University of Illinois to lead two of seven new national artificial intelligence institutes
NSF- and USDA-NIFA-funded institutes will each receive about $2 millionM over 5 yearsCredit: Photo courtesy University of Illinois Board of ...
Tag: Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences
Natural radiation can interfere with quantum computers
Study shows the need to shield qubits from natural radiation, like cosmic rays from outer spaceCredit: Timothy Holland, PNNL RICHLAND, ...
Scientists to discover the unique ductile properties of aluminum
During experiments on high-performance wire arc additive manufacturing researchers produced a metal with unique ductilityCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic ...
Samara Polytech scientists studied a new compound for lithium and sodium-ion batteries
The sample was first obtained by quenchingCredit: @SamaraPolytech Cathode materials based on sodium and d-metals fluorophosphates are in great demand ...
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Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care
Scientists, including an undergraduate student, develop a novel method to produce an alkaline hydrogel that could be applied to healing ...
Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 with a lean rare earth content exhibits superb magnetism
Compound may magnetically outperform neodymium magnetsCredit: NIMS NIMS and Tohoku Gakuin University have developed a boron-doped anisotropic Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 thin film ...
Tailored hardening of ZrCuAl bulk metallic glass induced by 2D gradient rejuvenation
Credit: Tohoku University A team at Tohoku University have perfected a new heat treatment technique with rapid heating and asymmetrical ...
NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit ...
Sandwich catalysts offer higher activity and durability
Credit: In Su Lee (POSTECH) Sandwich is the food concocted by the 18th-ceuntry nobles to play card games uninterrupted. Meat ...
Revised code could help improve efficiency of fusion experiments
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An international team of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
Three-dimensional quantum Hall effect and global picture of edge states in Weyl semimetals
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Since Von Klitzing discovered the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron ...
Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering
Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a ...
Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit
During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist's office is acute. Thanks to polymer viscoelasticity, dentists ...
Universities join forces to develop materials for the fight against COVID-19
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers around the world are racing to find treatments to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused ...
A galaxy’s stop-and-start young radio jets
Very long baseline array reveals object's historyCredit: Lister, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF In this image, made with the National ...
New method to track ultrafast change of magnetic state
International research team logs emission of terahertz radiationCredit: Image: Bielefeld University/W. Zhang An international team of physicists from Bielefeld University, ...
Tracing the cosmic origin of complex organic molecules with their radiofrequency footprint
Scientists confirm the presence of acetonitrile in a distant interstellar gas cloud using a radio telescopeCredit: Tokyo University of Science ...
New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism
Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries - a key step ...
Less is more: A soft, self-actuated pump to simplify mechatronic devices
Scientists develop a soft hydrogel driven by an oscillatory chemical reaction to produce an autonomous integrated pump for microfluidic applicationsCredit: ...
