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Study Reveals Metal-Insulator Transition Dynamics of Nickelates

Some metal oxides, such as nickelates, have a tuneable resistivity, which makes them an interesting material for adaptable electronics and cognitive computing. These materials can change their nature from metallic to insulating.

12 Jun 2020

New Vanadium Flow Battery Stack Technology Offers Low Cost, High Power Density

The development of renewable energies such as wind energy and solar energy is limited by their inherently random and intermittent nature.

12 Jun 2020

Magnetically Finely Structured Materials Made Using P2000 Steel, 3D Printing

It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic chessboard, four millimeters long on either side.

12 Jun 2020

Eco-Friendly, Stretchable Supercapacitor Could be Used in Wearable Electronics

Researchers from Skoltech, Aalto University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a high-performance, low-cost, environmentally friendly, and stretchable supercapacitor that can potentially be used in wearable electronics.

12 Jun 2020

New Catalyst Proves Effective for In-Situ Conversion of Asphaltenes

Kazan University continues its extensive research into catalysts for non-traditional hydrocarbons - viscous and heavy oils.

12 Jun 2020

New Improved Fluorescent Tags Destroy Breast Cancer Cells

A Rice University lab's project to make better fluorescent tags has turned into a method to kill tumors. Switching one atom in the tag does the trick.

12 Jun 2020

New High-Precision Method to Produce Polyrotaxanes

Northwestern University researchers have developed the most precise way to build polyrotaxanes, a mechanically locked polymer for slide-ring gels, battery electrode materials and drug-delivery platforms.

12 Jun 2020

Small Changes to Road Paving Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Every time you hear a deep rumble and feel your house shake when a big truck roars by, that's partly because the weight of heavy vehicles causes a slight deflection in the road surface under them.

12 Jun 2020

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

WITec GmbH, the technology leader in correlative Raman microscopy, is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm.

From WITec GmbH 12 Jun 2020

How to Maximize the Methane Yield of Biogas Plants Using the FOS/TAC Ratio as a Control Parameter

Monitoring the ratio of free organic acids to total inorganic carbonate is the best practice how to monitor the fermentation process in biogas reactors.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 11 Jun 2020

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