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Analytical Chemistry Sep 12, 2024

Researchers reveal in-situ dynamic carbonization of Mo oxide in reverse water-gas shift reaction

The synthesis of molybdenum carbide catalysts typically requires high temperature, leading to inevitable passivation in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. Developing a new route to produce molybdenum carbide at low temperatures ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 11, 2024

Unique nanodisk pushes photonics research forward

Photonic applications harness the power of light-matter interactions to generate various intriguing phenomena. This has enabled major advances in communications, medicine, and spectroscopy, among others, and is also used ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 9, 2024

New Mo carbide catalysts show high stability and activity in CO₂ conversion

Molybdenum (Mo) carbides, known for their unique electronic and structural properties, are considered promising alternatives to noble metal catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. However, traditional methods for preparing ...

Earth Sciences Sep 6, 2024

Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth's surface in a new animation

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years.

General Physics Aug 28, 2024

Unveiling a novel sample configuration for ultrahigh pressure equation of state calibrations

In a paper published recently in the Journal of Applied Physics, an international team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Argonne National Laboratory and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron have ...

Superconductivity Aug 26, 2024

Superconductivity study confirms existence of edge supercurrents

Topological materials are materials that have unusual properties that arise because their wavefunction—the physical law guiding the electrons—is knotted or twisted. Where the topological material meets the surrounding space, ...

Ecology Aug 20, 2024

Sponges' symbiosis with bacteria helps them store toxic molybdenum to keep predators away, study shows

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that sponges in the Gulf of Eilat have developed an original way to keep predators away. The researchers found that the sponges contain an unprecedented concentration of the highly ...

Materials Science Aug 17, 2024

New twist on synthesis technique promises sustainable manufacturing

James Tour's lab at Rice University has developed a new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF) that could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state materials, offering a cleaner, faster and more ...

Biochemistry Aug 14, 2024

Findings challenge current understanding of nitrogenases and highlight their potential for sustainable bioproduction

Nitrogenases are among the most geochemically important enzymes on Earth, providing all forms of life with bioavailable nitrogen in the form of ammonia (NH3). Some nitrogenases can also directly convert CO2 into hydrocarbon ...

Nanophysics Aug 6, 2024

Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts' active sites

The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions use heterogeneous catalysts—meaning that the catalysts are in a different phase of matter ...

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