Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste material with potential. Scientists are determined to find it by converting the carbon-rich resource into useful graphene.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy as other similarly dense materials and could be used to create better lightweight protective lattices.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new way to guide the self-assembly of a wide range of novel nanoscale structures using simple polymers as starting materials.
Nov 18th, 2022
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When a liquid boils in a vessel, tiny vapor bubbles form at the bottom and rise, transferring heat in the process. How these small bubbles grow and eventually detach was previously not known in any great detail.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Scientists evaluated the antifungal activity and mechanism of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against four pathogens (Alternaria alternata, Pestalotiopsis microspora, Diaporthe actinidiae, and Botryosphaeria dothidea) causing kiwifruit post-harvest rot.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Researchers developed a cation defect engineering technique to synthesize Pt-single-atom catalysts with ultrahigh mass activity for large-scale hydrogen production at low cost.
Nov 18th, 2022
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A new type of reconfigurable, scalable, low power hardware security device with high resilience to AI attacks has been developed by researchers using phase-change materials.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Scientists have have created grids of tiny clumps of atoms and studied what happens when electrons dive into these archipelagos of atomic islands.
Nov 18th, 2022
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Incorporating phosphorene nanoribbons into lithium-ion batteries dramatically improves performance and stability.
Nov 17th, 2022
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A new paper examines in detail the origin of curvature effects at the nanoscale and illustrates their potential applications in innovative electronic, spintronic and superconducting devices.
Nov 17th, 2022
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Scientists watched atomic-scale dynamics of a nonliving material mimic behavior associated with learning, paving the way for better artificial intelligence.
Nov 17th, 2022
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Cellulose-based actuators can be programmed and repair themselves.
Nov 17th, 2022
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What determines the durability of high-performance coatings for turbines or highly stressed tools? Surprising results show: It is not material fatigue.
Nov 17th, 2022
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Researchers simplified the process of producing soft microrobots powered by biomolecular motor muscles by 3D-printing the constituent modules, including actuators and grabbers, in situ. This work may lead to significant advances in scalable production and microsurgery.
Nov 17th, 2022
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Researchers have developed a high-performance, on-chip femtosecond pulse source using a tool that seems straight out of science fiction: a time lens.
Nov 17th, 2022
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