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How one molecule's 'voice' was captured: Infrared light meets scanning tunneling microscopy
When things vibrate, they make sounds. Molecules do too, but at frequencies far beyond human hearing. Chemical bonds stretch, bend, and twist at characteristic...
What 'housane' rings are and why a light-powered route may matter for drugs
When developing new drugs, one thing is particularly important: finding and producing the right molecules that can be used as active ingredients. The key elemen...
A 'magic blueprint' for converting CO₂ into resources through atom-level catalyst design
A research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has uncovered the principle that the products and reactio...
Cheaper green hydrogen? New catalyst design cuts energy losses in AEM electrolyzers
Producing clean hydrogen from water is often compared to storing renewable energy in chemical form, but improving the efficiency of that process remains a scien...
Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and re...
Widely used method underestimates forests' ability to prevent major floods, researchers argue
Researchers from the University of British Columbia argue that a widely used method to understand and predict flood risk has led scientists to miscalculate how...
New chip-scale microcomb uses lithium niobate to generate evenly spaced light
Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a new way to generate ultra-precise, evenly...
Study links 'dark pool' trading to higher risk of sudden stock price crashes
More stock trading is moving away from traditional public stock exchanges and into places called "dark pools." These are private, electronic markets where inves...
AI tool observes solar active regions to advance warnings of space weather
New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF-NCAR) has developed a ne...
Helping beekeepers fight mites through more effective treatments
Researchers from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of California, Davis, are helping beekeepers protect their colonies from dest...
Nature-inspired method forms ZnO quantum dots in solid crystals at room temperature
In nature, tiny crystals known as nanocrystals are formed slowly over many years. Rocks and minerals react with air, water, and carbon dioxide in a process call...
New AI framework reveals chemistry driving high-conductivity lithium-ion electrolytes
A new artificial intelligence framework developed at Cornell can accurately predict the performance of battery electrolytes while revealing the chemical princip...