2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (595+ words) Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new low-temperature approach to hydrogen production that could make the clean fuel cheaper and more practical to generate. The technique could be used both in large centralized facilities and in smaller…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago  (761+ words) Creating nearly invisible wearable technologies such as smart contact lenses and ultrathin augmented reality (AR) glasses will require a radical redesign of conventional optical components. Instead of relying on bulky lenses and hardware, researchers are exploring materials that can manipulate…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (534+ words) As a researcher specializing in protein dynamics, Professor Doucet is captivated by things that are invisible to the naked eye, yet full of mysteries and essential to all forms of life. He studies proteins and enzymes, and the poorly understood…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (572+ words) The study was led by scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, and collaborators in Berlin, Dresden, J'lich, and Eindhoven. Their findings were published in Nature Physics. A Longstanding Mystery About Magnetism…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (305+ words) "We were able to isolate an intermediate structure from our ruthenium complex formation reaction and characterize this with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Surprisingly, we found the structure to be doubly ring-slipped," says Takebayashi. Ring-slippage happens when the number of atoms in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (535+ words) Scientists have adapted a chemistry technique used in traditional glassmaking to improve a futuristic material known as metal-organic framework (MOF) glass. These materials are made from metal atoms connected by organic molecules and are valued for their ability to trap…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (611+ words) Scientists have developed a surprising new way to power materials that normally cannot conduct electricity, opening the door to a new generation of ultra pure near infrared LEDs for medical imaging, communications technology, and advanced sensors. The breakthrough relies on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (277+ words) Renewable energy sources can cut harmful emissions, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and improve efficiency. However, many clean energy technologies remain expensive because they depend on costly materials such as platinum group metals (PGM) and require efficient ways to store…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (417+ words) Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life " not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers discovered that living systems leave behind a kind…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (592+ words) Creating new molecules is one of the toughest tasks in chemistry. Whether the goal is a life-saving drug or a cutting-edge material, each compound must be built through a carefully planned series of reactions. Mapping out these steps requires deep…...