Nanophysics
Dec 15, 2020
Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets
You have to look closely, but the hills are alive with the force of van der Waals.
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General 麻豆淫院ics
Dec 11, 2020
Near-atomic-scale analysis of frozen water
Advances in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can allow cryo-imaging of biological and biochemical systems in liquid form, however, such approaches do not possess advanced analytical capabilities. In a new report now ...
Materials Science
Dec 7, 2020
Aluminum alloy research could benefit manned space missions
The MIAMI-2鈥擬icroscopes and Ion Accelerators for Materials Investigations鈥攆acility has helped Dr. Matheus Tunes investigate a new alloy that will harden aluminum without increasing its weight significantly.
Biotechnology
Dec 4, 2020
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
In his first year of graduate school, Rice University biochemist Zachary Wright discovered something hidden inside a common piece of cellular machinery that's essential for all higher order life from yeast to humans.
Materials Science
Nov 16, 2020
Looking inside the glass
A team of researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo used advanced electron spectroscopy and computer simulations to better understand the internal atomic structure of aluminosilicate ...
General 麻豆淫院ics
Nov 12, 2020
The first demonstration of phase-matching between an electron wave and a light wave
While researchers have conducted countless studies exploring the interaction between light waves and bound electron systems, the quantum interactions between free electrons and light have only recently become a topic of interest ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 11, 2020
Researchers demonstrate attosecond boost for electron microscopy
A team of physicists from the University of Konstanz and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen in Germany have achieved attosecond time resolution in a transmission electron microscope by combining it with a continuous-wave ...
Materials Science
Nov 2, 2020
Room temperature conversion of CO2 to CO: A new way to synthesize hydrocarbons
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2020
Landscape to atomic scales: Researchers apply new approach to pyrite oxidation
Pyrite, or fool's gold, is a common mineral that reacts quickly with oxygen when exposed to water or air, such as during mining operations, and can lead to acid mine drainage. Little is known, however, about the oxidation ...
General 麻豆淫院ics
Oct 12, 2020
Direct visualization of electromagnetic wave dynamics by laser-free ultrafast electron microscopy
Femtosecond lasers can be integrated with electron microscopes to directly image transient structures and morphologies in materials in real time and space. In a new report, Xuewen Fu and a team of scientists in condensed ...
