Researchers from the Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Engineering have successfully developed a new technique allowing them to observe gas molecules packing into metal-organic frameworks (MOF) using infrared spectroscopy. Their innovation was to measure…
Aerosol particles can form and grow in Earth’s upper troposphere in an unexpected way, reports the CLOUD collaboration in a paper published in Nature. The new mechanism may represent a major source of cloud and ice seed particles in…
A hybrid matter–antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton, the proton’s antimatter equivalent in the place of an electron, has an unexpected response to laser light when immersed in superfluid helium, reports the ASACUSA collaboration at CERN. The result,…
A new stick-like, water-based device can convert energy from movement into electricity. The technology, which was reported in the Journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, could be used to power portable devices, such as safety lights. With the…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The global semiconductor shortage has grabbed headlines and caused a cascade of production bottlenecks that have driven up prices on all sorts of consumer goods, from refrigerators to SUVs. The chip shortage has thrown…
BY ERIC VERBETEN MADISON — Is there life on Venus? For more than a century, scientists have pondered this question. Now, there is renewed interest in Venus as a place that could support living organisms.…