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Chemistry breakthrough could speed up drug development
Scientists have successfully developed a new technique to reliably grow crystals of organic soluble molecules from nanoscale droplets, unlocking the potential of accelerated new drug development.
How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges
An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for Research in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (CINN-CSIC) has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency...
Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact
In everyday life, matter behaves in a predictable, expected way. If you throw a ball, you assume it will travel in a certain direction and have a predictable recoil. What's...
Bursting your (tiny) bubbles: new research points the way toward pore-free 3-D printing
New research conducted at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) shows that 3-D printing of metal components without the pores that weaken their structural integrity is not only possible, but would...
Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene
Advances in optical devices are supported by the development of new materials. Microcrystallites of luminescent organic compounds can act as tiny laser sources for such devices, for example, in displays...
Scientists measure electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water
Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Russian Quantum Center have achieved the first systematic experimental measurements of the...
Researchers develop an artificial chloroplast
Over billions of years, microorganisms and plants evolved the remarkable process we know as photosynthesis. Photosynthesis converts sun energy into chemical energy, thus providing all life on Earth with food...
Researchers map tiny twists in magic-angle graphene
Made of a single layer of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern, graphene's structure is simple and seemingly delicate. Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have found that...
Computer vision helps scientists study lithium ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries lose their juice over time, causing scientists and engineer to work hard to understand that process in detail. Now, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator...
Fanning the Flames
The sky is ablaze. Waves of dirty yellows wash over the ground, as crimson smoke licks barren clouds that loiter jeeringly overhead. Fuel litters the floor, its perilous potential scattered...
Copper takes aim at COVID-19 with virus-killer coatings
At an outer suburban manufacturing plant, engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to spray-print a layer of copper on to a door handle, aiming to use the metal's antiviral...
Green hydrogen's time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world
Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocates spy a golden chance to drag the...
Australia backs BP's study to produce hydrogen from wind, solar
BP Plc has won Australian government backing for a feasibility study into producing hydrogen using wind and solar power to split water and converting the hydrogen to ammonia in Western...
Researchers map tiny twists in “magic-angle” graphene
Made of a single layer of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern, graphene’s structure is simple and seemingly delicate. Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have found that graphene is in...
2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties
Researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.
Highly efficient hydrogen gas production using sunlight, water and hematite
Hydrogen is a possible next generation energy solution, and it can be produced from sunlight and water using photocatalysts. A research group has now developed a strategy that greatly increases...
Laser loop couples quantum systems over a distance
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating strong coupling between quantum systems over a greater distance. They accomplished this with a novel method in which a laser loop...
Physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization
In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm. There are situations, however, where thermalization is slowed down or...
Sam Esmail's new 'Battlestar Galactica' gets a screenwriter
Michael Lesslie has signed on to write and executive produce the Peacock's new "Battlestar Galactica" sci-fi series.
Vapor-phase treatment customizes MOFs
Method exchanges framework linkers with others that cannot be incorporated via traditional synthesis techniques
Plasma electrons can be used to produce metallic films
Computers, mobile phones and all other electronic devices contain thousands of transistors, linked together by thin films of metal. Scientists have developed a method that can use the electrons in...
Scientists rewire photosynthesis to fuel our future
Hydrogen is an essential commodity with over 60 million tons produced globally every year. However over 95 percent of it is made by steam reformation of fossil fuels, a process...
US Chemical Safety Board remains short staffed
Board has 1 member and 10 open investigator positions
A COVID-19 diagnostic that uses CRISPR gets a nod from the FDA
Sherlock Biosciences' test becomes the first FDA-authorized CRISPR technology on the market
Navy breaks ground on laser weapons test lab in California
Navy leaders and private contractors broke ground this week on what will become the fleet's only dedicated facility to test, fire and evaluate complete laser weapon systems in a maritime...
During the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals have taken unprecedented steps to disinfect N95 face masks
With protective equipment in short supply, health-care facilities are decontaminating and reusing items designed to be disposable
What will it be surface-transport profile-wise, once the pandemic ends?
No one knows with absolute certainty what transportation patterns in the United States will be like once over the Corona Virus pandemic or whether we’ll return to travel patterns exactly...
New simple method for measuring the state of lithium-ion batteries
Scientists have presented a non-contact method for detecting the state of charge and any defects in lithium-ion batteries.