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Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers report a cross-linker for dental cement that breaks down under UV light, making...

New testing system could become the IoT of photovoltaics

Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide useCredit: Pexels A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term in scalable photovoltaic systems, developed...

Hubble captures fading of the stingray nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara) Astronomers have caught a...

Researchers discover how bean plants fend off famished foes

Credit: Adam Steinbrenner/University of Washington For a caterpillar, a green leaf can make a nice meal. But to the plant itself, it's an attack. And...

Electrical spin filtering the key to ultra-fast, energy-efficient spintronics

Electrical spin filtering avoids energy-costs of magnetic fieldCredit: FLEET Spin-filtering could be the key to faster, more energy-efficient switching in future spintronic technology, allowing the...

Energy efficiency: Innovations that drive prosperity and slash emissions

New edited volume shows the intimate link between energy efficiency and the technologies that will drive tomorrow's economic growthCredit: World Scientific Strategies for increasing the...

Research identifies nanoscale effect of water and mineral content on bone

Research into the effect of water and mineral content on collagen fibrils will aid in the development of synthetic materials to mimic boneCredit: University of...

Molecules convert visible light into ultraviolet light with record efficiency

Newly developed molecular system makes possible the efficient conversion of even weak visible light from sunlight and indoor LEDs into ultraviolet lightCredit: Nobuhiro Yanai, Kyushu...

Green energy transition: Early and steady wins the race

Researchers from Aarhus University have modelled the decarbonisation of the sector-coupled European energy system using very high-resolution data. The results are clear: To reach climate-neutrality...

Thermal stability analysis technique for EV batteries to detect risk of fire or explosion

Laying the groundwork for designing safe materials for third-generation EVs. Identification of thermal degradation mechanism of cathode materials and creation of a real-time analysis platformCredit:...

Tech makes it possible to digitally communicate through human touch

Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a payment, what if you...

Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence

Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubesCredit: Illustration by Ching-Wei Lin/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 3, 2020) - That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is...

Titanium atom that exists in two places at once in crystal to blame for unusual phenomenon

Researchers discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should beCredit: Caltech/USC/ORNL The crystalline solid BaTiS3 (barium titanium sulfide)...

How to cool more efficiently

Scientists break new ground in future refrigerationCredit: Wikimedia commons, Licence: CC0 1.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MSC_Branka_(ship,_2016)#/media/File:MSC_Branka_in_Bremerhaven_1.jpg In the journal Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: 10.1063/5.0020755), an international research team...

Photonics meets surface science in a cheap and accurate sensor for biological liquids