Inorganic Chemistry News
July 3, 2025
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June 27, 2025 — At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool ...
June 27, 2025 — Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough by generating quantum spin currents in graphene—without relying on bulky magnetic fields. By pairing graphene with a magnetic material, they unlocked a powerful quantum effect that allows electrons to ...
June 27, 2025 — Imagine detecting a single trillionth of a gram of a molecule—like an amino acid—using just electricity and a chip smaller than your fingernail. That’s the power of a new quantum-enabled biosensor developed at EPFL. Ditching bulky lasers, it ...
June 27, 2025 — Scientists have developed a groundbreaking technique called RAVEN that can capture the full complexity of an ultra-intense laser pulse in a single shot—something previously thought nearly ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers in South Korea have developed a powerful and affordable new material for producing hydrogen, a clean energy source key to fighting climate change. By fine-tuning boron-doping and phosphorus levels in cobalt phosphide nanosheets, the team ...
June 20, 2025 — Scientists have, for the first time, directly observed phonon wave dynamics within self-assembling nanomaterials unlocking the potential for customizable, reconfigurable metamaterials with applications ranging from shock absorbers to advanced ...
June 14, 2025 — Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a groundbreaking quantum device that can measure 3D acceleration using ultracold atoms, something once thought nearly impossible. By chilling rubidium atoms to near absolute zero and ...
June 13, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown type of molecular motion inside DNA-based droplets: instead of spreading randomly, guest molecules advance in an organized wave. This surprising ...
June 3, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a new compound called infuzide that shows activity against resistant strains of ...
June 2, 2025 — Scientists in Australia have developed a smart, bacteria-repelling coating based on resilin the ultra-elastic protein that gives fleas their legendary jumping power. When applied to surfaces like medical implants or surgical tools, the engineered ...
June 2, 2025 — Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Researchers have now found a way to change the ...
June 2, 2025 — Physicists have developed a lens with 'magic' properties. Ultra-thin, it can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident ...
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July 3, 2025 — A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and ...
June 23, 2025 — Researchers in Sweden have developed a powerful new material that dramatically boosts the ability to create hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight, making the process eight times more effective than ...
June 22, 2025 — A Rice University team discovered that bubbling CO₂ through a mild acid dramatically improves the lifespan and efficiency of electrochemical devices that convert CO₂ into useful fuels. This ...
June 21, 2025 — Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a new photoredox catalysis system that uses visible light mimicking photosynthesis to drive energy-intensive chemical reactions at room ...
June 17, 2025 — Smashing atomic nuclei together at mind-bending speeds recreates the fiery conditions of the early universe and scientists are finally getting a better handle on what happens next. A sweeping new ...
June 17, 2025 — Scientists have built detailed Milky Way simulations under strange new physical laws to probe dark matter, revealing how different versions of the universe might behave and helping us get closer to ...
June 14, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Michigan have unlocked a long-standing mystery about quasicrystals exotic materials that straddle the line between the orderly structure of crystals and the chaos of ...
June 5, 2025 — Harvard and PSI scientists have managed to freeze normally fleeting quantum states in time, creating a pathway to control them using pure electronic tricks and laser ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that the mixing of small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a 'space charge layer,' an accumulation of electric charge at the interface ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of the ...
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May 30, 2025 — Researchers proposed a novel strategy for using a magnetic field to boost the efficiency of single-atom catalysts -- thus speeding up helpful reactions used for ammonia production and wastewater ...
May 30, 2025 — Students recently unveiled their invention of a robotic actuator -- the 'muscle' that converts energy into a robot's physical movement -- that has the ability to detect punctures or ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher nuclear charge than any previous measurement. The experimental ...
May 29, 2025 — Scientists have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The significant breakthrough means that, for the ...
May 29, 2025 — As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, 'green hydrogen' - hydrogen produced without emitting carbon - has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. Scientists have now ...
May 29, 2025 — In a major advancement for sustainable construction, scientists have created a cement-free soil solidifier from industrial waste. By combining Siding Cut Powder and activated by Earth Silica, an ...
May 29, 2025 — Current regulations for nanomedicines overlook the effects of the different forms of the same element, such as ions, nanoparticles, and aggregates. In a recent study, researchers developed a new ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust events is kept out of buildings, but wildfire smoke ...
May 28, 2025 — Materials scientists have succeeded in creating a genuine 2D hybrid material called ...
May 28, 2025 — A new method could soon unlock the vast repository of biological information held in the proteins of ancient soft tissues. The findings could open up a new era for palaeobiological ...
May 28, 2025 — Physicists have unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating a 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale vectorial ...
May 28, 2025 — Scientists have observed anyons -- quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and bosons -- in a one-dimensional quantum system for the first time. The results may contribute to a better ...
May 28, 2025 — A new study in Nature describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at high ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers have designed a liquid hydrogen storage and delivery system that could help make zero-emission aviation a reality. Their work outlines a scalable, integrated system that addresses several ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers find that iron powder, an inexpensive alternative to activated carbon, does a better job at filtering PFOS from water -- it's 26 times more ...
May 27, 2025 — Laser-based metal processing enables the automated and precise production of complex components, whether for the automotive industry or for medicine. However, conventional methods require time- and ...
May 27, 2025 — Engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between sodium metal and air, the device could be ...
May 23, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new 2D material, confirming decade-old ...
May 23, 2025 — In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists have now derived universal rules to enable the de novo design of optimal enzymes. As an example, they ...
Friday, May 30, 2025
- Single-Atom Catalysts Change Spin State When Boosted by a Magnetic Field
- Engineers Develop Self-Healing Muscle for Robots
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Listening to Electrons Talk
- New Quantum Visualization Technique to Identify Materials for Next Generation Quantum Computing
- An Iron Oxide 'oxygen Sponge' For Efficient Thermochemical Hydrogen Production
- Waste to Foundation: Transforming Construction Waste Into High-Performance Material
- Unlocking Precise Composition Analysis of Nanomedicines
- Laser Technique Revolutionizes Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Manufacturing for Space, Defense Applications
- Does Outdoor Air Pollution Affect Indoor Air Quality? It Could Depend on Buildings' HVAC
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Groundwork Laid for Designer Hybrid 2D Materials
- New Method Provides the Key to Accessing Proteins in Ancient Human Remains
- New 2D Quantum Sensor Breakthrough Offers New Opportunities for Magnetic Field Detection
- Observing One-Dimensional Anyons: Exotic Quasiparticles in the Coldest Corners of the Universe
- Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage and Delivery System for Next-Generation Aircraft
- Just Add Iron: Researchers Develop a Clever Way to Remove Forever Chemicals from Water
- Machine Learning Simplifies Industrial Laser Processes
- New Fuel Cell Could Enable Electric Aviation
Friday, May 23, 2025
- 'Hopelessly Attached': Scientists Discover New 2D Material That Sticks the Landing
- Assembly Instructions for Enzymes
- A Dental Floss That Can Measure Stress
- Quantum Eyes on Energy Loss: Diamond Quantum Imaging for Next-Gen Power Electronics
- Efficiency Upgrade for OLED Screens: A Route to Blue PHOLED Longevity
- Charge Radius of Helium-3 Measured With Unprecedented Precision
- Controlling Quantum Motion and Hyper-Entanglement
- New Biosensor Solves Old Quantum Riddle
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Researchers Make Breakthrough in Semiconductor Technology Set to Supercharge 6G Delivery
- A Rule-Breaking, Colorful Silicone That Could Conduct Electricity
- A Faster, More Reliable Method for Simulating the Plasmas Used to Make Computer Chips
- An Artificial Protein That Moves Like Something Found in Nature
- A New Approach Could Fractionate Crude Oil Using Much Less Energy
- New Atom-Swapping Method Applied to Complex Organic Structures
- 'Green' Ammonia Powered by Sunlight
- Infrared Contact Lenses Allow People to See in the Dark, Even With Their Eyes Closed
- Mathematical Prediction of Seismic Wave Propagation in Magma Containing Crystals and Bubbles
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Engineers Discover a New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water from Air
- Personal Space Chemistry Suppressed by Perfume and Body Lotion Indoors
- Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary
- High-Quality OLED Displays Now Enabling Integrated Thin and Multichannel Audio
- Nano-Engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling
- Major Step for Flat and Adjustable Optics
- Scientists Invent Breakthrough Device to Detect Airborne Signs of Disease
- Achieving a Record-High Curie Temperature in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor
- Picometric Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Molecules in Atomic-Scale Cavities
- Mind the Band Gap! -- Researchers Create New Nanoscale Forms of Elementary Semiconductor With Tunable Electronic Properties
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Commercially Available Peroxide Binds Incompatible Polymers for Recycling
- Scientific Breakthrough Brings CO2 'breathing' Batteries Closer to Reality
- Forgotten Property of the Electron
Monday, May 19, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Individual Layers of Synthetic Materials Can Collaborate for Greater Impact
- Log in to Your Computer With a Secret Message Encoded in a Molecule
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Bismuth's Mask Uncovered: Implications for Quantum Computing and Spintronics Materials
- A Novel Hybrid Charge Transfer Crystal With Reversible Color-Changing Property
- New Dual-Atom Catalyst Boosts Performance of Zinc-Air Batteries for Real-World Applications
- Researchers Develop New Metallic Materials Using Data-Driven Frameworks and Explainable AI
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Successful Experiments at GSI/FAIR Uncover New Island of Asymmetric Fission
- Superconductors: Amazingly Orderly Disorder
- Professor Challenges Long-Held Assumptions of Symmetry in Physics
- Engineers Tackle Sunlight Intermittency in Solar Desalination
- Following the Folds -- With Quantum Technology
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Hope Against Superbugs: Promising Antibiotic Candidate Discovered
- New Insights Into Black Hole Scattering and Gravitational Waves Unveiled
- Protons on the Move
- New Catalyst Boosts Efficiency of CO2 Conversion
- Understanding Carbon Traps
- Researchers Discover a More Eco-Friendly Approach to Study Light and Matter Interaction -- Could Revolutionize Development of Emerging Technologies
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Enzymes from Scratch
- Researchers Demonstrate 3-D Printing Technology to Improve Comfort, Durability of 'smart Wearables'
- Researchers Develop Living Material from Fungi
- Remote Particle Measurement Via Quantum Entanglement
- Scientists Define the Ingredients for Finding Natural Clean Hydrogen
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- World Record for Lithium-Ion Conductors
- Scientists Innovate Mid-Infrared Photodetectors for Exoplanet Detection, Expanding Applications to Environmental and Medical Fields
- A Smarter Way to Make Sulfones: Using Molecular Oxygen and a Functional Catalyst
- Self-Assembly of a Large Metal-Peptide Capsid Nanostructure Through Geometric Control
- Bringing Superconducting Nanostructures to 3D
- Green Fabrication of Hybrid Materials as Highly Sensitive X-Ray Detectors
- Stability Solution Brings Unique Form of Carbon Closer to Practical Application
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- 3D Printing in Vivo Using Sound
- Removing Selenium from Water Takes Iron Strength
- The Squid Galaxy's Neutrino Game Just Leveled Up
- One Glass, Full Color: Sub-Millimeter Waveguide Shrinks AR Glasses
- Turning Non-Magnetic Materials Magnetic With Atomically Thin Films
- All of the Biggest U.S. Cities Are Sinking
- Eco-Friendly Aquatic Robot Is Made from Fish Food
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- New Discovery Shows How Molecules Can Mute Heat Like Music
- Groundbreaking Device Instantly Detects Dangerous Street Drugs, Offering Hope for Harm Reduction
- Physicists Snap the First Images of 'free-Range' Atoms
- Piecing Together the Brain Puzzle
- New Vacuum-Assisted Extrusion Technique Improves Performance of Polymer Prints
- Cracking the Code: Deciphering How Concrete Can Heal Itself
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Semiconductors Power Next Generation Circuits
- Practical New Tool Created for Detecting Nanoplastics and Microplastics in the Environment
- Okra, Fenugreek Extracts Remove Most Microplastics from Water
- Accelerating Drug Discovery With a Single Carbon Atom
- Breakthrough in Fuel Cell Recycling Turns 'forever Chemicals' Into Renewable Resources
- Scientists Discover a New Way to Convert Corn Waste Into Low-Cost Sugar for Biofuel
- Accordion Effect Makes Graphene Stretchable