Researchers create seaweed-shaped sodium titanate mats made of nanofibers that can remove cobalt ions from water, which may help provide a source of safe, recycled drinking water by removal of heavy metals and radionuclides.
Nov 19th, 2020
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Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.
Nov 18th, 2020
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An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature - a process that normally requires billions of years, huge amounts of pressure and super-hot temperatures.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Findings could inform design of environmental technologies behind water purification processes and electric energy storage.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Researchers have designed DNA-based nanogels that only break down and release their chemotherapeutic contents within cancer cells, minimizing the impacts on normal ones and potentially eliminating painful and uncomfortable side effects.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a new coating material for semiconductors that may create new opportunities to produce fuels in processes that combine direct sunlight with electricity.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Scientists have created the largest defect-free membranes reported to date that fully exploit the unique mass transport properties of carbon nanotubes as flow channels.
Nov 18th, 2020
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The quantum dynamics of hydrogen is central to many problems in nature, being strongly influenced by the environment in which it takes place. Scientists address hydrogen transfer within a supported molecular switch, showing that the surface support can play a decisive role in the tunneling reaction.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Scientists develop an energy-efficient strategy to reversibly change spin orientation or magnetization direction in magnetite at room temperature.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful device.
Nov 18th, 2020
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Researchers report a combination of alkyne tags and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microscopy for following the dynamics of small-molecule drugs in cells.
Nov 18th, 2020
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The optoelectronic properties of various carbon allotropes and nanomaterials have been well established, while the purely sp-hybridized carbyne remains synthetically inaccessible. Its properties have therefore frequently been extrapolated from those of defined oligomers.
Nov 17th, 2020
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In this study, by using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging, the researchers revealed a full landscape of the biphasic structural transformation occurring at the nodes inside Ni and Co bimetallic MOF during OER.
Nov 17th, 2020
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Researchers have found that removing random doping in quantum electronic devices dramatically improves their reproducibility - a key requirement for future applications such as quantum-information processing and spintronics.
Nov 17th, 2020
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The proposed device, with a theoretical operating energy budget less than 10 attojoules, uses a differential architecture to compensate for environmental variations and the device can retain sensed information for durations ranging from hours to days.
Nov 17th, 2020
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A new way to arrange very small materials with perfect control could lead to more secure banknotes and passports, and quicker detection of harmful gas through a clever use of light.
Nov 17th, 2020
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