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What you need to know about Microsoft’s new $1,400, dual-screen smartphone
It's like a multi-monitor setup in your pocket. (Microsoft/)In the spring of 2019, folding smartphones felt imminent. Samsung was about to launch the flashy, expensive Galaxy Z Fold and numerous other manufacturers were...
Nanoparticles to immunize plants against heat stress
Civil and Environmental Engineering's Greg Lowry and his team are creating nanoparticles (NP) and NP coatings that will revolutionize the agricultural industry. Already, his research has demonstrated that NPs that...
New Super-Resolution Method Reveals The Fine Details
Since the early 1930s, electron microscopy has provided unprecedented access to the alien world of the extraordinarily small, revealing intricate details that are otherwise impossible to discern with conventional light...
Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
Electronic filters are part of the inner workings of our phones and other wireless devices. They eliminate or enhance specific input signals to achieve the desired output signals. They are...
Searching for Heavy Higgs bosons decaying into two tau leptons with the ATLAS detector
In particle physics, three out of the four known fundamental forces in the universe, namely electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions, are described by a theory known as the standard model...
Investigation of five-layered cuprate reveals Fermi pockets
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Japan and one in the U.K has observed Fermi pockets during experiments with a five-layered cuprate, confirming theories. In...
Stabilizing monolayer nitrides with silicon
In a new report published in Science, Yi-Lun Hong and a group of research scientists in materials science, engineering, and advanced technology in China and the U.K. investigated two-dimensional (2-D)...
Practical solution for preventing corrosive buildup in nuclear systems
When clogs and corrosion threaten residential water and heating systems, homeowners can simply call a plumber to snake a drain or replace a pipe. Operators of nuclear power plants aren't...
Uranium reveals its true nature
Most people are familiar with uranium as a fuel for nuclear power plants. And while that's the most common application, this element is also used in many other fields, such...
The molecular deflection of light radiation by means of diamantane
An international team led by the chemist Heinz Langhals of Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has succeeded in the molecular deflection of light radiation by means of diamantane. Novel applications...
A superelastic alloy with a nearly limitless temperature window
A team of researchers at Tohoku University has developed a new kind of superelastic alloy with a nearly limitless superelastic window. In their paper published in the journal Science, the...
Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit
Aalto University researchers have developed a black silicon photodetector that has reached above 130% efficiency. Thus, for the first time, a photovoltaic device has exceeded the 100% limit, which has...
Liquid crystals that can replace color-shifting ink and prevent money counterfeiting
A research team in Korea has developed a material that may potentially replace color-shifting ink in prevention of forgery of bank notes, ID cards and so on. A team headed...
Fracture toughness of the material for aircraft construction is increased by 1.5 times
Scientists from NUST MISIS have found a way to increase the fracture toughness of silicon carbide, a promising structural material for the production of refractory parts, by 1.5 times. These...
New method for late-stage functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds
National University of Singapore chemists have developed a photo-induced method for late-stage functionalization of carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds in organic molecules.
Fluorescent materials are the brightest ever made
An ion-sequestering macrocycle keeps dyes from dulling when incorporated into solids
Magnetically controlled droplets rock, rotate, and roll
Droplets with localized iron oxide nanoparticles move in response to a magnetic field and could have applications in optics
Momentive to close silicone raw material plant
Planned shutdown is part of a shift toward specialties at the silicone firm
Scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer
If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities. But first, scientists need to coax quantum systems to stay yoked for longer than a few millionths of a...
New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals
As levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide continue to climb, scientists are looking for new ways of breaking down CO2 molecules to make useful carbon-based fuels, chemicals and other products. Now,...
Simple mod makes quantum states last 10,000 times longer
A team of scientists has announced the discovery of a simple modification that allows quantum systems to stay operational -- or 'coherent' -- 10,000 times longer than before.
Bacterial enzymes hijacked to create complex molecules normally made by plants
Chemists have efficiently created three families of complex, oxygen-containing molecules that are normally obtainable only from plants. These molecules, called terpenes, are potential starting points for new drugs and other...
Researchers discover new phase of nanoconfined water
Researchers at MIPT Laboratory of Terahertz Spectroscopy together with their Russian and international colleagues discovered a new phase of nanoconfined water; separate water molecules that are confined within nanocavities formed...
Researchers demonstrate fundamentally new approach to ultrasound imaging
North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating ultrasound images. The new approach is substantially simpler than existing techniques and could significantly drive down technology costs.
Researchers design efficient low-cost system for producing power at night
Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently produce power at night. The system uses commercially available technology and could eventually help meet the need for...
Iranian forces boarded civilian tanker in international waters, U.S. says
Iranian forces boarded a civilian tanker in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals
By efficiently converting CO2 into complex hydrocarbon products, a new catalyst could potentially aid in large-scale efforts to recycle excess carbon dioxide.
