Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a popular technique for interrogating surfaces on the micro and nano scales. The most common use for AFM is imaging; however, there are a variety of more specialized AFM techniques that can ...
Nanophysics
Jan 17, 2023
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This standard reference material from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help calibrate procedures for calcium determinations used in clinical analysis and for routine critical evaluation of the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 17, 2023
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Physicists at Leipzig University have once again gained a deeper understanding of the mechanism behind superconductors. This brings the research group led by Professor Jürgen Haase one step closer to their goal of developing ...
Superconductivity
Jan 17, 2023
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Chemists from the University of Groningen have found a simple way to produce previously inaccessible chiral Z-alkenes, molecules that offer a significant synthetic short-cut for the production of bioactive molecules.
Biochemistry
Jan 13, 2023
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A quantum harmonic oscillator—a structure that can control the location and energy of quantum particles that could, in the future, be used to develop new technologies including OLEDs and miniature lasers—has been made ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 12, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, continues to threaten populations around the world, after killing over 1 million Americans. In recent weeks, XBB.1.5, the most transmissible variant to date, has started ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2023
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A major impediment to industrial urea synthesis is the lack of catalysts with high selectivity and activity. Prof. Yuliang Li (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and coworkers reported a new catalyst system ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2022
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A research group led by Prof. Wu Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported the successful initialization, coherent quantum-state control, and readout of spins ...
Nanophysics
Dec 20, 2022
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The discovery of hydrous ringwoodite inclusion in diamonds with 1.5 wt.% H2O provided an irrefutable indication that water is present in the Earth's deep mantle. Whether this water was delivered by one of the numerous subducted ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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A team of researchers from Lithuania has developed organic dyes showing a particularly long afterglow after being excited by light.
Polymers
Dec 16, 2022
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