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The insides of pro bowling balls will make your head spin
Storm Bowling engineers its balls to hit different expert needs. (Travis Rathbone/)No matter how hard you try to spin the house balls at your local bowling joint, they rarely curve. That’s because they...
Poem: Biology is not Physics
You think the rule of physics must be strict, yet only in the aggregate do maths apply to living things. Their single paths take twists and turns that...
Testing Chernobyl fungi as a radiation shield for astronauts
A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Stanford University has tested the viability of using a type of fungus found growing in some of...
Novel gas-capture approach advances nuclear fuel management
Nuclear energy provides about 20 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, and over half of its carbon-free generating capacity.
How microscopic scallops wander
All microscopic objects, from enzymes to paint particles, are jittering constantly, bombarded by solvent particles: this is called Brownian motion. How does this motion change when the object is flexible...
Fans return to Korean baseball stadiums amid pandemic
With nearly half of its 144-game season already in the books, the Korean Baseball Organization got a jolt of energy when fans were finally allowed to return to the stadium...
High-capacity oil-adsorbing mats could be deployed in oil spill emergencies to limit ecological damage
An intrinsically porous polymer with a very high internal surface area could be an ideal material for soaking up spilled oil. Researchers from KAUST have identified a polymer that can...
Scientists develop novel transparent broadband electromagnetic interference shielding materials
The Flexible Optoelectronic Material Group led by Prof. Song Weijie at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed and...
New technique sheds light on the mysteries of complex chemical reaction networks
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their colleagues have discovered a way to untangle the mysteries of complex reaction networks by employing a measurement tool in...
Taking the guesswork out of twistronics
The twist has been taking the field of condensed matter physics by storm. No, not the 1960s dance craze made famous by Chubby Checker— the stunning discovery that two sheets...
Discovery of disordered nanolayers in intermetallic alloys
Intermetallic alloys potentially have high strength in a high-temperature environment. But they generally suffer poor ductility at ambient and low temperatures, hence limiting their applications in aerospace and other engineering...
Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Russian chemists have obtained a new photochromic complex composed of of bismuth (III) and viologen cations and used the new compound to create optical memory elements which were shown to...
In vivo imaging of the human cornea at high speed and high resolution
If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, then thanks to the translucent corneas, we can look deep into that soul. And thanks to the work of scientists from...
Experimental optimal verification of entangled states using local measurements
Quantum information is a field where the information is encoded into quantum states. Taking advantage of the "quantumness" of these states, scientists can perform more efficient computations and more secure...
Mining medical isotopes from nuclear waste
Actinium-225 is in demand. Nuclear innovation company TerraPower hopes nuclear waste can supply it
Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse
Researchers describe a new device, the ''stretched-pulse soliton Kerr resonator,'' that creates an ultrafast laser pulse that is freed from the physical limits endemic to sources of laser light and...
Getting a grip on near-field light
Researchers have developed a system to mold near-field light -- opening the door to unprecedented control over this powerful, largely unexplored type of light.
New technology makes homes more energy independent, helps divert power during power outages
Researchers have designed a smart technology that can help utility companies better serve communities affected by power outages. The researchers said their single device works by improving energy delivery between...
A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability
Researchers have discovered a MXene material that presents exceptional electromagnetic interference shielding abilities.
Ready to roll: Hybrid renewable natural gas line-haul loco cuts fuel use in half, emissions by 99.5 percent
The below Jul. 22, 2020 press release is from OptiFuel Systems OptiFuel Systems (“OptiFuel”), a system integrator of Cummins and BAE Systems hybrid power products for decarbonizing the rail, marine,...
New technique to capture carbon dioxide could greatly reduce power plant greenhouse gases
Removing carbon dioxide from power plant emissions is ever more urgent to limit the damage from climate change. Chemists have come up with an efficient and less expensive technique for...
On This Day, July 26: Truman orders desegregation of military
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military.
Seeing the light: Researchers combine technologies for better light control
A new technology that can allow for better light control without requiring large, difficult-to-integrate materials and structures has been developed. The new photonic integrated chip could allow for many advances...
Do bicycles slow down cars on low speed, low traffic roads? Latest research says 'no'
New research demonstrates that bicycles do not significantly reduce passenger car travel speeds on low speed, low volume urban roads without bicycle lanes. The research shows that differences in vehicle...
Trifluoromethyl groups tug on cyclohexane
Molecule's classic chair shape gets flattened as chemists position 6 of the polar moieties on one side of the compound
ACS Scholar alumna: Chyree Batton
Current ACS Scholar Jade McDaniel chats with this industrial chemist about her passion for chemistry
Best airtight plastic storage containers
Everything in its right—and airtight—space. (Annie Spratt via Unsplash/)It can be a hassle trying to fit store bought grains into your pantry—they come in a variety of containers that require a Tetris-like finesse...
Federal officers use tear gas, munitions on Portland, Ore., protesters
Federal officers deployed tear gas and impact munitions at thousands of protesters overnight in Portland, Ore., .