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- Simpler is better when it comes to terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
A simple tweak to the usual setup is all that is needed to enhance a spectroscopy technique that uses waves in the terahertz region to probe samples, RIKEN physicists have discovered. Developing te...
- Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is recyclable and fully ocean-degradable
Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a durable plastic that won't contribute to microplastic pollution in our oceans. The new mat... - Nanostructures in the deep ocean floor hint at life's origin
Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered ... - Higher intensity x-ray beams don't always give stronger diffraction patterns
Turning up the intensity of x-ray beams used to probe the atomic structures of materials can actually reduce the intensity of x-rays scattered from the material, a RIKEN-led team has found. This ra... - The origin of the photovoltaic effect in organic-inorganic perovskites
A team led by RIKEN researchers has investigated how special crystals convert light into electricity1. Their findings will help inform efforts to improve their efficiency, which could lead to the c...
- How instructions for gene expression are relayed
The 'read-write' mechanism by which cells replicate and use chemical instructions for expressing genes has been uncovered by RIKEN researchers. The quality and quantity of gene expression corre... - Atomic picture of dengue replication could transform antiviral approaches
A detailed atomic exploration into how the dengue virus replicates its genome could catalyze the development of high-precision targeted antiviral therapeutics. Dengue is one of the most common infe... - Ultrafast x-ray pulses force atoms to give up their electronic secrets
A new spectroscopy technique developed by RIKEN researchers could help reveal the inner workings of metal catalysts and the proteins involved in photosynthesis in plants1. The method is based on... - Doubly magic oxygen isotope provides new clues to the strong nuclear force
A first observation of the volatile atomic nucleus oxygen-28 sheds new light on the strong nuclear force that is central to all visible matter in the universe. Chalmers researchers have contributed... - Deadly fungus beaten with new type of treatment
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have discovered a new way to attack fungal infections. The key is to block fungi from being abl... - A safe, easy, and affordable way to store and retrieve hydrogen
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have discovered a compound that uses a chemical reaction to store ammonia, potentially offering a safer and easier way to...
- A robust self-healing polymer made from a common chemical
Material scientists at RIKEN have created a self-healing polymer by using an off-the-shelf compound for the first time1. The strategy they used is promising for improving the durability and minimiz... - A powerful LED can efficiently disinfect surfaces, while remaining safe for humans
A highly efficient LED that is deadly to microbes and viruses but safe for people has been engineered by three RIKEN physicists1. It could one day help countries emerge from the shadows of pandemic... - Superheavy element Flerovium is a volatile metal
An international research team has succeeded in gaining new insights into the chemical properties of the superheavy element Flerovium - element 114 - at the accelerator facilities of the GSI Helmho... - Discovering how heavy elements were made
Nuclear physicists at RIKEN have measured the mass of a neutron-rich nucleus of the element palladium to a greater accuracy than ever before1. When this mass is fed into models of merging neutron s...
- Crafting a "sponge" for adsorbing and desorbing gas molecules
A group of researchers led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo have created an unusual material - a soft crystal made of molecules known as a... - Microbes are engineered to convert sugar into 1,3-butadiene, used in synthetic rubber
The future environmental footprint of the tire industry could be substantially shrunk thanks to a new ecofriendly way found by four RIKEN researchers that harnesses bacteria to make a chemical used... - Nickel atom aids carbon dioxide reduction
Scientists are closer to finding ways to convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into industrially useful chemicals thanks to a RIKEN study that looked at how nature converts carbon dioxide into m... - Transient grating spectroscopy with ultrafast X-rays
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded for the first time in looking inside materials using the method of transient grating spectroscopy with ultrafast X-rays at SwissFEL. Th... - High-precision spectroscopic measurements reveal the dynamics of water molecules lying at the surface
Chemical reactions and physical processes that involve water surfaces will be easier to model thanks to the discovery by an all-RIKEN team of how the molecules at water surfaces lose energy1. Wa... - The water surface is a fantastic place for chemical reactions
Using an advanced technique, scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have demonstrated that a chemical reaction powered by light takes place ten thousand times faster at the air-w... - A new tool in the search for axions
Researchers from the international BASE collaboration at CERN, Switzerland, which is led by the RIKEN Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, have discovered a new avenue to search for axions-a hypothet...
- Indirect impacts of a pandemic on women in science
On 9 September, EMBL hosted a conference to discuss the indirect impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on women in science. As one of the speakers noted, the pandemic has been a torrential storm. But... - Every moment of ultrafast chemical bonding now captured on film
A team of South Korean researchers led by Professor Hyotcherl Ihee from the Department of Chemistry at KAIST reported the direct observation of the birthing moment of chemical bonds by tracking rea... - 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 ...