Controlling bubble formation on electrodes

A new study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting…

Plasmon-coupled gold nanoparticles useful for thermal history sensing

Researchers have demonstrated that stretching shape-memory polymers embedded with clusters of gold nanoparticles alters their plasmon-coupling,…

Molecule attacks coronavirus in a novel way

Scientists have isolated a molecule that might open new avenues in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. The…

Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity

Water scarcity is often understood as a problem for regions experiencing drought, but a new study…

The persistent danger after landscape fires

Every year, an estimated four percent of the world’s vegetated land surface burns, leaving more than…

A general approach to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

Researchers developed a general methodology for the reproducible fabrication of high efficiency perovskite solar cells. …

Climate change significantly increases population displacement risk

The risk of people being forced from their homes by flooding increases by half for each…

Measurable changes in brain activity during first few months of studying a new language

A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a…

The brain area with which we interpret the world

Language, empathy, attention – as different as these abilities may be, one brain region is involved…

Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most 'wild dogs' in Australia are pure dingoes

A new dingo study collates the results from over 5000 DNA samples of wild canines across…