2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.Credit: ...
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Scientists develop strategy to stabilize single atoms with ionic liquid as electronic stabilizer
Credit: DING Shiping Supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis and have attracted broad ...
The secret behind crystals that shrink when heated
Discovery yields new quantitative description of unusual behavior relevant to materials used in electronics, medicine, telecommunications, and moreCredit: Brookhaven National ...
Efficient hydrogen conversion via PEC water splitting using hematite mesocrystals
Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has ...
Vicinal reaction: A radical strategy for linking three organic groups together
Kanazawa University researchers design a radical reaction to build highly functionalized ketones, installing two new carbon-carbon bonds at adjacent positions ...
Novel NRL instrument enhances ability to measure nuclear materials
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini) WASHINGTON - Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) designed ...
Concrete with improved impact endurance for defense structures developed at FEFU
Credit: FEFU press office Engineers from the Military Studies Center at Far Eastern Federal University (MSC FEFU) developed a brand-new ...
Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award
Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow ...
Lithium ion battery design can charge an electric vehicle in 10 minutes
Credit: Chao-Yang Wang Group Scientist have developed a lithium ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction ...
Research into how to create self-cleaning surfaces via 3D printing
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) It is becoming more and more obvious that 3D printing is more than just an ...
Using computational chemistry to produce cheaper infrared plastic lenses
The new material could bring consumers affordable access to consumer-grade infrared detectors in products such as autonomous cars and in-home ...
Using renewable electricity for industrial hydrogenation reactions
Pitt researcher featured as 'Emerging Investigator' in Journal of Materials Chemistry ACredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Oct. 29, 2019) -- ...
A new type of acoustic insulation enables sound to be concentrated in corners
UC3M researchCredit: Dolores Iglesias, Fundación Juan March The research falls within the field of study of the condensed matter physics, ...
Chameleon’s tongue strike inspires fast-acting robots
Robots can catch live insects in the blink of an eyeCredit: Ramses V. Martinez/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Chameleons, ...
Salt helps proteins move on down the road
Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufactureCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) ...
Soft double gyroids are unique, but imperfect, crystals
Rice materials scientists detail unexpected distortions in self-assembling polymersCredit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) - What appears ...
An amazingly simple recipe for nanometer-sized corundum
Credit: IFJ PAN, MPI Kofo Almost everyone uses nanometer-sized alumina these days - this mineral, among others, constitutes the skeleton ...
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open airCredit: Sahag Voskian and ...
New procedure for obtaining a cheap ultra-hard material that is resistant to radioactivity
Boron carbide is used in the design of planes, trains and carsCredit: Universidad de Sevilla University of Seville researchers, led ...
Study: Tradeoffs between commute time, safety
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Urban commuters may be less likely to encounter automobile accidents if ...