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Study may Lead to More Improved Designs and Models of Nuclear Fuels

In a breakthrough achievement that needs cutting-edge technology, perseverance, and a great deal of caution, researchers have effectively utilized powerful X-rays to investigate irradiated nuclear fuel.

21 Jan 2021

New Anode-Free Battery Exhibits High Efficiency, Energy Density, Stability

Renewable sources of energy, like solar and wind power, could promote a decrease in the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.

21 Jan 2021

New Sodium Oxide Paves the Way for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries

Skoltech researchers and their collaborators from France, the US, Switzerland, and Australia were able to create and describe a mixed oxide Na(Li1/3Mn2/3)O2 that holds promise as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, which can take one day complement or even replace lithium-ion batteries. The paper was published in the journal Nature Materials.

20 Jan 2021

SciAps Debuts Next-Generation XRF Gun

SciAps has set a new performance standard for a handheld XRF. Weighing 2.8 lbs. (1.3 kg) with a battery, the X-550 is the lightest, fastest, most articulate X-ray analyzer ever made.

From Malvern Panalytical 20 Jan 2021

Element Expands into Simulation and Modelling Markets with Digital Capability Investment

Element Materials Technology (Element) has formally launched Element Digital Engineering, taking a significant step forward on its journey to becoming a leader in engineering simulation, modeling, data science, and art...

From Element Materials Technology 20 Jan 2021

Chemists Develop and Optimize Sustainable Catalytic Process

Acetals are important chemical compounds that are used, for example, in the production of certain medical agents.

20 Jan 2021

Ultra-Efficient, Flexible Piezoelectric Material Could Advance Wearable Technologies

A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.

20 Jan 2021

How to Minimize the Risk of Short Circuits in Lithium Metal Batteries

There are high hopes for the next generation of high energy-density lithium metal batteries, but before they can be used in our vehicles, there are crucial problems to solve.

20 Jan 2021

Patterns Inspired by Lobster Shells can Help Make Stronger 3D-Printed Concrete

New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures.

20 Jan 2021

Diverse Patterns Occur at the Surface of Solidified Metal Alloys

"Stripy zebra, spotty leopard, ...". Kids never become bored pinpointing animals based on their unique body patterns.

20 Jan 2021

Research Settles a Long Controversy on Energy Gap of Van der Waals Material

Previously controversial values of the energy gap of a van der Waals material -- chromium tribromide -- were reported based on various optical measurements.

20 Jan 2021

Post-Annealing Effect for Healing Ceramic Electrolyte Degraded by Li Dendrite Growth

A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and the Department of Chemistry at University of Calgary has investigated the effect of post-annealing for healing Li garnet solid electrolyte degraded by the growth of Li dendrites.

20 Jan 2021

Semiconductor Testing Chip can Detect Volatile Gas in Exhaled Breath

Third-year doctoral student Toshiaki Takahashi, associate professor Kazuhiro Takahashi, and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology developed a testing chip using semiconductor micro-machining that can detect volatile gasses in exhaled breath in ppm concentrations at room temperature.

20 Jan 2021

Wheat Straw Used to Develop New Biodegradable Polyurethane Foams

Every year around 734 million tons of wheat straw are produced worldwide, a large amount of waste, which is cheap and has had no well-defined use until now.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers Succeed in 'Fine Tuning' New Thermoplastic Biomaterial

Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in 'fine tuning' a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently.

20 Jan 2021