Latest science news in Physics & Chemistry
New technology speeds up organic data transfer
An international research team developed visible light communication (VLC) setup capable of a data rate of 2.2 Mb/s by employing a new type of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Researchers solve a long-standing problem in organic chemistry
Chemists have for a long time been interested in efficiently constructing polyenes - not least in order to be able to use them for future biomedical applications. However, such designs...
The secret to renewable solar fuels is an off-and-on again relationship
Copper that was once bound with oxygen is better at converting CO2 into renewable fuels than copper that was never bound to oxygen, according to scientists.
Membrane technology could cut emissions and energy use in oil refining
New membrane technology developed by a team of researchers could help reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Laboratory testing suggests that this polymer membrane technology...
Flames damage Gothic cathedral in Nantes, France
Prosecutors in France said they've opened an arson probe Saturday into a fire that destroyed part of the cathedral in Nantes.
Devices can reduce fibers produced in laundry cycle by up to 80%
A study compared the efficiency of six different devices, ranging from prototypes to commercially available products.
Improved method for propagating sound waves may lead to better devices
Engineers have developed a way to more efficiently propagate sound waves along the boundaries of topological materials.
Earthwork construction could release cancer-causing fibers into the air
Earthwork construction -- and the release of small, needlelike fibers from disturbed bedrock -- may pose a significant health risk, according to new research.
New explosive materials to bring nontoxic ammunition
Every time a gun fires, lead leaches into the air. A scientific advancement could provide a comparable replacement for lead-based explosive materials found in ammunition, protecting soldiers and the environment...
Scientists achieve major breakthrough in preserving integrity of sound waves
In a breakthrough for physics and engineering, researchers from the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY ASRC) and from Georgia Tech have...
Researchers develop new materials for energy and sensing
A team of researchers from MIT and Northwestern University has demonstrated the ability to fine-tune the electronic properties of hybrid perovskite materials, which have drawn enormous interest as potential next-generation...
Stabilisation of charge density wave phase by interfacial interactions
NUS researchers have demonstrated that the charge density wave (CDW) phase in H-phase tantalum disulfide (TaS2) bilayers can be stabilized at room temperature by interfacial interactions with a hexagonal boron...
New explosive materials to bring nontoxic ammunition
Every time a gun fires, lead leaches into the air. A scientific advancement could provide a comparable replacement for lead-based explosive materials found in ammunition, protecting soldiers and the environment...
New membrane could reinvent crude oil refining
Rigid, porous material overcomes swelling and could slash energy used to separate crude oil into its parts
Improved waste separation using super-stable magnetic fluid
Magnetically separating waste particles makes it possible to reclaim a variety of raw materials from waste. Using a magnetic fluid, a waste flow can be separated into multiple segments in...
Saints' Michael Thomas named final player in 'Madden' 99 club
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas on Friday was selected as the final member of the 99 club on "Madden NFL 21," the highest rating an NFL player can...
Love-hate relationship of solvent and water leads to better biomass breakup
Scientists have used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work together to break down plant biomass, creating a pathway to significantly improve the...
Fast and flexible computation of optical diffraction
Diffraction is a classic optical phenomenon accounting for light propagation. The efficient calculation of diffraction is of significant value towards the real-time prediction of light fields. The diffraction of electromagnetic...
Pressure suppresses carrier trapping in 2-D halide perovskite
Two-dimensional (2-D) organic-inorganic halide perovskites are emerging materials for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications due to their unique physical properties and a high degree of tunability. Despite impressive advances, challenges remain,...
N-doped carbon encapsulated transition metal catalysts to optimize performance of zinc-air batteries
In a report published in Nano, a team of researchers from Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, China have developed N-doped carbon encapsulated transition metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions...
Orderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors
In a paper published in Nano, a group of researchers from Jiangsu University of Technology, China have developed novel Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO ternary nanocomposites by electrostatic spinning technology, which improved the performance...
New process turns carbon into cleaner, high-performance diesel biofuel blendstock
A new single-phase catalyst that enables the conversion of renewable and waste carbon into sustainable diesel fuels has been developed through a unique collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
What if airplanes could repair their own damage?
Airplanes are behemoths of the sky; a commercial airliner is over 6,000 times as heavy as a large Canadian goose. At 500 mph, however, these behemoths are not impervious to...
The secret to renewable solar fuels is an off-and-on again relationship
They say it's better to have had something special and lost it than to have never had it at all. Who would have thought that sentiment holds true for metal...
Measuring drug-induced molecular changes within a cell at sub-wavelength scale
Synchrotron InfraRed Nanospectroscopy has been used for the first time to measure biomolecular changes induced by a drug (amiodarone) within human cells (macrophages) and localized at 100 nanometre scale, i.e....
Skyrmions created in a centrosymmetric material lacking geometrical frustration
A restriction on the kind of materials that can host nanoscale magnetic whirlpools known as skyrmions has been lifted by experimentalists at RIKEN. This will significantly expand the range of...
Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
A new device that relies on flowing clouds of ultracold atoms promises potential tests of the intersection between the weirdness of the quantum world and the familiarity of the macroscopic...
Probing the properties of a 2-D fermi gas
When a new physical system is created or uncovered, researchers generally study it in depth to unveil its distinctive properties and characteristics. For example, they might try to determine how...