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Researchers embrace imperfection to improve biomolecule transport

While watching the production of porous membranes used for DNA sorting and sequencing, researchers wondered how tiny steplike defects formed during fabrication could be used to improve molecule transport. They found that the defects make a big difference in how molecules move along a membrane surface.

Aug 5th, 2019

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'Wood' you like some fresh water?

A membrane made of a sliver of wood could be the answer to renewably sourced water cleaning. Most membranes that are currently used to distill fresh water from salty are made of polymers based on fossil fuels.

Aug 3rd, 2019

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Graphene discovery could help develop superconductors

Researchers paved the way to solving one of the most enduring mysteries in materials physics by discovering that in the presence of a moire pattern in graphene, electrons organize themselves into stripes, like soldiers in formation.

Aug 1st, 2019

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