Biochemistry
Aug 11, 2025
By learning to harness light like nature, we're launching a new era of green chemistry
Photosynthesis is nature's way of turning sunlight into chemical energy.
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Condensed Matter
Aug 11, 2025
Powerful form of quantum interference paves the way for phonon-based technologies
Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds—including light, sound and atomic vibrations—can interfere with one another. At the quantum level, this kind of interference ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 11, 2025
South Africa and China set up a quantum communication link: How we did it and why it's historic
A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum satellite communication link between China and South Africa. The connection spanned a remarkable 12,900 km: the longest intercontinental ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2025
Hypergravity boosts food production in moss species, Japanese study finds
Unless one is a trained fighter jet pilot, or a Formula 1 driver, humans tend not to do well at higher gravity, but tiny green moss plants seem to thrive under such conditions.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 11, 2025
Rethinking imperfections: How defects are powering brighter perovskite emissions
In materials science, defects are usually seen as problems, unwanted microscopic features that degrade performance, reduce efficiency or shorten the lifespan of devices. But a recent breakthrough published in Advanced Materials ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 8, 2025
Organic molecule achieves both strong light emission and absorption for displays and imaging
Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a novel organic molecule that simultaneously exhibits two highly sought-after properties: efficient light emission suitable for advanced displays and strong light absorption ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Aug 8, 2025
The US just got a new X-ray laser toolkit to study nature's mysteries
With a suite of reimagined instruments at SLAC's LCLS facility, researchers see massive improvement in data quality and take up scientific inquiries that were out of reach just one year ago.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 7, 2025
Researchers overcome long-standing bottleneck in single photon detection with twisted 2D materials
The ability to detect single photons (the smallest energy packets constituting electromagnetic radiation) in the infrared range has become a pressing need across numerous fields, from medical imaging and astrophysics to emerging ...
Astronomy
Aug 7, 2025
An interstellar mission to a black hole? Astrophysicist thinks it's possible
It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the very fabric of space and ...
Nanophysics
Aug 7, 2025
Study finds tiny catalytic particles change shape to steer carbon dioxide reactions
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that the size of catalytic nanoparticles determines how their shape and structure transform during chemical reactions. ...
