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Novel method for curing of epoxy resins uses local UV flashes to initiate a chemical cascade
5 hours ago
It may appear to be a nondescript, transparent, viscous liquid, but all you have to do is irradiate any part of it briefly with UV light and it changes completely. The new special resin formulation developed at TU Wien solidifies ...
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New multiferroic materials from building blocks
6 hours ago
A research group in Japan successfully developed room temperature multiferroic materials by a layer-by-layer assembly of nanosheet building blocks. Multiferroic materials are expected to play a vital role in the development ...
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Scientists tackle toxin particle capture
7 hours ago
As lakes and waterways are threatened by end-of-summer blue-green algae that produce cyanotoxins – compounds with potent toxicity to humans and pets – a new Cornell study shows how water chemistry controls the way toxic ...
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Food additive key to environmentally friendly, efficient, plastic solar cells
Sep 29, 2016
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created an efficient, semi-printed plastic solar cell without the use of environmentally hazardous halogen solvents. These solar cells ...
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Researchers demonstrate a few-component system of interacting organic species that displays autocatalytic features
Sep 29, 2016 report
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Harvard University has demonstrated a few-component system of interacting organic species that, when combined into a reaction network, displayed autocatalytic and oscillatory features—a ...
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Student's surprise finding could improve future handling of nuclear waste
Sep 29, 2016
A researcher at The University of Manchester has made a surprise finding after observing variations of a chemical bond with a radioactive metal called thorium – and this newly revealed relationship could one day contribute ...
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Enzyme research opens doors to developing new inhibitors for arthritis
Sep 28, 2016
Biologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated that removing water molecules can deactivate caspase-3 enzymes, which opens new doors for treatment of autoimmune diseases like arthritis, which have been ...
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Imaging uses 'photothermal effect' to peer into living cells
Sep 28, 2016
A new type of imaging technology uses the mid-infrared part of the spectrum and "thermal lensing" to visualize living cells and organisms, an innovation that could bring insights into drug delivery and cancer treatment.
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Scientists find evidence for alternate theory of how life arose
Sep 28, 2016
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) offers a twist on a popular theory for how life on Earth began about four billion years ago.
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X-rays reveal new path in battle against mosquito-borne illness
Sep 28, 2016
Structural biology research conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has uncovered how small insecticidal protein crystals that are naturally produced by bacteria might be tailored ...
