Chemistry
Chemist Oliver Trapp has designed and synthesized a catalyst that flexibly molds the handedness of the reaction products with which it interacts
Researchers disprove the idea that water degrades black phosphorus and find the material is actually hydrophobic
The shrinking list of approved preservatives is having unintended consequences
Low-cost wearable electronic device collects and analyzes sweat for health monitoring
Research team combines X-ray source at Berkeley Lab with other tools
The benefits are two-fold: The process removes harmful CO2 from the atmosphere, and the diesel can be used as an alternative fuel to gasoline
One difficulty in nanorobot design is to make nanostructures sense and respond to the environment
Technique may enable large-scale atom arrays for quantum computing
Some scientists have an important, if morbid, job: They study the smell of decomposing human bodies.
Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles
"If you want to see something that happens very, very fast, you need a tool that can measure a very, very tiny time period."
