Search results for color additives

Planetary Sciences Jun 4, 2024

Simulation of factors that led to Arrokoth's red color suggest its surface is rich in sugars

A team of space scientists and chemists at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Université Côte d'Azur and the Southwest Research Institute has found the planetesimal Arrokoth likely gets its red color from a surface rich ...

Astronomy Jun 3, 2024

Study unveils impact of mergers on star formation in dwarf galaxies

Interactions between galaxies, including mergers and tidal interactions, have been extensively studied. It has been established that mergers between massive galaxies can alter galaxy morphologies, enhance star formation, ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 3, 2024

Autophagic organelles restrict mouth size to regulate cellular clean-out, study reveals

Autophagy, which literally means "self-eating," is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good order, but excessive autophagy can be too much of a good thing.

Nanomaterials May 31, 2024

Nasty pollutant shown to be the missing ingredient for carbon nanotube films for touchscreens and solar cells

Skoltech scientists have proposed a fast, scalable, wasteless chemical treatment technique for endowing carbon nanotube films with all the right properties to improve the performance of solar panels, touchscreens, and more.

Optics & Photonics May 30, 2024

'Metaholograms': Researchers develop a new type of hologram

Researchers have developed a new type of hologram, known as "metaholograms," capable of projecting multiple high-fidelity images free of crosstalk. This breakthrough paves the way for next-generation technologies including ...

Space Exploration May 30, 2024

How much water would a self-sustaining moonbase need?

As humanity returns to the moon in the next few years, they're going to need water to survive. While resupplies from Earth would work for a time, eventually the lunar base would have to become self-sustaining? So, how much ...

Social Sciences May 29, 2024

How the 'model minority' myth harms Asian Americans

May is Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, a time when Americans celebrate the profound contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—a group that is commonly abbreviated as AAPI—to U.S. society. It's ...

Quantum Physics May 29, 2024

Research team demonstrates modular, scalable hardware architecture for a quantum computer

Quantum computers hold the promise of being able to quickly solve extremely complex problems that might take the world's most powerful supercomputer decades to crack.

Analytical Chemistry May 28, 2024

Novel design approach achieves nonlinear photochromism using easy-to-synthesize rhodamine spirolactam derivatives

Photochromic compounds, which change their color when exposed to light, have been widely used as photo switches to control different properties of materials. Nonlinear photochromic compounds, characterized by a nonlinear ...

Optics & Photonics May 27, 2024

Researchers create dispersion-assisted photodetector to decipher high-dimensional light

A new study published in Nature, conducted by an international collaboration team led by Prof. Wei Li from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduces ...

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