A more sustainable way to refine metals
A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without using toxic solvents and reagents.
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2017
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New confirmation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein predicted that whenever light from a distant star passes by a closer object, gravity acts as a kind of magnifying lens, brightening and bending the distant starlight. Yet, in a 1936 article in the journal ...
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2017
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Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice University geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of the upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and concluded that the southern half of the "Roof of the World" ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2017
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200 years of the bicycle—computer scientists electrify historic 'dandy horse'
In honor of the inventor, their prototype is still made completely of wood, but it also contains an electric motor, battery, sensors and mini-computer. As soon as the rider pushes off from the ground, the motor starts and ...
Engineering
Jun 7, 2017
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Researchers image quasiparticles that could lead to faster circuits, higher bandwidths
Zhe Fei pointed to the bright and dark vertical lines running across his computer screen. This nano-image, he explained, shows the waves associated with a half-light, half-matter quasiparticle moving inside a semiconductor.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 7, 2017
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New-generation material removes iodine from water
Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from water for the first time. The breakthrough could hold the key to cleaning radioactive waste in nuclear reactors and after nuclear accidents ...
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2017
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Turning car plastics into foams with coconut oil
End-of-life vehicles, with their plastic, metal and rubber components, are responsible for millions of tons of waste around the world each year. Now, one team reports in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering that the plastic ...
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2017
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Autonomous cars (no human backup) may hit the road next year
Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on publicly traveled roads as early as next year in what may be the first attempt at unassisted autonomous piloting.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 7, 2017
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Acacias are invading unaltered areas in the northwest of the peninsula
The legume Acacia dealbata, also known as mimosa, is one of the most aggressive invasive tree species in the world. In the northwest of the peninsula its propagation is an increasingly serious problem since it is penetrating ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2017
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Researchers demonstrate spin effects in solution-based nanocrystals
Wet-chemically produced nanocrystals are becoming more and more powerful. They are already used in the background lighting of the latest generation of flat panel displays. In the future they will be used increasingly as active ...
General Physics
Jun 7, 2017
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