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Spintronics Helps Elucidate Mechanism of Hydrodynamic Power Generation

Researchers in the ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project in the JST Strategic Basic Research Programs have elucidated the mechanism of the hydrodynamic power generation using spin currents in micrometer-scale channels, finding that power generation efficiency improves drastically as the size of the flow is made smaller.

3 Jul 2020

New Chiral Analysis Method Helps Find Enantiopurity of Crude Reaction Products

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a new platform for rapid chiral analysis, producing chromatogram-like output without the need for separation.

3 Jul 2020

Study Discovers Unusual Exoplanets Named WASP-148 Using SOPHIE Instrument

Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites.

3 Jul 2020

Study Captures New Image of Celestial Fireworks in G286.21+0.17 Star Cluster

Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17.

3 Jul 2020

Identifying Excitons in 2D Materials Could Help Develop Quantum Computers

A new study by researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Valencia (ICMUV) has been able to detect excitons—particles that cause the interaction between light and matter—trapped in 2D materials that develop moire patterns, which is one of the major challenges in this field of research.

2 Jul 2020

$X-Ray Diffraction Instrument Developed for Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source$

X-Ray Diffraction Instrument Developed for Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source

Opportunities for more improved and versatile studies are one of the aspects that bring researchers together. A team of researchers has now collaborated for a similar case.

2 Jul 2020

New Model Could Help Explain Large Flux of Certain Neutrinos

The origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, whose detector is buried deep in the Antarctic ice, is an enigma that has perplexed physicists and astronomers.

2 Jul 2020

Study Reveals Binary Star is Source for High-Energy Cosmic Gamma-Radiation

With a specialised telescope in Namibia a DESY-led team of researchers has proven a certain type of binary star as a new kind of source for very high-energy cosmic gamma-radiation.

2 Jul 2020

New Simple Reactor for Creating Silica Beads Used in Bioimaging

Researchers in Australia and China have proposed an innovative and cost-effective new method for creating silica beads, which have a number of key uses, ranging from nanomedicine and bioimaging to the production of paper and polished concrete.

2 Jul 2020

New Quantum Technology-Based Detector Detects Mid-Frequency Gravitational Waves

Predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are ripples in space-time generated by certain movements of massive objects.

2 Jul 2020