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Analytical Chemistry 41 minutes ago

Accelerating the discovery of new materials via the ion-exchange method

Tohoku University researchers have unveiled a new means of predicting how to synthesize new materials via the ion-exchange. Based on computer simulations, the method significantly reduces the time and energy required to explore ...

General Physics 21 hours ago

Smoother surfaces make for better accelerators

With every new particle accelerator built for research, scientists have an opportunity to push the limits of discovery. But this is only true if new particle accelerators deliver the desired performance—no small feat in ...

Nanomaterials Apr 18, 2024

Scientists explore the strategies of defects and nanostructure fabrication for promoting piezocatalytic activity

As an important chemical raw material, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is widely applied in various aspects of industry and life. The industrial anthraquinone method for H2O2 production has the serious flaws, such as high pollution ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 18, 2024

Materials follow the 'Rule of Four,' but scientists don't know why yet

Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw in the data itself, so-called ...

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 18, 2024

Capturing DNA origami folding with a new dynamic model

Most people are familiar with the DNA double-helix. Its twisted ladder shape forms because the long pieces of DNA that make up our genome are exactly complementary—every adenine paired to a thymine, and every cytosine paired ...

Condensed Matter Apr 17, 2024

A new spin on materials analysis: Benefits of probing electron spin states at much higher resolution and efficiency

Electron spin states can now be probed at much higher resolution and more efficiently, opening new opportunities in materials analysis and data processing technologies.

Analytical Chemistry Apr 17, 2024

Highly efficient and stable near-infrared phosphor for night vision and bio-imaging

Near-infrared (NIR) light source, characterized by non-destructive and rapid detection, has a wide range of applications in diverse fields including food testing, safety, sensing, agricultural production and biomedicine. ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 17, 2024

How a cyanobacterium manages iron scarcity makes it the most successful photosynthetic organism on Earth

The sea is the world's largest ecosystem, and it harbors two photosynthetic organisms that produce approximately half of the oxygen on Earth. The cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 17, 2024

Cold Coulomb crystals, cosmic clues: Unraveling the mysteries of space chemistry

While it may not look like it, the interstellar space between stars is far from empty. Atoms, ions, molecules, and more reside in this ethereal environment known as the Interstellar Medium (ISM). The ISM has fascinated scientists ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 17, 2024

From defects to order: Spontaneously emerging crystal arrangements in perovskite halides

Perovskites are among the most extensively studied materials in modern materials science. Their often unique and exotic properties, which stem from perovskite's peculiar crystal structure, could find revolutionary applications ...

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