Find Latest News
Your search returned 1868 results!
Search for ""Universit on entire page
» Search accurate expression '""Universit'- 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... - 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... - NMR studying of biological molecules using hyperpolarized water
"We are often charged with not being sensitive enough," says Prof. Lucio Frydman of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Chemical and Biological Physics Department. Frydman is not referring to emoti... - Evidence of more elementary particles in the nucleus of an atom
In the nucleus of an atom there are protons and neutrons. These are made up of elementary particles, specifically three quarks in each one. You can read about this in current physics textbooks - bu... - A neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material
Chemical engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed new technology that helps convert harmful carbon dioxide emissions into chemical building blocks to make useful industrial products like fuel and ... - Ancient enzymes can contribute to greener chemistry
A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse completely different chemical reactions than their modern versions can manag... - Potential Beginning of Life Simulated in Lab
Did life originate not on the ground but underground? Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have substantiated their theory that first life could have begun deep in the earth's crust... - Snapshots of exploding oxygen
In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, an international collaboration of scientists led by Till Jahnke from Goethe University Frankfurt succeeded in observing the ultrafast breakup ... - Sustainable method for extracting vanillin from wood processing waste
Electrolytic depolymerization of lignin in caustic soda could replace the existing environmentally harmful process for producing the most widely used flavoring and aroma agent in the world. Scie... - "Black nitrogen": a puzzle of the periodic table has been solved
In the periodic table of elements there is one golden rule for carbon, oxygen, and other light elements. Under high pressures they have similar structures to heavier elements in the same group of e... - Tyre particles contaminate rivers and oceans
A major government funded study suggests particles released from vehicle tyres could be a significant and previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment. Dr Geof... - Experiments find the sweet spot for surface area and bubbles to store energy
Electrolysis, passing a current through water to break it into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen, could be a handy way to store excess energy from wind or solar power. The hydrogen can be stored and used... - Controlling cells with light
Photopharmacology investigates the use of light to switch the effect of drugs on and off. Now, for the first time, scientific teams from Jena, Munich, and New York have succeeded in using this meth... - What are the benefits of cleaning kitchen sponges in the microwave?
During the corona crisis, household and kitchen hygiene is particularly important as many people are at home more, and are cooking for themselves more often, but at the same time are very conscious... - Real-time monitoring of biomineralisation as an important process of bone formation
21st century societal challenges such as demographic developments and an ageing population demand for new functional materials, such as for bone prostheses. Nature often serves as inspiration when ... - How interstitial ordering affects high-strength steels
The performance of materials is strongly influenced by their alloying elements: Adding elements beyond the basic composition of the alloy can strongly influence the properties and performance of it... - How to produce better electrodes
Another step forward for renewable energies: The production of green hydrogen could be even more efficient in the future. By applying an unusual process step, chemists at Martin Luther University H... - Crystal building by tiny magnets
Tiny magnetic balls are a popular toy for building great 3D shapes. Imagine you'd want to use this principle for building crystal structures by self-assembly, is a spheroid still the best building ... - On the road to non-toxic and stable perovskite solar cells
The promising halide perovskite materials for solar energy conversion show high efficiencies, but this comes at a cost: The best perovskite materials incorporate toxic lead which poses a hazard to ... - A closer look at superconductors
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential to revolutionize today's technologies. Despite intensive research, however, we still lack the neces... - News software to characterise 60 lipid classes in cells with mass spectrometry
Researchers increasingly aim at utilising the manifold functions of lipids in our bodies, e.g. as blood fats or in blood coagulation, to better understand and predict diseases. An international ... - Using the Tokyo Skytree to test Einstein's theory of general relativity
In another verification of the validity of Einstein's theory of general relativity, published in Nature Photonics, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics and Cluster for Pioneering... - New biosensor for COVID-19 virus
A team of researchers from Empa, ETH Zurich and Zurich University Hospital has succeeded in developing a novel sensor for detecting the new coronavirus. In future it could be used to measure the co... - A new way to fine-tune exotic materials: Thin, stretch and clamp
One way to change the properties of a material is to stretch it just a wee bit, so its atoms are farther apart but the bonds between them don't break. This extra distance affects the behavior of el...