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Study Reveals a Novel Technique for Modeling Fermionic Particles

One of the most significant challenges in the global R&D effort towards better energy technologies -- efficient and accurate material simulation -- may be one step closer to being solved, based on new techniques released by UK-based quantum software startup Phasecraft.

13 Jul 2021

Combining Two Promising Photocatalysts to Obtain Higher Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency

Turning away from fossil fuels is necessary if we are to avert an environmental crisis due to global warming. Both industry and academia have been focusing heavily on hydrogen as a feasible clean alternative.

13 Jul 2021

New Approach Strengthens the Catalyst for Oxidiazoles Synthesis by 3 Times

RUDN and Shahid Beheshti University chemist proposed a protocol for converting cellulose into a catalyst for the synthesis of oxadiazoles.

13 Jul 2021

Study Paves the Way for Stronger and Safer High-Energy-Density Batteries

New insights into the discharge of oxygen in lithium-ion batteries have been gained by a research team, thereby laying the basis for safer and stronger high-energy-density batteries.

13 Jul 2021

How CO2 Lasers are Helping to Set in Stone an Ancient Tradition

Leading laser manufacturer Luxinar is supplying its laser sources to CKLASER so that stone carvers in the Yushu area of Tibet have an easier option to continue an important ancient tradition.

From Luxinar Ltd 13 Jul 2021

Panacol Introduces New Reworkable Underfill Adhesive

Panacol has developed a new reworkable underfill for consumer electronics. The reworkability and fluorescence despite its black color of the new Structalit® 5751 adhesive allows manufacturers to reduce both manufacturing costs and environmental impact by reusing electronic components mounted on PCBs.

From Hoenle AG 13 Jul 2021

Novel Bipedal DNA Walking Nanomachine Based on DNA Logic Circuits

The complementary base pairing rules can be used to design and assemble a wide range of complex secondary structures, which can help develop DNA molecular devices with unique functions that significantly contribute to diverse research fields.

12 Jul 2021

New Process to Produce Movable, Self-Adjusting Materials Systems with 3D-Printers

Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a new process for producing movable, self-adjusting materials systems with standard 3D-printers.

12 Jul 2021

Novel 3D Printable PCM Composites can Regulate Ambient Temperatures Inside Buildings

Changing climate patterns have left millions of people vulnerable to weather extremes.

12 Jul 2021

Research Sheds Light on the Magnetic Properties of Nickelate Superconductors

The discovery of the first high-temperature superconductor in 1986 brought with it the hope that superconductivity would one day revolutionise power transmission, electronic devices and other technologies.

12 Jul 2021

Reviewing Pressure Effects on Iron-Based High-Temperature Superconductors

The discovery of iron-based superconductors with a relatively high transition temperature Tc in 2008 opened a new chapter in the development of high-temperature superconductivity.

12 Jul 2021

Imaging Charge Extraction in VACNT Perovskite Solar Cells Using Spectral and Lifetime Confocal Photoluminescence Mapping

Halide perovskite solar cells are the subject of intense research interest due to the attractive properties of perovskite; high carrier mobilities, large absorption coefficients, tuneable bandgaps, and long carrier diffusion lengths.

From Edinburgh Instruments 12 Jul 2021

High Temperature Superconductivity in Iron Selenide Crystals Sans Pressure

In a critical next step toward room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure, Paul Chu, Founding Director and Chief Scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, Liangzi Deng, research assistant professor of physics at TcSUH, and their colleagues at TcSUH conceived and developed a pressure-quench technique that retains the pressure-enhanced and/or -induced high transition temperature phase even after the removal of the applied pressure that generates this phase.

9 Jul 2021

Using the De Novo Approach to Synthesize Hybrid Enzyme Catalysts

The two major challenges in industrial enzymatic catalysis are the limited number of chemical reaction types that are catalyzed by enzymes and the instability of enzymes under harsh conditions in industrial catalysis.

9 Jul 2021

Turing Patterns Manifest at the Nanoscale in Monoatomic Bismuth Layers

One of the things the human brain naturally excels at is recognizing all sorts of patterns, such as stripes on zebras, shells of turtles, and even the structure of crystals.

9 Jul 2021