A team of Australian and German researchers has discovered a novel pathway that plants can use to save water and improve their drought tolerance.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2021
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A research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a robust, dually charged loose nanofiltration (NF) membrane for highly efficient dye/salt ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 22, 2021
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We've all come across them before: those little bags of small balls that come packed together with new shoes or electrical goods. The balls are there to absorb moisture so as to protect the items from damage. "These materials ...
Materials Science
Mar 17, 2021
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Sedimentary rocks and water are both abundant on Earth's surface, and over long stretches of time, their interactions turn mountains into sediment. Researchers have long known that water weathers sedimentary rocks both physically, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2021
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Recently, a research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a novel targeted modification strategy to improve the separation selectivity ...
Materials Science
Mar 11, 2021
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NASA's Perseverance Rover recently made a successful landing on Mars, embarking on a two-year mission to seek signs of ancient life and collect samples. Because Mars is extremely cold—nighttime temperatures can drop below ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 10, 2021
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While there's a famous horror-movie spoof about killer tomatoes, no one seems to have made one about caterpillars—the insect pests that eat the juicy red fruits of summer.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2021
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A highly porous metal organic framework, assembled from molecular building blocks designed to lock together in a specific orientation, has been developed by researchers at KAUST.
Materials Science
Feb 18, 2021
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We live in modern times, that is full of electronics. Smartphones, laptops, tablets, and many other devices need electrical energy to operate. Portable devices made our lives easier, so novel solutions in clean energy and ...
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2021
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Generating membranes using electrochemical polymerization, or electropolymerization, could provide a simple and cost-effective route to help various industries meet increasingly strict environmental regulations and reduce ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 21, 2021
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