The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of chemical elements, organized by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties. It provides a systematic way to categorize and understand the behavior of elements based on their shared characteristics. Dmitri Mendeleev is credited with developing the first periodic table in 1869, arranging elements by their … Read more
Biomolecules such as amino acids and sugars occur in two mirror-image forms—in all living organisms, however, only one is ever found. Why this is the case is still unclear. Researchers at Empa and Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have now found evidence that the interplay between electric and magnetic fields could be at the origin of … Read more
A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of solid-state batteries has been accomplished by a team of researchers led by Professor Hu Yongsheng at the Institute of Physics (IOP) within the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Their investigation into a novel viscoelastic inorganic glass (VIGLAS) electrolyte has recently been published in the prestigious journal Nature Energy. … Read more
A groundbreaking achievement by a team led by Professor Osami Shoji at Nagoya University in Japan has emerged: a technology capable of converting methane, the primary component of natural gas, into methanol under room temperature conditions and in water. This innovation hinges on the use of an easily mass-producible enzyme, promising a cost-effective and eco-friendly … Read more
Cutting-edge tools in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled a team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Trevor David Rhone, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, to identify novel van der Waals (vdW) magnets. The team used semi-supervised learning to identify transition metal halide vdW materials with large magnetic moments … Read more