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Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2024

Researchers devise new ways to engineer carbon-based semiconductors for electronics of the future

It might look like a roll of chicken wire, but this tiny cylinder of carbon atoms—too small to see with the naked eye—could one day be used for making electronic devices ranging from night vision goggles and motion detectors ...

Astronomy Mar 11, 2024

Saturn's moon is a testing ground to gain a better understanding of the methane molecule

Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system and the only one with a dense atmosphere. At the top of this atmosphere, rich in nitrogen and methane, the sun's radiation produces a great diversity of organic molecules, ...

Nanomaterials Mar 5, 2024

Harmful 'forever chemicals' removed from water with new electrocatalysis method

Scientists from the University of Rochester have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from "forever chemicals" found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a wide array of other products. ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 5, 2024

Microalgae with unusual cell biology could lead to improved understanding of harmful algal blooms

What are the molecular processes in a unicellular marine algae species that can cause harmful algal blooms? A research team led by microbiologist Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus from the University of Oldenburg (Germany) has conducted ...

Space Exploration Mar 5, 2024

Moon lander Odysseus has a new home and brings an artistic project along for the ride

The moon lander Odysseus, known as Odie, touched down on the moon's surface on February 22, becoming the first time the U.S. has landed on the moon in more than 50 years and the first commercial moon lander to successfully ...

Materials Science Mar 2, 2024

A strategy to further boost the efficiency of copper indium gallium selenide solar cells

Until recently, chalcopyrite-based solar cells have achieved a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 23.35%, as reported in 2019 by Solar Frontier, a former Solar Energy company based in Japan. Further boosting this efficiency, ...

Space Exploration Feb 27, 2024

Highlights of results from space station science in 2023

The International Space Station is a microgravity research lab hosting groundbreaking technology demonstrations and scientific investigations. More than 3,700 investigations conducted to date have generated roughly 500 research ...

Biotechnology Feb 27, 2024

Scientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for 'meat-like' proteins

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have not only succeeded in using blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for a new protein—they have even coaxed the microalgae to produce "meat fiber-like" protein strands. ...

Space Exploration Feb 27, 2024

Could tardigrades have colonized the moon?

Just over five years ago, on 22 February 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the moon. Named Beresheet and built by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, it was intended to be the first private spacecraft ...

Space Exploration Feb 27, 2024

Korean researchers create an electrostatic environment that simulates the moon's surface

Continuous research is being conducted globally on using the moon as an advanced base for deep space exploration, and Korea is no exception in these efforts. The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology ...

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