Research from an international team of scientists has cast new light on the physics of vitrification—the process by which glass forms.
Soft Matter
Jan 24, 2023
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Without the force called friction, cars would skid off the roadway, humans couldn't stride down the sidewalk, and objects would tumble off your kitchen counter and onto the floor. Even so, how friction works at a molecular ...
Nanophysics
Jan 24, 2023
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As semiconductor devices become ever smaller, researchers are exploring two-dimensional (2D) materials for potential applications in transistors and optoelectronics. Controlling the flow of electricity and heat through these ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 4, 2023
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Lignin and cellulose are polymers—large molecules made up of repeating modules—that are situated in a tangled braid, along with some other polymers, within the plant cell wall. Lignin and cellulose are the two main polymers ...
Biochemistry
Dec 14, 2022
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a computer model—dubbed quantitative fate mapping—that looks back in the developmental timeline to trace the origin of cells in a fully grown organism. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2022
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Scientists believe bats first transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in December 2019, and while the virus has since evolved into several variants such as delta and omicron, a new study indicates the virus is still highly transmissible ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2022
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Using a combination of simulation and experimental techniques, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Material Science and Engineering researchers have been able to identify the electric double layer structure of an ionic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2022
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Among the most promising unfilled gaps in materials research is an ability to accurately predict real-world physical properties of a material based on its molecular structure.
Polymers
Nov 16, 2022
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Vikas Nanda has spent more than two decades studying the intricacies of proteins, the highly complex substances present in all living organisms. The Rutgers scientist has long contemplated how the unique patterns of amino ...
Biochemistry
Nov 2, 2022
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Scientists have made a significant step towards building the world's first digital plant by developing a sophisticated computational model which has also solved one of the most enduring plant science mysteries—the role ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2022
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