Earth’s first life may have been sparked by underwater thermal vents
Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient…
“This Contradicts a Rule in Chemistry”: Unexpected Discovery Reveals ‘Impossible’ Molecular Combinations Could Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Impossible molecular combinations are possible on Saturn’s moon Titan, say researchers from NASA and Sweden’s Chalmers University of…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Into the cart when nobody’s looking – dailyrecordnews.com
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Into the cart when nobody’s looking dailyrecordnews.comSt. Maarten’s Backyard Astronomy for October 10 –…
Light-Driven Reaction Leads to Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterial
Newswise — Scientists are exploring many ways to use light rather than heat to drive chemical reactions more efficiently,…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: The ‘early to bed’ meteor shower – dailyrecordnews.com
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: The ‘early to bed’ meteor shower dailyrecordnews.comWhen to see meteor shower coincide with rare…
Simulations Can Reduce Cost of Purification and Waste Treatment
Newswise — Important tasks like water desalination, dehumidification, and nuclear waste processing all involve expensive separation steps. A…
US scientists bring quantum-level accuracy to molecular modeling
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new method that brings quantum-level accuracy to molecular modeling,…
Optimization of absorption coefficient of quantum dot structures for infrared spectroscopy
The basic cell of the proposed QD structures is made up of multi-layers, modeled here as ten layers,…
New Research Highlights the Potential of Electrochemistry for Polymer Upcycling
BYLINE: Tracy Crane Newswise — The superior strength and light weight of high-performance carbon and plastic composite materials…
Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers
Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren’t always so…
Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years
For over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had…
Chemistry is no catwalk
 Combing through cat fur DNA Elinor Karlsson is in the business of animal DNA. As director of…