Collaboration leads to 2D polymer discovery
Credit: Dr. Steve Lustig ADELPHI, Md. -- Army researchers reached a breakthrough in the nascent science of two-dimensional polymers thanks ...
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Graphene filter makes carbon capture more efficient and cheaper
Credit: KV Agrawal, EPFL. One of the main culprits of global warming is the vast amount of carbon dioxide pumped ...
Professor developing indoor COVID-19 detector
Gerardine Botte received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to work on the project.Credit: Texas Tech University Carbon ...
Strengthened by chaos, new super-hard materials will stir steel together
Department of Defense project will create AI-materials tools to design recipes for a new class of materials tailored to super-hard, ...
Accelerator physics: Experiment reveals new options for synchrotron light sources
An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are.Credit: Tsinghua ...
Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar ...
Intelligent turbines for green energy from tidal water power
Fluid flow engineers and electrical engineers are jointly developing turbine blades with special integrated drivesCredit: Stefan Hoerner Tidal hydroelectric power ...
Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material
Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University ...
Oxidation processes in combustion engines and in the atmosphere take the same routes
Efficient autoxidation chain reactions demonstrated for the substance group of saturated hydrocarbonsCredit: Torsten Berndt, TROPOS Thuwal/Helsinki/Leipzig. Alkanes, an important component ...
Project examines how to make ‘farm to table’ more sustainable
UTA research into Iowa farming has potential impact for urban and rural areas in TexasCredit: UT Arlington A University of ...
Biopolymer-coated nanocatalyst can help realize a hydrogen fuel-driven future
Scientists demonstrate enhanced hydrogen production from sunlight-assisted water splitting using a polydopamine-coated zinc sulfide nanorod catalystCredit: Incheon National University To ...
Terahertz imaging of graphene paves the way to industrialisation
Graphene Flagship researchers have developed a new measurement standard for the analysis of graphene and layered materials that could accelerate ...
Graphene Oxide membranes could reduce paper industry energy costs
Credit: Georgia Tech The U.S. pulp and paper industry uses large quantities of water to produce cellulose pulp from trees. ...
Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference
The breakthrough combines excellent electromagnetic shielding with ease of manufacture and electrical isolationCredit: Zahra Barani/UC Riverside As electronic devices saturate ...
New catalyst could enable better lithium-sulfur batteries, power next-gen electronics
Novel catalyst material promises long-lasting, high-capacity, next-generation rechargeable batteriesCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology At the heart of most ...
New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature
Fueling the 'methanol economy' of the futureCredit: Aditya Prajapati and Meenesh Singh/UIC Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have ...
How lithium-rich cathode materials for high energy EV batteries store charge at hig
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick By 2030 only EV's will be in production, meaning manufacturers are racing to create a ...
Haotian Wang named Sloan Research Fellow
Chemical and biomolecular engineer among 128 early career innovatorsCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 17, 2021) - Chemical and biomolecular ...
Fueling the future: Novel two-polymer membrane boosts hydrogen fuel cell performance
Scientists combine materials with contrasting properties using a unique method to design a robust and high-performance fuel cell membrane for ...
Skies of blue: Recycling carbon emissions to useful chemicals and reducing global warming
Researchers optimize a novel process for the efficient conversion of carbon emissions into useful chemicals like acetate using microbesCredit: Pusan ...