Adsorption, catalysis, or substrates for tissue growth: porous materials have many potential applications. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team of Chinese and Australian researchers has now introduced a method for the ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2014
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Generating electricity is not the only way to turn sunlight into energy we can use on demand. The sun can also drive reactions to create chemical fuels, such as hydrogen, that can in turn power cars, trucks and trains.
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2014
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Why does a mouse's heart beat about the same number of times in its lifetime as an elephant's, although the mouse lives about a year, while an elephant sees 70 winters come and go? Why do small plants and animals mature faster ...
Evolution
Feb 17, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory attacked a tangled problem by developing a new technique to grow tiny "hairy" materials that assemble themselves at the microscale.
Materials Science
Feb 3, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team made up of researchers from France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. has found that chemical reactions that result in the formation of new molecules tend to run much faster when confined to a very small ...
(Phys.org) —The eastern Sahara Desert was once home to a 45,000 km2 freshwater lake similar in surface area to the largest in the world today.
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2014
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There are examples of art imitating nature all around us—whether it's Monet's pastel Water Lilies or Chihuly's glassblown Seaforms, the human conception of natural phenomena dazzles but does not often surprise.
Nanophysics
Dec 11, 2013
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The Giant Magellan Telescope's third primary mirror will be unveiled at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab on December 6, 2013. The combined surface area of the three mirrors created to date surpasses ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2013
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Copper adorns the Statue of Liberty, makes sturdy, affordable wiring, and helps our bodies absorb iron. Now, researchers at Duke University would like to use copper to transform sunlight and water into a chemical fuel.
Nanomaterials
Nov 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A large international team of environmental scientists has combined their resources to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of CO2 that is transferred from inland waterways to the atmosphere. In their paper ...
