Chemistry & Materials

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (638+ words) Owners of older laptops were taught a simple rule: unplug the charger, because keeping the battery at 100 percent cooks it. On a modern MacBook, that advice mostly no longer holds. Keeping the charger connected all day is generally fine. The…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (509+ words) Android manages RAM by closing background apps when it needs room, while RAM uses about the same energy whether empty or full. Goran Damnjanovic’s How-To Geek article explains why repeatedly force-closing apps can increase battery use: they may need to…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (229+ words) Based on expert assessments, academic discussions and forecasting platforms, the following are cited as likely favourites: – Ariel Pakes, Stephen Berry and James Levinson. They are recognised for their fundamental contributions to empirical microeconomics. In particular, they developed the BLP (Berry-Levinsohn-Pakes)…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (503+ words) October 7, 2026 4:21 PM IST Henri Kagan | Kenso Soai | Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel chemistry prize | 2026 Nobel chemistry prize Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a long-standing riddle of how to form…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (281+ words) Researchers developed tattoo inks that can be switched on with ultraviolet light and made to disappear in The Times of India A tattoo has traditionally been a commitment etched into the skin, with removal often involving multiple laser sessions, discomfort…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (705+ words) Scientists Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine. Many molecules of life come…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (455+ words) Sunday October 11, 2026 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction at Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was achieved at 3:34pm on today (11 October), marking a major milestone in Bangladesh's first nuclear power project as the reactor entered its initial criticality stage…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (455+ words) A remarkably small adjustment to the stacking of two-dimensional materials can dramatically alter how they interact with light. Researchers at City University of Hong Kong and collaborating institutions demonstrate that a one-degree change in the twist angle of an atomically…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (641+ words) Professor Soai received the Nobel Prize news while buying groceries near his home. He said he understood the significance of his research but didn't expect to win among so many other outstanding works. Hours before the results of the 2026 Nobel…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (168+ words) A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. In 2012, Duke University scientist and professor, Robert J. Lefkowitz, shares the 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry with former student and Stanford University researcher, Brian K. Kobilka, who…...