Cultivating plant growth in space
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign When in space, astronauts typically eat dehydrated, nutrient-dense food, but when it comes to longer ...
Tag: Materials
Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
New analyses reveal how over 60 years a critical marine species has responded to ocean acidificationCredit: Roy Lab, UC San ...
2D compound shows unique versatility
Multifunctional nanomaterial proposed by Rice could enhance solar energy, quantum computingCredit: Illustration by Jun-Jie Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, ...
Study shows tweaking one layer of atoms on a catalyst’s surface can make it work better
The surprising results offer a way to boost the activity and stability of catalysts for making hydrogen fuel from water.Credit: ...
Rice ‘flashes’ new 2D materials
Metastable metallic nanoparticles could find use in electronics, opticsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - Rice University ...
A safer, less expensive and fast charging aqueous battery
New anode for aqueous batteries allows use of cheap, plentiful seawater as an electrolyteCredit: University of Houston Lithium-ion batteries are ...
Material for future electronics: New method makes graphene nanoribbons easier to produce
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers have proposed a new method for synthesizing high-quality graphene nanoribbons -- a material ...
Liquid metal ink liberates form
Credit: POSTECH Today's electronic devices strive for new form factors - to make them foldable, stretchable, and deformable. To produce ...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Credit: Zhenxing Feng, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed ...
Transition metal ‘cocktail’ helps make brand new superconductors
Concept of high entropy alloys provides a discovery platform for new superconductorsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from ...
UCF engineering and biology researchers collaborate to aid coral reef restoration
UCF researchers tested how well staghorn coral skeletons withstand the forces of nature and humans in a new study. The ...
Engineers find antioxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers
Credit: Brooke Kuei, Penn State Reactive molecules, such as free radicals, can be produced in the body after exposure to ...
Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential
It converts from sheets to tubes and back in a controllable fashionCredit: Conticello Lab Chemists have developed a nanomaterial that ...
Researchers question fundamental study on the Kondo effect
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich, Germany, 7 January 2021. The Kondo effect influences the electrical resistance of metals at low temperatures ...
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