Researchers achieve a first by coaxing molecules into assembling themselves
Imagine throwing Lego pieces into the air and seeing them fall to the ground assembled into the shape of a house or plane.
Imagine throwing Lego pieces into the air and seeing them fall to the ground assembled into the shape of a house or plane.
Materials Science
Apr 19, 2016
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A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water. The ...
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2015
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East Tennessee is among the country's most biodiverse regions for freshwater fish. In an abundance of shapes and colors, they swim in mountain streams and lowland lakes, sometimes ending up next to a side of garlic-mashed ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2014
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Neutron scattering experiments at the ILL have revealed the existence of quantum selection rules in molecules, the first experimental confirmation of its kind. Small molecules such as water and hydrogen were inserted into ...
General Physics
Oct 10, 2014
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A geostatistical approach for studying environmental conditions in stream networks and landscapes has been successfully applied at a valley-wide scale to assess headwater stream chemistry at high resolution, revealing unexpected ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2014
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A little amount of appropriately prepared powder is poured in water polluted with phenol and cellulose. A bit of the sun and after fifteen minutes harmful compounds disappear, and the powder can be filtered off and reused. ...
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2013
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For years, scientists have thought that a continental ice sheet formed during the Late Cretaceous Period more than 90 million years ago when the climate was much warmer than it is today. Now, a University of Missouri researcher ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A cheap and simple process using natural fibers embedded with nanoparticles can almost completely rid water of harmful textile dyes in minutes, report Cornell and Colombian researchers who worked with native ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A new nanostructured material with applications that could include reducing condensation in airplane cabins and enabling certain medical tests without the need for high tech laboratories has been developed by ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 17, 2013
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Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered that machines just one molecule in size move far quicker if you add a 'lubricant' to their surroundings. To their surprise, water proved to be the best lubricant ...
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2013
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