Six degrees of nuclear separation
Argonne scientists look to 3-D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear material.
Astronauts now print their own parts in space...
Researchers rediscover fast-acting German insecticide lost in the aftermath of WWII
A new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society explores the chemistry as well as the complicated and alarming history of DFDT, a fast-acting...
Shaping nanoparticles for improved quantum information technology
Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at the forefront of scientific research today. They come in many different shapes: rods, spheres, cubes,...
New research integrates borophene and graphene into 2-D heterostructures
Nanomaterials could provide the basis of many emerging technologies, including extremely tiny, flexible, and transparent electronics.
While many nanomaterials exhibit promising electronic properties, scientists and engineers...
Liquid metals the secret ingredients to clean up environment
Forget the laboratory, substances that can solve environmental problems by capturing carbon dioxide, decontaminating water and cleaning up pollutants can be easily created in...
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
Researchers from Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have built a super-sensitive bolometer, a type of thermal radiation detector. The new...
New compiler makes quantum computers two times faster
A new paper from researchers at the University of Chicago introduces a technique for compiling highly optimized quantum instructions that can be executed on...
Violent flaring revealed at the heart of a black hole system
An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Southampton, have used state-of-the-art cameras to create a high frame-rate movie of a growing...
An ultrafast glimpse of the photochemistry of the atmosphere
Our lives are governed by submicroscopic processes in the nanocosmos. Indeed many natural phenomena begin with a minuscule shift in the states of atoms...
Unlocking a 140-year-old secret in physics
Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of today's digital, electronic age, providing us a multitude of devices that benefit our modern life, including computer,...
Honeybees are math stars
Start thinking about numbers and they can become large very quickly. The diameter of the universe is about 8.8×1023 km and the largest known number—googolplex,...
