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Supercomputing Boosts Biomass Fuel Conversion Efficiency

Fuels made from agricultural or forestry wastes known as lignocellulosic biomass have long been a champion in the quest to reduce use of fossil fuels. But…

Materials Sciences

Graphene-Matrix Method Enhances Stability of 2D Materials

The family of 2D materials has recently been joined by a new class, the monolayers of oxides and carbides of transition metals, which have been the subject of…

Materials Sciences

New Graphene Discovery Enhances Superconductor Development

When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These “moiré patterns” have long intrigued artists, scientists and…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Light Sources Transform Optical Circuits in Nanoworld

Previous circuits on chips rely on electrons as the information carriers. In the future, photons which transmit information at the speed of light will be able…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Organisms Cleanse Uranium-Contaminated Soil

Decontaminating the legacy of uranium mining in the GDR

Physics & Astronomy

Newly Confirmed TESS Planet Reveals Promising Discovery

The new worlds orbit a star named GJ 357, an M-type dwarf about one-third the Sun's mass and size and about 40% cooler that our star. The system is located 31…

Materials Sciences

Discovering Excitonic Insulators: A New Class of Materials

First observation of excitonic insulator
New exotic state was first predicted in 1960s

Materials Sciences

SUTD Unveils Unique Method for 3D Porous Structure Fabrication

For example, the introduction of sacrificial templates can impart porosity to the materials encapsulating them after the removal of embedded materials….

Studies and Analyses

New Torso Simulator Sparks Innovations in Back Brace Design

Engineers have for the first time created a simulator mimicking the mechanical behaviour of the human torso – which could lead to innovations in the design of…

Information Technology

New Quantum Algorithm Bridges Quantum and Classical Worlds

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a new quantum computing algorithm that offers a clearer understanding of the quantum-to-classical…

Materials Sciences

Generating Electricity with Water and Thin Metal Layers

Scientists from Northwestern University and Caltech have produced electricity by simply flowing water over extremely thin layers of inexpensive metals,…

Materials Sciences

Research Links Insulating States in Twisted Bilayer Graphene and Cuprates

Finding a material which superconducts at room temperature would lead to a technological revolution, alleviate the energy crisis (as nowadays most energy is…

Life & Chemistry

New Protein-Sensing Mechanism Uncovered by Researchers

New research published in Molecular Cell on 31 July 2019 conducted by researchers from the University of Konstanz’s Collaborative Research Centre 969 “Chemical…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's TESS mission scores 'hat trick' with 3 new worlds

TESS Object of Interest (TOI) 270 is a faint, cool star more commonly identified by its catalog name: UCAC4 191-004642. The M-type dwarf star is about 40%…

Materials Sciences

Heat-Free Tech: Printing Metal on Flowers for Flexible Electronics

How about this one? There was a rose with metal traces printed on a delicate petal.

Health & Medicine

Repairing Brain Circuits: Nanotechnology Breakthrough at Johns Hopkins

Working with mouse and human tissue, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some — but not all — populations of…

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