Every year, people all over the world try to make the biggest artificial Christmas tree, like the Gubbio Christmas Tree, formed by thousands of lights on the slopes of Mount Ingino, or the illumination of the 372-meter high ...
Nanophysics
Dec 21, 2020
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Loose strands of DNA end up in nature via our wastewater. As of yet, it is unclear how much this free-floating DNA impacts environmental and public health. Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have now ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2020
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One of the challenges in optical imaging is to visualize the inside of tissue in high resolution. Traditional methods allow researchers to look to a depth of approximately 1 millimeter. Researchers at Delft University of ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 1, 2020
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New research by scientists from Delft University of Technology and the University of Duisburg-Essen uses the motion of atomically thin graphene to identify noble gasses. These gasses are chemically passive and do not react ...
Nanophysics
Nov 27, 2020
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Magnetic materials are everywhere—in engines, wind turbines, electronic devices and refrigerators—so materials with better magnetic properties are highly desirable. TU Delft researchers Biswanath Dutta and Fritz Körmann ...
Materials Science
Nov 20, 2020
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Thermoelectric materials convert heat into electricity, which makes them extremely attractive for sustainable energy production, especially given that industry can waste more than two-thirds of its energy as heat. But mass ...
Nanophysics
Nov 16, 2020
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A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Leiden University, Tohoku University and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has developed a new type of MRI scanner that ...
General Physics
Nov 13, 2020
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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a method to predict the atomic structure of sodium-ion batteries. Until now, this was impossible even with the ...
Materials Science
Nov 11, 2020
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In a circular economy, design is about more than just creating a sustainable product. In this system based on eliminating waste and minimizing the use of resources, the design process is aimed at preserving the value of products ...
Materials Science
Oct 13, 2020
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In recent years, the Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier in west Antarctica has been undergoing rapid changes, with potentially major consequences for rising sea levels. However, the processes that underlie these ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2020
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