Chemistry

October 9, 2024

Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after sugar-free meals

When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food...

Switching nanomagnets using infrared lasers

When molecules are irradiated with infrared light, they begin to vibrate due to the energy supply. For Andreas Hauser from...

Current development status and prospects of emerging polymer/MXene electromagnetic shielding composites

With the booming development of 5th generation (5G) mobile networks, various electronic devices have been widely used to improve people's...

Bound-state electrons synergy over photochromic high-crystalline C₃N₅ nanosheets in enhancing charge separation for photocatalytic H₂ production

Photocatalytic water splitting, a sustainable energy strategy, utilizes solar energy to produce clean hydrogen fuel. While it offers a promising...

A catalyst’s best friend: how neighboring atoms boost CO₂ electrochemical reduction

The quest for sustainable energy solutions has led to a new study that explores the neighboring effects in single-atom catalysts...

MOLLER experiment baselined and moving forward

NEWPORT NEWS – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is moving forward on a project to gain new...

Researchers engineer new approach for controlling thermal emission

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the...

Four-legged, dog-like robot ‘sniffs’ hazardous gases in inaccessible environments

Nightmare material or truly man’s best friend? A team of researchers equipped a dog-like quadruped robot with a mechanized arm...

Breakthrough in creating cyclic peptide opens the way for new antibiotics

A discovery made by scientists at King’s College London could speed up efforts to produce new antibiotics in the fight...

Brain’s structure hangs in ‘a delicate balance’