The Heineman Foundation, at the American Institute of Physics, and American Astronomical Society, announced Professor Norman Murray as the winner of the 2022 Dannie Heineman award for Astrophysics.
Dannie Heineman award for astrophysical achievements
The Heineman committee have selected Norman Murray...
A research team from McGill University has discovered that a deeper understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere could aid in identifying life on other planets.
Scientists detect a rise in oxygen levels
The scientists’ original aim was to investigate exactly when the...
Dr Björn M Burmann, from the University of Gothenburg, outlines the cellular clean-up process from a molecular level.
In the real world, waste is normally disposed of and a similar process also needs to be achieved within the biological context...
Scientists have developed a catalyst that turns three monomer mixtures into diblock dialternating terpolymers in one single step.
A catalyst developed at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) could be the key to structural diversity in polymer materials...
A collaborative research team from the University of Barcelona and the University of Nottingham, has created an artificial light-fuelled molecular machine that has potential applications both in the fields of nanomedicine and energy.
What is a molecular machine?
A molecular machine...
Engineers from the University of Houston (UH) have discovered that they can create upward water fountains by shining laser beams on the water’s surface.
What is the Marangoni effect?
The Marangoni effect was first discovered in the 1860s; it is known...
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology (CUT), Sweden, have uncovered a surprising new behaviour regarding the ‘strange metal’ state of high temperature superconductors.
What is superconductivity?
Superconductivity is the scientific process where an electric current is transported by high temperature superconductors...
Georgie Whitworth, Innovation News Network Editor, spoke to Joachim Mnich, Director for Research and Computing at CERN, to discuss the organisation’s achievements in 2021 and its plans for the future as it strives to transform fundamental physics research.
CERN, the...
Using data science and supercomputer simulations, researchers have identified a potential crystal phase for hydrogen solidified at extreme pressures.
Elements in the periodic table can appear in multiple forms. For example, Carbon, can exist as diamond or graphite depending on...
Scientists committed a study, analysing the sensory mechanisms in salmon to understand exactly how magnetic perception works.
Magnetic perception
It’s widely understood in the scientific community that salmon, and even butterflies and birds, have an innate magnetic sense, which allows them...
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