14-07-29 Although most natural and synthetic processes prefer to settle into equilibrium（均衡，平静） -- a state of unchanging balance without potential or energy -- it is within the realm of non-equilibrium conditions where new possibilities lie. Non-equil...

14-07-14 Biophysics researchers at the University of Michigan have used short pulses of light to peer into the mechanics of photosynthesis and illuminate the role that molecule vibrations play in the energy conversion process that powers life on our planet....

14-07-09 A perspective article published last month by University of California, Riverside chemists in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters was selected as an Editors Choice -- an honor only a handful of research papers receive. The perspective reviews...

14-07-05 For hibernating mammals, the pre-winter months are a race against time to accumulate enough energy reserves to last until spring. Offspring born late in the year have much less time to achieve this. Austrian scientists have discovered that power-nap...

14-06-10 Scientists have reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige（浅褐色的） fat, an appealing target for increasing energy expenditure and reducing obesity. The team, led by researchers from...

14-05-28 Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsible for photosynthesis（光合作用） . From photosynth...

14-05-28 Butterflies and dragonflies（蜻蜓） with lighter colours are out-competing darker-coloured insects in the face of climate change. In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists from Imperial College London, Philipps-University Marburg...

14-05-19 Imperial College London physicists have discovered how to create matter from light -- a feat thought impossible when the idea was first theorised 80 years ago. In just one day over several cups of coffee in a tiny office in Imperial's Blackett Physi...

14-04-30 nuclear material 核材料 nuclear terrorism 核恐怖主义 radioactive sources 放射源 nuclear non-proliferation 核不扩散 peaceful use of nuclear energy 和平使用核能 to minimize stocks of highly enriched uranium (HEU) 减少高浓铀核材料数量 to keep their sto...

14-04-08 New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on, rather than edge-on, relative...