Chemistry & Physics

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31-Oct-2025

 

“Self-stacking lithium” Korean researchers eliminate EV explosion risks with a new electrode design

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH and Chung-Ang University team have developed a low-tortuosity, lithiophilicity-graded porous structure to suppress dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries.

Journal

Advanced Materials

31-Oct-2025

 

Concentration‑controlled doping turns a p‑type polymer into its n‑type counterpart

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH-SKKU Joint research team Discovers the Molecular Mechanism Behind Polarity Switching in Conjugated Polymer Semiconductors.

Journal

Advanced Materials

31-Oct-2025

   

Researchers in Japan discover new jellyfish species deserving of a samurai warrior name

Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (AIMEC), Tohoku University and JAMSTEC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new species of jellyfish has been discovered! Researchers at Tohoku University named this venomous creature Physalia mikazuki, after the crescent moon helmet worn by Sendai’s feudal lord Date Masamune.

Journal

Frontiers in Marine Science

30-Oct-2025

 

World-first study shows Australian marsupials contaminated with harmful ‘forever chemicals’

University of Melbourne
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has shown for the first time that Australian marsupials are contaminated with synthetic ‘forever chemicals’, which are linked to significant health impacts in other animals and humans.

Journal

Science of The Total Environment

Funder

Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship

30-Oct-2025

 

Scientists unlock new energy potential in iron-based materials

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve applications in MRI technology and magnetic levitation.

Journal

Nature Materials

Funder

Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency

30-Oct-2025

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators awards to UCSB experimentalists opens the door to new insights and innovations

University of California - Santa Barbara
Grant and Award Announcement

UC Santa Barbara physicists Sebastian Streichan, David Patterson and Andrea Young are among the 22 mid-career researchers to be named Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators this year. They join 19 other physicists from around the country who will receive $1.3 million in support over five years for their innovative work to advance the frontier of fundamental research in experimental physics.

30-Oct-2025

'Really bizarre and exciting': The quantum oscillations are coming from inside

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers and a really strong magnetic field help answer a question about the 'new duality' in materials physics

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

30-Oct-2025

UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

University of British Columbia Okanagan campus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer.

But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this isn’t just unlikely—it’s impossible.

30-Oct-2025

 

New study explores ‘legacy effects’ of soil microbes on plants across Kansas

University of Kansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Findings from the University of Kansas could offer important context for farmers who want to use beneficial microbes to improve yields. Today, microbial commercialization in agriculture represents an expanding multibillion dollar sector.

Journal

Nature Microbiology

Funder

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems