Story tips: Volcanic microbes, unbreakable bonds and flood mapping
Credit: Anna-Louise Reysenbach/NSF, ROV Jason and 2018 ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biology - Volcanic microbes Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributed ...
Tag: Polymer Chemistry
A massive advance in spectrometry
Scientists at Kanazawa University combine continuum and molecular dynamics simulations to study the neutralization of excess charges during mass spectrometry, ...
Nanodiamonds feel the heat
An international team of researchers created nanodiamond sensors that can act as both heat sources and thermometers, and is using ...
New process more efficiently recycles excess CO2 into fuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For years, researchers have worked to repurpose excess atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
Nanocrystals that eradicate bacteria biofilm
Credit: POSTECH The COVID-19 pandemic is raising fears of new pathogens such as new viruses or drug-resistant bacteria. To this, ...
Researcher cracks the hidden strengthening mechanism in biological ceramics
Credit: Virginia Tech Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has found insights into building stronger ...
Neither liquid nor solid
Credit: Research groups of Professor Andreas Zumbusch and Professor Matthias Fuchs While glass is a truly ubiquitous material that we ...
Mechanophores: Making polymer crystallization processes crystal clear
Credit: Tokyo Tech In modern times, manufacturers produce highly specialized materials for a wide array of uses, called polymers. Polymers ...
Researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Credit: Image by the Ganapathysubramanian research group/Iowa State University and Gregory Foss/Texas Advanced Computing Center. AMES, Iowa - Nature has ...
Electrons hop to it on twisted molecular wires
Scientists at Osaka University devise a method to improve the conductivity of molecular wires by intentionally adding periodic twists to ...
Andreas Walther receives ERC Consolidator Grant for development of intelligent materials
EU funding for research into materials with both artificial and lifelike propertiesCredit: photo/©: private Artificially created smart, intelligent materials with ...
‘Soft’ nanoparticles give plasmons new potential
Rice scientists show how coated nanoantennas retain energy to potentially catalyze chemical reactionsCredit: Emily Searles/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 22, ...
Scientists develop an efficient way to produce low-cost heatsinks
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists found a way to reduce the cost of industrial and electronics heatsinks production ...
Shifting gears toward chemical machines
Pitt engineers build chemically driven wheels that "morph" into gears to perform mechanical workCredit: A. Laskar PITTSBURGH (December 18, 2020) ...
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