Clear Evidence Links Astronomically-Driven Climate Change and Human Evolution
Early Human Habitats Linked to Past Climate Shifts A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link…
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New Quantum Technology To Make Charging Electric Cars As Fast as Pumping Gas
Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes. Whether it’s photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human…
Researchers Uncover the Mechanism of Ion Transport in Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries
Microscopic understanding of solvation structure reveals heterogeneity in the superconcentrated water-in-salt electrolytes. Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for being a fire hazard due to their flammable…
Global Warming Simulation Reveals Possible End of El Niño/ La Niña Temperature Cycle
Highest resolution global warming simulation conducted to date reveals possible end of El Niño/ La Niña temperature cycle. The cycling between warm El Niño and…
Experimental Confirmation of the Fundamental Principle of Wave-Particle Duality
Complementarity relation of wave-particle duality is analyzed quantitatively with entangled photons as path detectors. The twenty-first century has undoubtedly been the era of quantum science….
Twice As Much Carbon Flowing From Land to Ocean Than Previously Thought – 900–1,900 Million Tons per Year
Every year 600-900 million tons of carbon flow through rivers to the ocean either as particles or in dissolved form. Researchers have known for a…
Ocean Warming Predicted to Amplify Tropical Rainfall Extremes
Ocean warming predicted to cause a twofold increase in amplitude of rainfall fluctuations over the tropical Pacific. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most…
Switching Voltage of an Electrode Alone Can Fine-Tune the Reactivity of a Molecule
One Electrode Fits All Functional Groups As we learned in chemistry class, chemical reaction occurs with the formation or cleavage of bonds between atoms. These…
Unexpected Ripples Generated by Chemical Reactions Violate a Central Tenet of Chemistry
IBS researchers in South Korea extend the understanding of energy flow in chemical reactions and show that it may produce useful molecular swimmers. Steve Granick,…
Healthy Obesity: Blood Vessels Can Make You Fat, and yet Fit
Healthy obesity begins where metabolic disorders emerge: Vascular-adipose interaction enables a selective fat storage in a healthier way. Can obesity define health? It is a…
Controlling Two-Dimensional Superconductors With Terahertz Light
New theoretical study shows how to use Terahertz light to peep in the secrets of two-dimensional superconductors A researcher at the Center for Theoretical Physics…
Resolving the 3D Structure of Individual Nanoparticles With Atomic-Level Resolution
Liquid phase electron microscopy illuminates 3D atomic structures of platinum nanoparticles, advancing full control of nanoengineering. What do you see in the picture above? Merely…
First High Sensitivity Dark Matter Axion Hunting Results From CAPP-8TB Haloscope
IBS Researchers Raising Their Flag in the Axion Dark Matter Field Researchers at the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP), within the Institute…
Atomic Tuning on Cobalt Enables an Eightfold Increase of Eco-Friendly H2O2 Production
Modulating single cobalt atoms boosts a low-cost, efficient, and eco-friendly electrochemical H2O2 production that can potentially benefit the semiconductor and medical industries. Just like we…
Researchers Reveal Why Black Phosphorus May Surpass Graphene
In a newly published study, researchers from the Pohang University of Science and Technology detail how they were able to turn black phosphorus into a…