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Chaos generated with a nanoscale magnetic vortex
Magnetic vortices are nanoscale whirls that gyrate like spinning tops, tracing out paths in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner in nanometer-thick materials. Under certain conditions, this sense of gyration can...
Fireproof, lightweight solid electrolyte for safer lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are in everything from cell phones to cars. However, recent incidents involving fires or explosions of these devices show there's a need for safer batteries. One option is...
Mosaic X-rays reveal Peruvian mummy mysteries
Western researchers, including two undergraduate students, have become pivotal players in developing a mobile X-ray protocol that could transform how mummies are examined in the field.
Phonon hydrodynamics and ultrahigh-room temperature thermal conductivity in thin graphite
Different forms of carbon or allotropes including graphene and diamond are among the best conductors of heat. In a recent report on Science, Yo Machida and a research team in...
ISOLDE steps into unexplored region of the nuclear chart to study exotic isotopes
Many heavy elements, such as gold, are thought to form in cosmic environments rich in neutrons—think supernovae or mergers of neutron stars. In these extreme settings, atomic nuclei can rapidly...
Cathode 'defects' improve battery performance
Engineers strive to design smartphones with longer-lasting batteries, electric vehicles that can drive for hundreds of miles on a single charge, and a reliable power grid that can store renewable...
Fireproof, lightweight solid electrolyte for safer lithium-ion batteries
But some of the most-studied SSEs are themselves flammable, leaving the original safety concern unaddressed. Researchers now report in ACS' Nano Letters that they have developed an SSE that won't...
Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber
The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar power generators. In a paper...
AI method determines quantum advantage for advanced computing
Creating quantum computers is costly and time-consuming, and the resulting devices are not guaranteed to exhibit any quantum advantage—that is, they often do not operate faster than a conventional computer....
Water plays crucial role in mechanism of Henry reaction catalyzed by new copper complexes
A RUDN University chemist revised the mechanism of the Henry reaction catalyzed by copper(II) complexes. Thus, using new copper(II) complexes obtained in the same laboratory, he showed that water plays...
Longmire Days 2020 fan festival set for July 16-19
The 2020 edition of the Longmire Days fan festival is to take place July 16-19 in Buffalo, Wyo.
Handheld 3D skin printer demonstrates accelerated healing of large, severe burns
A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds - and its 'bio ink' can accelerate the healing process. The device covers wounds with...
Argonne and Washington University scientists unravel mystery of photosynthesis
Scientists solved a critical part of the mystery of photosynthesis, focusing on the initial, ultrafast events through which photosynthetic proteins capture light and use it to initiate a series of...
SLAS Technology's February Issue Now Available
The first SLAS Technology issue of 2020, "Flexible Analytical Devices for Point-of-Care Testing," features a series of articles and research reviews highlighting the ever-increasing popularity of wearable technology devices as...
Researchers seek to improve hydropower, lower electricity costs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $1 million to a research team led by Missouri University of Science and Technology to study ways to better harness the...
Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber
Researchers demonstrate how laser etching of metallic surfaces creates the ''perfect solar energy absorber.'' This not only enhances energy absorption from sunlight, but also reduces heat dissipation at other wavelengths....
Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber
The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar...
Grooves hold promise for sophisticated healing
Who ever said bioengineers can't get their groove on? The Rice University team led by Antonios Mikos says otherwise with its development of a groovy method to seed sophisticated, 3-D-printed...
Water, water everywhere, and it's weirder than you think
Researchers show that liquid water has 2 distinct molecular arrangements: tetrahedral and non-tetrahedral. By computer simulations and analysis of X-ray scattering data, the researchers were able to settle a very...
Cancer side-effects: Sweet nanoparticles trick kidney
Researchers engineer tiny particles with sugar molecules to prevent side effect in cancer therapy.
Pluto's icy heart makes winds blow
A 'beating heart' of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.
Double X-ray vision helps tuberculosis and osteoporosis research
With an advanced X-ray combination technique, scientists have traced nanocarriers for tuberculosis drugs within cells with very high precision. The method combines two sophisticated scanning X-ray measurements and can locate...
Pluto's icy heart makes winds blow
A "beating heart" of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.
Sweet nanoparticles trick kidney
In the past decade nanomedicine has contributed to better detection and treatment of cancer. Nanoparticles are hundreds of times smaller than the smallest grain of sand and can therefore easily...
Watch: Ashley Graham introduces son Isaac Menelik
Ashley Graham and her husband, Justin Ervin, shared new details about their baby boy, Isaac Menelik Giovanni.
Single-atom probe uses quantum information for the first time
Sensors collect certain parameters such as temperature and air pressure in their proximity. Physicists from Kaiserslautern and a colleague from Hanover have succeeded for the first time in using a...
Water, water everywhere—and it's weirder than you think
Researchers at The University of Tokyo have used computational methods and analysis of recent experimental data to demonstrate that water molecules take two distinct structures in the liquid state. The...
Fast screening for potential new catalysts
A new concept makes it possible to identify the most promising among an abundance of possible element combinations.