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Analytical Chemistry Jan 16, 2024

A Bi-doped RuO₂ catalyst for efficient and durable acidic water oxidation

Water electrolysis is a promising approach to generate hydrogen by the means of transforming electric energy powered by sustainable energy into chemical energy stored in hydrogen bonds.

Analytical Chemistry Dec 14, 2023

Computational scientists generate molecular datasets at extreme scale

A team of computational scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has generated and released datasets of unprecedented scale that provide the ultraviolet visible spectral properties of over 10 ...

Astronomy Dec 14, 2023

Research investigates evolution of symbiotic binary HM Sagittae

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers have performed a multiwavelength study of a symbiotic binary known as HM Sagittae. Results of the study, ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 22, 2023

Combining extreme-ultraviolet light sources to resolve a quantum mechanical dissociation mechanism in oxygen molecules

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in selectively exciting a molecule using a combination of two extreme-ultraviolet light sources and causing the molecule to dissociate while tracking it over time. This is another ...

Astronomy Nov 9, 2023

How we're building the world's biggest optical telescope to crack some of the greatest puzzles in science

Astronomers get to ask some of the most fundamental questions there are, ranging from whether we're alone in the cosmos to what the nature of the mysterious dark energy and dark matter making up most of the universe is.

Astrobiology Oct 24, 2023

Simulating space to explore the great mystery of interstellar chemistry

The universe is more than 13 billion years old and space is often depicted as a vast, empty vacuum. Other than planets and stars, there's nothing there, right? Actually, space is littered with complex, carbon-based molecules. ...

Biochemistry Oct 20, 2023

Sustainable cosmetics: Harnessing cyanobacteria for natural active ingredients

The cosmetics industry is turning towards natural alternatives to chemical agents used in products to pave the way towards a more sustainable future.

Optics & Photonics Oct 18, 2023

High-quality diamonds empower narrowband deep ultraviolet photodetection

A new publication in Opto-Electronic Science reports how high-quality diamonds empower narrowband deep ultraviolet photodetection.

Astronomy Oct 16, 2023

Study reveals violent material ejection process of a dying massive star

A research team led by Dr. Zhang Jujia from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Wang Xiaofeng from Tsinghua University has revealed the stellar mass violently ejected from a progenitor at the ...

Astronomy Oct 12, 2023

What would it take to see exoplanet volcanoes?

Even with the clearest image from the best telescope in the world, astronomers still won't know what they're looking at. It takes a fundamental understanding of physics, particularly how light works, to glean scientific data ...

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