A five-year collaborative study by Chinese and Canadian scientists has produced a theoretical model via computer simulation to predict properties of hydrogen nanobubbles in metal.
Condensed Matter
Jul 15, 2019
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Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal.
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2019
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., including NASA and a pair from Denmark has found that Jupiter's magnetic field is quite different from Earth's. In their paper published in the journal ...
Nearly a century after it was theorized, Harvard scientists have succeeded in creating the rarest - and potentially one of the most valuable - materials on the planet.
Condensed Matter
Jan 26, 2017
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A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells, according to a new study by Stanford scientists.
Materials Science
Nov 24, 2016
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One of the hottest new materials is a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. These man-made materials were introduced in the 1990s, and researchers around the world are working on ways to use them ...
Materials Science
Aug 5, 2016
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Scientists have recreated an elusive form of the material that makes up much of the giant planets in our solar system, and the sun.
Condensed Matter
Jan 6, 2016
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Hydrogen could be the ideal fuel: Whether used to make electricity in a fuel cell or burned to make heat, the only byproduct is water; there is no climate-altering carbon dioxide.
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at Sandia National Labs working with another team from the University of Rostock in Germany, has succeeded in squeezing liquid deuterium into becoming what appeared to be a metal. ...
A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2013
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