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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women survivors of the atomic bombs
August marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Ban ads for polluting large cars, report says
A new campaign says the government should ban adverts for large cars like sports utility vehicles.
St. Louis Cardinals expecting more positive coronavirus tests
As MLB teams continue to deal with the coronavirus, the St. Louis Cardinals are preparing for their latest round of COVID-19 testing to reveal more positive results.
Las Vegas Raiders signing ex-Cincinnati Bengals RB Jeremy Hill
Former Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots running back Jeremy Hill is signing with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Corning’s new Gorilla Glass could make your phone screen a lot harder to break
The Knoop Diamond Test measures how difficult it is to damage the glossy surface. (Corning /)It’s easy to forget how fragile smartphones used to be. If you were going to knock your...
Career Ladder: Joyce Nethery
This chemical engineer's winding career path has been the best route for her work running a distillery
Adapting hijabs for lab safety
Experts share best practices and new materials for women who wear traditional Muslim clothing
UAE launches operations in first nuclear power plant in the Arab world
The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that it has launched operations in the first of four reactors at the Barakah nuclear power station, which has been described as the first...
Build a pro-level PC gaming setup in three steps
Alienware Aurora Ryzen (Jarren Vink/)Gaming on a console or phone is fun and all, but elite players rely on massive PCs with precision peripherals to wield their weapons with john wick–like agility. This...
New printing process advances 3D capabilities
More durable prosthetics and medical devices for patients and stronger parts for airplanes and automobiles are just some of the products that could be created through a new 3D printing...
Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials
The design of novel materials with superior characteristics by entropy stabilization is a very dynamic emerging research area in materials science. However, despite recent advances in entropy-stabilized metals and insulating...
Save space by building this simple cutting board rack inside any door
Easy access. (John Kennedy/)You’re in your kitchen, preparing to make a delicious dinner. You pick up your favorite knife and go to grab a cutting board from the pile in your pantry....
New printing process advances 3-D capabilities
More durable prosthetics and medical devices for patients and stronger parts for airplanes and automobiles are just some of the products that could be created through a new 3-D printing...
Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials
Semiconductors are important materials in numerous functional applications such as digital and analog electronics, solar cells, LEDs, and lasers. Semiconducting alloys are particularly useful for these applications since their properties...
Sharing a secret...the quantum way
Researchers have demonstrated a record setting quantum protocol for sharing a secret amongst many parties.
A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
A team has developed a new method of synthesis for three-dimensional nanocarbons, utilizing a catalytic reaction to connect benzene rings and create an eight-membered ring structure. This represents a breakthrough...
Another Win for the Standard Model: New Study Defies Decades-Old ‘Discrepancy’ With High-Precision Measurement
In particle physics, it’s the anomalies, tensions, deviations, and discrepancies – the results that don’t quite sync with Standard Model-based predictions and calculations – that create a buzz among those...
Unusual electron sharing found in cool crystal
Tungsten atoms are seen to come together in a way that is similar to an outer space ion. The finding suggests many more types of electron sharing between atoms could...
3-D printed material purifies biogas at low cost
A simple sorbent could make biogas production from dairy farms and other small-scale operations economically feasible
Magnetically controlled droplets rock, rotate, and roll
Droplets with localized iron oxide nanoparticles move in response to a magnetic field and could have applications in optics
Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties
A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists worldwide for its intriguing -- and potentially exploitable -- conductive properties. University of Texas at...
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Scientists have discovered one of the largest anomalous Hall effects (15,506 siemens per centimeter at 2 Kelvin) ever observed in the new compound, KV3Sb5. This material has a never-before-seen combination...
Synthesizing dicarboxylic acids and hydrogen simultaneously from diols
Researchers develop a safer and more efficient way to produce dicarboxylic acid. Using an iridium catalyst bound to a bipyridonate ligand, researchers were able to synthesize dicarboxylic acids from aqueous...
Using protons to tune interlayer forces in van-der-Waals materials
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that interlayer coupling in a van der Waals (vdW) material can be largely modulated by a protonic gate, 'injecting' protons into the device....
Lockheed, Boeing and Saab bid on Canada's fighter jet contract
Lockheed Martin, with its F-35 fighter plane, joined Boeing and Saab on Friday in submitting bids to build advanced aircraft for Canada's armed forces.
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
The fields of condensed matter physics and materials science are intimately linked because new physics is often discovered in materials with special arrangements of atoms. Crystals, which have repeating units...
Study reveals how coronavirus travels indoors
A new study explains how the coronavirus hitches a ride on droplets released when you cough, sneeze or speak, and travels around a room.
US wins 4 golds, top spot in International Chemistry Olympiad
Competition was held online for the first time in response to COVID-19