Heat flow through single molecules detected
Credit: OIST After several years of theorizing and experimenting, an international team of researchers including scientists at Okinawa Institute of ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
X-ray mapping enhances potential of lightweight magnesium
A world-first study led by Monash University has discovered a technique and phenomenon that can be used for creating stronger, ...
New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets
Amazing magnetic, liquid material could lead to 3D-printable magnetic liquid devices for the fabrication of flexible electronics, or artificial cells ...
Metal oxide-infused membranes could offer low-energy alternative for chemical separations
Credit: Fengyi Zhang Chemical manufacturers consume a massive amount of energy each year separating and refining feedstocks to make a ...
Adding a polymer stabilizes collapsing metal-organic frameworks
Credit: Li Peng (EPFL) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a special class of sponge-like materials with nano-sized pores. The nanopores lead ...
Improving the odds of synthetic chemistry success
Credit: Jolene Reid and Matthew Sigman. Chemistry is more than just mixing compound A with compound B to make compound ...
Researchers use nano-particles to increase power, improve eye safety of fiber lasers
Credit: Jonathan Steffen/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have devised a new process ...
A new material for the battery of the future, made in UCLouvain
Credit: University of Louvain (UCLouvain) Renewable sources of energy such as wind or photovoltaic are intermittent. The production peaks do ...
Bentham Science launches new journal, “Journal of Photocatalysis”
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Journal of Photocatalysis. The first issue of ...
Resistance is utile: Magnetite nanowires with sharp insulating transition
Osaka University-led researchers make ultra-thin nanowires of Fe3O4, with a remarkable 'Verwey transition' from metal to insulator at low temperature--a ...
Backed in black: How to get people to buy more produce
Backgrounds colors matter when getting veggies to pop at the grocery storeCredit: BYU Photo Researchers from BYU and the Netherlands' ...
Bentham Science launches new journal, ‘Current Chinese Engineering Science’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Engineering Science. The first issue ...
Bentham Science announces new journal, ‘Current Chinese Chemistry’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Current Chinese Chemistry. The first issue of ...
Bureau of Reclamation awards $5.1 million in research for new ways to desalinate water
Thirty projects were selected for laboratory-scale and pilot-scale research to determine viability of a novel process or determine the technical, ...
Pitt engineers receive $1 million to improve 3D printed turbine components
Researchers receive DOE funding to develop better quality control for 3D printing turbine componentsCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 11, ...
Green light for a new generation of dynamic materials
Credit: QUT/UGent/KIT Developing synthetic materials that are as dynamic as those found in nature, with reversibly changing properties and which ...
Researchers push for better policies around toxic chemicals
From high levels of lead found in school drinking water to industry sites releasing toxic heavy metals into the air, ...
New superomniphobic glass soars high on butterfly wings using machine learning
Pitt engineers develop new superclear, supertransparent, stain-resistant, anti-fogging nanostructured glass based on butterfly wing PITTSBURGH (July 11, 2019) -- Glass ...
A crystal clear step closer to commerical solar cells
A synthetic approach developed by KAUST researchers generates homogeneous and defect-free crystals that could fast-track the commercialization of perovskite solar ...
Experimental mini-accelerator achieves record energy
Coupled terahertz device significantly improves electron beam qualityCredit: DESY, Gesine Born Scientists at DESY have achieved a new world record ...