Study challenges common view of oxygen scarcity on Earth 2 billion years ago

Shungite, a unique carbon-rich sedimentary rock from Russia deposited 2 billion years ago, holds clues about…

Creating stretchable thermoelectric generators

For the first time, a soft and stretchable organic thermoelectric module has been created that can…

Planning for future water security in China

China’s fast economic growth and accompanying rise in food demand is driving an increase in water…

Scientists reveal how proteins team up to repair DNA

Scientists have revealed an important mechanism in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, according to new…

Teaching old transition metals new tricks: Chemists activate palladium catalysis by light

In the production of compounds, chemists have the fundamental goal of finding strategies that are most…

Pushing periodic disorder induced phase-matching into deep-ultraviolet spectral region

Phase matching condition is the key criteria for efficient nonlinear frequency conversion. Here, Scientists in China…

Lead-halide perovskites with enhanced luminescence and stability

Lead halide perovskites are materials that emit light with a range of colors, but also suffer…

Development of a solid material capable of slowly releasing hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide

National Institute for Materials Science has developed a solid material capable of slowly releasing hydrogen sulfide…

Eye blinking on-a-chip

Researchers at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a device that moves…

Special blend of circuits and memristive devices created for brain-mimicking processing systems

During the 1990s, Carver Mead and colleagues combined basic research in neuroscience with elegant analog circuit…