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• Following the charging and discharging of silicon electrodes live
  Using silicon as a material for electrodes in lithium-ion batteries promises a significant increase in battery amp-hour capacity.The shortcoming of this material is that it is easily damaged by the...
• Atomic Force Microscopy reveals nanoscale dental erosion from beverages
  KAIST researchers used atomic force microscopy to quantitatively evaluate how acidic and sugary drinks affect human tooth enamel at the nanoscale level. This novel approach is useful for measuring ...
• Study on protein biosynthesis in bacteria: New perspectives for antibiotics research
  Researchers of the University of Bayreuth and the Columbia University in New York reported groundbreaking findings on protein biosynthesis in bacteria in the journal "iScience". The small protein N...
• Topological control by tuning structural chirality
  Chiral crystals that have a distinct handedness have recently emerged as one of the most exciting new classes of topological materials. An international research team from institutions in Germany,...
• European Atlas of Natural Radiation
  The European Atlas of Natural Radiation provides harmonised data on levels of natural radiation across the EU and aims to raise awareness among Europeans of living with natural radioactivity. Th...
• Bioinspired strategy for the controlled synthesis of polyenes
  They occur in nature, are reactive and play a role in many biological processes: polyenes. It is no wonder that chemists have for a long time been interested in efficiently constructing these compo...
• New NMR method enables monitoring of chemical reactions in metal containers
  Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is employed in a wide range of applications. In chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is in standard use for the purposes of analysis, while in the med...
• What comes after the lithium-ion battery?
  The demand for batteries to store renewable energy will grow drastically in the coming years. Could we develop more sustainable technologies to save precious natural resources, besides the familiar...
• Contactless magnetic heating to control enzymes activity
  Contactless magnetic heating may sound scary, but it is part of your daily life experience. Every time you heat-up your morning coffee mocha with an induction cooker, you are using magnetic fields ...
• Electron cryo-microscopy: Using inexpensive technology to produce high-resolution images
  Biochemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have used a standard electron cryo-microscope to achieve surprisingly good images that are on par with those taken by far more sophist...
• Watching copper catalysts at work
  A research team from the Departments of Interface Science and Inorganic Chemistry was able to observe a copper catalyst during the reaction that converts the greenhouse gas CO₂ into a chemical ener...
• How much fluorine is too much fluorine?
  For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our toothpaste or a municipal water supply with added fluoride. But excess fluorine can be a problem. For example...
• Spider silk made by photosynthetic bacteria
  Spiders produce amazingly strong and lightweight threads called draglines that are made from silk proteins. Although they can be used to manufacture a number of useful materials, getting enough of ...
• IUPAC Structure Review
  Since 1919, IUPAC has been creating a common language for chemistry through international collaboration. Its visionary endeavors and free exchange of scientific information have laid the foundation...
• Turning paper trash into paint
  Alucha and AkzoNobel are collaborating on technology that turns paper sludge into resources for making paint. Alucha won the partnership in the 2019 Paint the Future global startup challenge. Now, ...
• Genomics reveals secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  The discovery in Qumran more than sixty years ago of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls had an immense impact on the historical understanding of Judaism and Christianity. Prof. Oded Rechavi, Ed...
• Converting single-use plastics into basic chemicals using a one-step thermal-catalytic process
  Sustainable technology company Anellotech has announced that R Plus Japan Ltd., a new joint venture company, will invest in the development of Anellotech's cutting-edge Plas-TCat^TM technology for r...
• Understanding superconductors better
  In recent years, two-dimensional quantum materials have become a platform for the realization of novel correlated and topological phases of matter. An international team of researchers, including R...
• Cyanobacterium as new candidate for raw material synthesis
  Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
• Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater
  Scientists at Newcastle University are part of a national programme to perform underpinning research and develop a standardised UK-wide system for detecting COVID-19 in wastewater. "This projec...
• A new way to rearrange carbon atoms for building a harder diamond
  Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used computer calculations to design a new carbon-based material even harder than diamond. This structure, dubbed "pentadiamond" by its creators, may be use...
• Ultra-fast diffusion of hydrogen in a novel mesoporous N-doped carbon
  The synthesis of stable and cost-effective new materials is paramount for the development of advance technologies. At the same time, new and exciting insights can be made about material properties ...
• Innovative test allows Covid-19 screening without laboratory
  Scientists from the Vienna BioCenter have pushed SARS-CoV-2 detection to a new level. Their approach is as sensitive and robust, yet cheaper, simpler and faster to implement than conventional tests...