Ammonium Selenide – a Chemical Compound Ammonium selenide is a chemical compound with the formula (NH4)2Se. It is a white solid with selenium impurities that cause it to appear black. Other…
Innovative and Nature-inspired CO2 Conversion Concepts Captured CO2 can be converted into carbon-neutral fuels, but technological progress is required. A new catalyst increases the production of long-chain hydrocarbons in chemical reactions…
Curiosity Rover Discovers Organic Molecules That Are Consistent With Early Life on Mars Thiophenes are organic chemicals found in coal, crude oil, and, strangely enough, white truffles, a mushroom prized by epicureans and wild pigs. Thiophenes were recently…
GJ 1245 – a Double Star GJ 1245 (also known as Gliese 1245) is a double star 14 light-years away, relatively close to the Solar System, with components G 208-44 and…
Organic Molecules Containing Nitrogen Found in 4-BillionYear-Old Martian Meteorites A research team led by Atsuko Kobayashi of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Mizuho Koike of the Japan Aerospace…
Reconfigurable Metasurfaces are Shaping the Future of Light Researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces — artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties — are critical to the future of nanotechnology by harnessing the power…
Difference between Stars and Planets Planets revolve around the other stars while a star doesn’t revolve around any other object. Because they are both celestial bodies located in outer space,…
Deep Learning will Aid Future Success Rovers on Mars Push to Go Further, Faster, and Do More Science The Mars rovers, developed by NASA, are one of the greatest scientific and space achievements of the last two decades. Using on-board processors less powerful…
Small Stones are Tossed into a Quantum Whirlpool Researchers discovered that silicon nanoparticles are drawn to vortices in superfluid helium. Their simulations enabled them to visualize the vortex line recombination process. The research…
Metamaterial Improves Chiral Nanoparticle Signals Significantly Chirality is crucial in the fields of chemistry, pharmacology, biology, and medicine. Recently, it has been proposed that chirality will play an important role in…
Consumers Who Care About the Environment are More Likely to Purchase Chicken Raised on Insects or Algae According to a new University of Alberta study, environmentally conscious consumers will likely come up to the notion of utilizing alternative proteins like insect meal…
World’s Earliest Account of Auroras Found in 3,000-Year-Old Chinese Documents Some people believe that an incident recounted in the Chinese Bamboo Annals is a description of a dazzling aurora. If that’s the case, this would…