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New Findings Related to Muon Anomaly Challenge Standard Model

Two decades ago, an experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory pinpointed a mysterious mismatch between established particle physics theory and actual lab measurements.

6 May 2020

Small-Molecule Metal Catalysts Used to Create Drug Discovery Platform

The use of metals in drug delivery could offer major benefits, including allowing for lower dosages of a medication to achieve therapeutic effects. But metal catalysts haven't been fully exploited in drug discovery.

6 May 2020

Study Reports Key Chemical Discovery to Create Electronic Marijuana Breathalyzer

UCLA chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer.

6 May 2020

Research Develop First-Ever Liquid Metal Lattice with Multiple Applications

Pu Zhang likes to compare his team's research on liquid metals to the Terminator -- specifically 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which a killer robot sent from a grim future can transform into anyone and anything in pursuit of its human prey.

6 May 2020

New, Unique Spinel Material Could Find Several Applications

Spinels are oxides with chemical formulas of the type AB2O4, where A is a divalent metal cation (positive ion), B is a trivalent metal cation, and O is oxygen.

5 May 2020

Perovskites Could Help Create Low-Cost, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells

Perovskites with their crystal structures and promising electro-optical properties could be the active ingredient that makes the next generation of low-cost, efficient, lightweight and flexible solar cells.

5 May 2020

Diamagnetic Molecules Show Magneto-Sensitive Optical, Photophysical Properties

The Princeton University Department of Chemistry publishes research this week proving that an applied magnetic field will interact with the electronic structure of weakly magnetic, or diamagnetic, molecules to induce a magnetic-field effect that, to their knowledge, has never before been documented.

5 May 2020

The Advanced Materials Show and Ceramics UK will Now Take Place on 2nd & 3rd December 2020, Stoneleigh UK

Due to the ongoing and developing situation regarding COVID-19 Event Partners, the show organisers, have made the decision to move The Advanced Materials Show and Ceramics UK and their co-located events Battery Cells & Systems Expo and Vehicle Electrification Expo to 2nd & 3rd December 2020.

From The Advanced Materials Show 5 May 2020

New, Low-Cost, Efficient Device Splits Water to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Rice University researchers have integrated high-efficiency solar cells and electrode catalysts into an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel.

5 May 2020

New Technology Helps Find Positions of Nanoscale Biomolecules with Precision

Since Robert Hooke's first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life.

5 May 2020

Single-Crystal Electrode Could Yield Pivotal Findings for Advanced Batteries

The diamonds and other crystals on view in science museum exhibits are a delight to the eye. What contributes to their sometimes dazzling geometric shapes and colors is their highly ordered arrangement of atoms.

5 May 2020

Novel Composite Membranes for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

Ethanol has five times higher volumetric energy density (6.7 kWh/L) than hydrogen (1.3 kWh/L) and can be used safely in fuel cells for power generation.

5 May 2020

Study Highlights Gallium Oxide's Promise for Next Generation Radiation Detectors

New research from North Carolina State University finds that radiation detectors making use of single-crystal gallium oxide allow for monitoring X-ray radiation in near-real time.

5 May 2020

New Atom-Sized Machine Creates Entropy When Filled with Free Energy

Here's a new chapter in the story of the miniaturisation of machines: researchers in a laboratory in Singapore have shown that a single atom can function as either an engine or a fridge.

5 May 2020