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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have discovered a new method to move objects using ultrasound waves. The research opens the door for using contactless man...
Alex Travesset doesnβt have a shiny research lab filled with the latest instruments that probe new nanomaterials and measure their special properties. No, his theoretical...
Factories in various industries use vegetable oils. These can be both edible oils and technical ones, which are used, for example, for lubricating parts. Oils are often s...
High-entropy alloys are a new class of alloys that are composed of four or more metallic elements in approximately equal amounts. For example, conventional commercial alu...
Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and collaboratorsΒ Alexander DowlingΒ andΒ Tengfei LuoΒ have deve...
Scientists used the Advanced Photon Source to watch a non-living material mimic behaviour associated with learning, paving the way for better artificial intelligence. Sci...
Magnets generate invisible fields that attract certain materials. A common example is fridge magnets. Far more important to our everyday lives, magnets also can store dat...
Scientists including an Oregon State University materials researcher have developed a better tool to measure light, contributing to a field known as optical spectrometry...
AΒ new high-profile scientific review articleΒ inΒ Nature Reviews ChemistryΒ discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on...
Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to external temperature chang...
The storage of ions when accompanied by their solvation shell in a crystal lattice is referred to as co-intercalation, up to this point, this concept was limited to the n...
Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials β called MXenes β in 2011, Drexel University researchers have...
Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and optical equipment. Inside the microscope, h...
Polyethylene plastics, in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape β are notoriously hard to recycle. Theyβre sturdy and difficult to break down,...
RUDN agronomists studied the microbial waters and soils in the Arctic and found some of the detected microorganisms are able to βdigestβ oil hydrocarbons that are dangero...
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently demonstrated a new technology to better control how power flows to and from commercial buildings equipped with solar...
Amid global efforts towards carbon neutrality, automakers all over the world are actively engaged in research and development to convert internal combustion engine vehicl...
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? Itβs a question thatβs gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The oceanβs deep...
An important part of the automotive suspension is the so-called steering knuckle. Its main purpose is to take on the loads and shocks that fall on the wheels, as well as...
Many of us are probably all too familiar with how strain in work relationships can impact performance, but new research shows that materials in electricity-producing fuel...
A household microwave oven modified by a Cornell engineering professor is helping to cook up the next generation of cellphones, computers and other electronics after the...
Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics,Β rely on semiconductor devices, or solar cells, to convert energy from the sun into electricity. To generate electricity, solar...
Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules hidden in natur...
Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have the same magnetic orientation. This means their spi...
AΒ new studyΒ byΒ The University of South AustraliaΒ has tested and verified the structural integrity of walls constructed from tyres packed with earth, with the results pote...
Thereβs stillΒ plenty of room at the bottomΒ to generateΒ piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way. A new study describes the...
Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the worldβs electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the va...
While scientists have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries could be developed into a viable alternative for grid storage applications, engineers at th...
The phrase βAll roads lead to Romeβ captures in five words how important roads are for important cities. Yet, when we think of what made some towns last and grow and othe...
Concerns regarding scarcity, high prices, and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic I...
The interface between gases and liquids is found throughout nature. It is also important to many industrial processes. To improve understanding of the gas-liquid interfac...
Researchers used neutrons to see how a new aluminium-cerium (AlCe) alloy behaves under the high temperatures and pressures inside an operating internal combustion engine....
As our devices become smaller, faster, more energy efficient, and capable of holding larger amounts of data, spintronics may continue that trajectory. Whereas electronics...
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RUDN) mathematicians have created a model of a future factory, equipped with a large number of devices that communicate with each o...
A ground-breaking new study recently published in the journal Earthβs FutureΒ and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the U...
The small aquatic snail-like molluscs use a tongue bristling with tiny microscopic teeth to scrape food off rocks and into their mouths. These teeth contain a hard yet fl...
Acetone and isopropanol are important chemicals for industry. They are used to produce materials from jet fuel to solvents to detergents to plastics. Currently, industry...
Steel is one of the strongest materials found on earth and is widely used for construction. But on its own, the durability of steel is poor. Galvanizing steel increases i...
In Science Magazine, TU/e researchers publish tier research on new phase transitions of solutions and gels in water, which instinctively go against the basic principles o...
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas,...
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