17+ hour, 23+ min ago Researchers have identified a key reason why the batteries used to power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles deteriorate over time. The work is a critical step toward building faster, more reliable, and longer-lasting batteries. The findings shed new light…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago New research shows that hair can capture a chemical record of human exposure across days, weeks, and even months. Anna Neville was still a student in Pawel Misztal's indoor air chemistry class at the University of Texas at Austin when…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago Researchers have manufactured organic light-emitting diodes on a nanoscale'that's around a hundred times smaller than a human cell. Miniaturization ranks as the driving force behind the semiconductor industry. The tremendous gains in computer performance since the 1950s are largely due to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago Researchers have developed algorithms that reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products. Researchers at the University of Rochester developed algorithms that show the key atomic features driving the complex chemistry when the nanoscale catalysts turn propane into propylene. In…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago New research could transform the recovery of critical battery materials. The method provides an acid-free, energy-saving alternative to conventional recycling techniques, a breakthrough that aligns with the surging global demand for batteries used in electric vehicles and portable electronics. Traditional…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago Chemists have synthesized a complex, potentially cancer-fighting molecule found in sea sponges discovered off the coast of South Korea. The work, described in the journal Science, sets the stage for identifying the active biological mechanism of gukulenin A, an intricate,…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago Researchers have developed a biobased film that could replace traditional plastic packaging. Plastic packaging is ubiquitous in our world, with its waste winding up in landfills and polluting oceans, where it can take centuries to degrade. To ease this environmental…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago Researchers are using electricity to zap ice without heat or chemicals. During winter months, frost can unleash icy havoc on cars, planes, heat pumps, and much more. But thermal defrosting with heaters is very energy intensive, while chemical defrosting is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago A new superblack material reflects less than 0.4% of visible light across the full spectrum and is robust, low-cost, and easy to customize, researchers report. Cave entrances often appear black and forbidding. Light enters, but little escapes, absorbed as it "bounces…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago Researchers have developed a new approach for solid-state batteries, improving their performance while reducing the manufacturing costs. Solid-state batteries are an emerging energy storage technology that could unlock enhanced performance for drones, electronics, and electric vehicles. "The biggest game in…...