Fueling the world sustainably: Synthesizing ammonia using less energy
Credit: Irasutoya, Michikazu Hara Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an improved catalyst by taking the ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
Utilizing the impact resistance of the world’s hardest concrete for disaster prevention
A research team including Kanazawa University tests the impact response of the world's hardest concreteCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - ...
Sensor system identifies cause of alarm in hard-to-access industrial plants
Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze When sensors embedded within industrial plants trigger an alarm at night, maintenance teams have to respond ...
The future of semiconductors is clear
A clear semiconductor based on tin could improve solar power generationCredit: © 2020 Nakao et al. Mobility is a key ...
High-quality boron nitride grown at atmospheric pressure
Graphene Flagship researchers produce large and very high-quality crystals at room temperature.Credit: Graphene Flagship Graphene Flagship researchers at RWTH Aachen ...
Optimizing a new spraying method for ceramic coatings
Powder Aerosol Deposition enables ceramic coatings production at normal room temperaturesCredit: Image: Jörg Exner. For a long time, the production ...
Trade friction: Adaptiveness of swarms of complex networks
Credit: Copyright© 2020 Springer Nature Trade friction between industries involved in information communication technology (ICT) have become apparent in recent ...
Single-atom-layer trap: A pivotal microscopic feature for li-ion migration
Credit: ZHU Feng, Md Shafiqul Islam, ZHOU Lin, et al. On April 14th, Prof. MA Cheng from the University of ...
Seeing ‘under the hood’ in batteries
Technique adapted at Berkeley Lab X-ray facility finds growing use for next-gen battery R&DCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab From next-gen smartphones ...
New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition
The goal is material that approaches a diamond in hardness and can survive extreme pressure, temperature and corrosive environments.Credit: UAB ...
Researchers design microsystem for faster, more sustainable industrial chemistry
Ryan Hartman, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NYU Tandon, used a lab reactor, liquefied catalyst, and machine learning ...
Engineering and health team up to design and produce face shields
Developed and launched production of shields for professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: The Grainger College of Engineering A team ...
Tandem solar cell world record: New branch in the NREL chart
Credit: HZB Tandem cells combine two different semiconductors that convert different parts of the light spectrum into electrical energy. Metal-halide ...
Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals
Rice engineers' study reveals critical role of molecular confinement in interpreting NMRCredit: Arjun Valiya Parambathu/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 13, ...
UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performanceCredit: Cameron Crook and Jens Bauer / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 13, 2020 ...
USC scientists develop a better redox flow battery
Credit: Source: USC USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use ...
To make or to break: Novel reversible technique produces acyl fluoride using rare metal
Scientists devise a new technique to produce value-added complex acyl fluorides from commercially available simple acyl fluorideCredit: Tokyo University of ...
Cloud-based electronic system may help first responders better react to natural disasters
Credit: Purdue University/Yuehwern Yih WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Every year natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect close to ...
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
The ultra-fast change of light helicity is particularly interesting to observe processes in magnetic materials and has long been expected ...
Plant protection: Communication instead of poison
Sustainable: KIT-coordinated transnational network studies chemical signals between pathogen and plant -- EU funding in the amount of EUR 500,000Credit: ...
