In a new study led by Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri at NYU Tandon, researchers showed a novel principle of actuation—to transform electrical energy into motion. This actuation mechanism is based on solvation, the ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 29, 2021
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A team of researchers using the ISOLDE nuclear-physics facility at CERN has measured for the first time the so-called electron affinity of the chemical element astatine, the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth. The ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 30, 2020
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MIT engineers have designed a "brain-on-a-chip," smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors—silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 8, 2020
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Actin filaments have several important functions inside cells. For one, they support the cell membrane by binding to it. However, scientists did not know exactly how the actin interacts with the membrane lipids. Simulations ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 3, 2020
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By creating neatly spaced slits in a clay mineral, University of Groningen Professor of Experimental Solid State Physics Petra Rudolf was able to filter water to remove a toxic herbicide. After removing the pollutant by heating ...
Environment
Feb 12, 2020
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At some point, every person is likely to experience an inflammatory condition. There are many causes of inflammation, and just as many treatments. Some types of inflammation disappear by themselves, while others require medical ...
Polymers
Apr 12, 2019
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A chemist from RUDN suggested a cheap and eco-friendly way of manufacturing electrodes for lithium-ion batteries from coffee production waste. An article describing this study was published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Materials Science
Mar 6, 2019
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Since the discovery of biological ion channels and their role in physiology, scientists have attempted to create man-made structures that mimic their biological counterparts.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 11, 2019
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A new study published in EPJ D provides a rudimentary model for simulating cosmic rays' collisions with planets by looking at the model of electrons detached from a negative ion using photons. In this work, Chinese physicists ...
General Physics
Feb 6, 2019
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Pairs of negatively charged phosphate groups and positive magnesium ions represent a key structural feature of DNA and RNA embedded in water. Vibrations of phosphate groups have now been established as selective probes of ...
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2019
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