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Chemists create faster-degrading plastic for marine uses
To address the plastic environmental crisis, Cornell chemists have developed a new polymer with ample strength in a marine setting that is poised to degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to...
Covid-19 claims the life of beloved chemistry professor
Dennis Peters of Indiana University dies from complications of COVID-19
Bon Jovi cancels summer tour due to coronavirus pandemic
Bon Jovi canceled its 2020 tour with Bryan Adams, rather than postpone, and will refund ticketholders.
‘Hot' dots for quantum computing
Silicon qubits that operate at less-frigid temperatures promise more powerful computers
New discovery helps close the gap towards optically-controlled quantum computation
Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism in a Dirac semimetal. The mechanism establishes a new way to...
Optimizing a new spraying method for ceramic coatings
For a long time, the production of ceramic coatings has only been possible by means of sintering techniques conducted at more than 1,000 degrees Celsius. However, a novel spraying method,...
Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS, imaging and beyond
Engineers have demonstrated for the first time that it's possible to connect a network of sensors through quantum entanglement. The experiment opens a door to unprecedented levels of sensitivity in...
Photonic microwave generation using on-chip optical frequency combs
In our information society, the synthesis, distribution, and processing of radio and microwave signals are ubiquitous in wireless networks, telecommunications, and radars. The current tendency is to use carriers in...
Air Force selects Raytheon for Long-Range Standoff missile development
Raytheon Co. will remain the U.S. military's sole-source contractor of the nuclear Long-Range Standoff cruise missile, the U.S. Air Force announced, with a contract award expected in 2022.
Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Buble join Canadian TV special
Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams and other stars will perform during "Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble," a benefit concert for COVID-19 relief.
Self-aligning microscope smashes limits of super-resolution microscopy
An ultra-precise microscope that surpasses the limitations of Nobel Prize-winning super-resolution microscopy will let scientists directly measure distances between individual molecules.
Often and little—or rarely and to the maximum?
If we were talking about food, most experts would choose the former, but in the case of energy storage the opposite is true. It turns out that more energy can...
Supercomputers and Archimedes' principle enable calculating nanobubble diffusion in nuclear fuels
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have proposed a method that speeds up the calculation of nanobubble diffusion in solid materials. This method makes it possible to...
Scientists uncover principles of universal self-assembly
For years, researchers have searched for the working principles of self-assembly that can build a cell (a complex biological organism) as well as a crystal (a far simpler inorganic material)...
New 'brick' for nanotechnology: Graphene nanomesh
Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully fabricated suspended graphene nanomesh in a large area by helium ion beam microscopy. Six nm diameter nanopores were...
Physicists develop approach to increase performance of solar energy
Experimental condensed matter physicists in the Department of Physics at the University of Oklahoma have developed an approach to circumvent a major loss process that currently limits the efficiency of...
David Lynch has 'zero interest' in seeing 'Dune' remake
David Lynch reflected on the "total failure" of his movie "Dune" as Denis Villeneuve directs a new adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel.
Can high-power microwaves reduce the launch cost of space-bound rockets?
Researchers calculated the efficiencies of four important features of microwave-beam-powered propulsion systems for rockets. These findings are critical to minimizing or possibly reducing the cost of rocket propulsion systems.
A low-price, high-efficiency catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into other chemicals
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, Acting President: Yoon Seok-jin) announced that a research team, led by Dr. Oh Hyung-Suk and Dr. Lee Woong-hee, at the Clean Energy...
Electrical manipulation of magnetic particle allows for large high-speed memory
Researchers have successfully demonstrated a method to switch a novel material between two different nonvolatile states at very high speeds and with great accuracy. The physical constituents of the device...
Why relying on new technology won't save the planet
Overreliance on promises of new technology to solve climate change is enabling delay, say researchers from Lancaster University.
Team develops rapid SARS-CoV-2 test based on new plasmonic-fluor biolabeling technology
Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have received federal funding for a rapid COVID-19 test using a newly developed technology.
Catalyst enables reactions with the help of green light
For the first time, chemists at the University of Bonn and Lehigh University in the U.S. have developed a titanium catalyst that makes light usable for selective chemical reactions. It...
Self-aligning microscope smashes limits of super-resolution microscopy
An ultra-precise microscope that surpasses the limitations of Nobel Prize-winning super-resolution microscopy will let scientists directly measure distances between individual molecules.
Harnessing the moonseed plant's chemical know-how
In overgrown areas from Canada to China, a lush, woody vine with crescent-shaped seeds holds the secret to making a cancer-fighting chemical. Now, Whitehead Institute researchers in Member Jing-Ke Weng's...
Michael Jordan says he rejected drugs, hotel party with Bulls teammates
Basketball legend Michael Jordan said in his new documentary that he walked out of a hotel room party that included drugs and many of his Chicago Bulls teammates while he...
Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS and more
Your phone's GPS, the Wi-Fi in your house and communications on aircraft are all powered by radio-frequency, or RF, waves, which carry information from a transmitter at one point to...
Cosmic understanding: Identifying distinctive signatures of heavy elements
At the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in a side room off the ATLAS nuclear particle accelerator, Jason Clark sits on an upper platform to do his work. The...