Researchers at Linköping University have, by way of a number of theoretical calculations, shown that magnesium diboride becomes superconductive at a higher temperature when it is stretched. The discovery is a big step toward ...
Superconductivity
Mar 22, 2022
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A massive winter storm is bringing gusting winds to much of the eastern U.S. this weekend and is expected to dump a foot snow in some areas of the northeast as it brings freezing temperatures to the southeast.
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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Superconductors—metals in which electricity flows without resistance—hold promise as the defining material of the near future, according to physicist Brad Ramshaw, and are already used in medical imaging machines, drug ...
Superconductivity
Mar 10, 2022
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In a recent article published in Nature, a research team led by Prof. Chen Xianhui, Wu Tao and Wang Zhenyu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found the key evidence ...
Superconductivity
Feb 25, 2022
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), known for their longevity, excellent charge storage characteristics, high energy density, and high operating voltage, have become the cornerstone of portable electronics, electronic vehicles, ...
Materials Science
Feb 25, 2022
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A strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds has been confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, federal and state agencies said Wednesday.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 9, 2022
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After decades of being relegated and regulated, research on industrial hemp as a valuable crop is far behind. That's because the United States banned the use of hemp in the 1930s. The result was all research about this crop ...
Agriculture
Feb 8, 2022
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Superconductivity refers to the loss of electrical resistance of a material and requires extremely low temperatures (< -200 degrees Celsius) in order to persist. This low temperature, otherwise known as the transition temperature, ...
Superconductivity
Feb 8, 2022
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Enhanced mountain warming coupled with reduced rainfall at high elevation may deplete stores of mountain snow and ice more rapidly than previously thought.
Environment
Feb 2, 2022
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Researchers have known about high-temperature superconducting copper-based materials, or cuprates, since the 1980s. Below a certain temperature (approximately -130 degree Celsius), electrical resistance vanishes from these ...
Superconductivity
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