartmentalize and concentrate biomolecules with distinct physicochemical properties. Here, we investigated whether condensates concentrate small-molecule cancer therapeutics such that their pharmacodynamic properties are...
Microfluidic electrochemistry for single-electron transfer redox-neutral reactions
Electrochemistry offers opportunities to promote single-electron transfer (SET) redox-neutral chemistries similar to those recently discovered using visible-light photocatalysis but without the use of an expensive photocatalyst. Herein, we introduce a...
Making ultrastrong steel tough by grain-boundary delamination
Developing ultrahigh-strength steels that are ductile, fracture resistant, and cost effective would be attractive for a variety of structural applications. We show that improved fracture resistance in a steel with...
Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component
A team of Brown University researchers has found a way to double the toughness of a ceramic material used to make solid-state lithium ion batteries. The strategy, described in the...
Vapor fix lifts up perovskite crystal performance
A simple and noninvasive treatment could become a prime post-crystallization process to optimize the optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskite solar cell materials.
New research leads to drones changing shape mid-flight
Engineers have developed autonomous air vehicles that can change shape during flight.
Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component
By combining a ceramic material with graphene, engineers have made what they say is the toughest solid electrolyte built to date.
Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds
Scientists say tiny particles of plastic and other man-made fibres are everywhere in the waters of Canada's Eastern Arctic.