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The shape of water: What water molecules look like on the surface of materials

The properties of the first few layers of water molecules in contact with the surface of materials are especially important in materials science. In a recent study led…
The shape of water: What water molecules look like on the surface of materials

New model explains unique transport dynamics of complex fluids

In complex fluids like cell nuclei, cytoplasm, polymeric fluids, supercooled water, and ionic liquids, molecules do not move in the same way as they do in simple liquids…
New model explains unique transport dynamics of complex fluids

A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages

Tumor associated macrophages are host macrophages recruited by the tumor, which promote tumor progression. A team of researchers from Tokyo University of Science and…
A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages

Novel composite combines silicon and carbon to produce anodes in lithium batteries

Lithium ion batteries find wide applications in everyday use objects, but the number of ions that can be stored in their graphite anodes is limited. Prof. Jun Kang from…
Novel composite combines silicon and carbon to produce anodes in lithium batteries

Stepping up spintronics with room temperature magnetism in molybdenum oxide nanoflakes

Spintronic devices, which use electron spin to process data, are emerging at the forefront of semiconductor applications. Staying a step ahead, scientists from Korea…
Stepping up spintronics with room temperature magnetism in molybdenum oxide nanoflakes

New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant

Combinatorial optimization problems arise in everyday situations such as determining the shortest route that can be taken between multiple points. Researchers at the…
New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant

New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba

Host cells infected with giant viruses behave in a unique manner. To gain deeper insight into the infection mechanism of giant viruses, scientists at Tokyo University of…
New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba

Potassium-driven rechargeable batteries: An effort towards a more sustainable environment

Concerns about the scarcity of lithium and other materials necessary in the now-ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries have recently driven many researchers to look for…
Potassium-driven rechargeable batteries: An effort towards a more sustainable environment

New study on recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells

The process of photosynthesis is well known but it is a complex phenomenon involving a myriad of proteins. The molecule Chl f, a new type of chlorophyll, is known to…
New study on recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells

How the rice blast fungus "eats" its own cell wall to launch an attack

In response to environmental changes and nutrient starvation, cells undergo extreme alterations including switching from one type to another and changes in metabolic…