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Materials Science Aug 11, 2023

Developing new catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction

As a crucial part of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technology, CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to carbon-based fuels and chemicals presents broad application prospects in renewable energy storage and CO2 ...

Astronomy Jul 10, 2023

Astronomers scan the skies for nanosecond pulses of light from interstellar civilizations

In 2015, Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner and his non-profit organization, Breakthrough Initiatives, launched the largest Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. Known as Breakthrough Listen, this ...

Environment Jun 6, 2023

How well toxic elements leach out of coal ash depends on the ash's nanoscale composition, shows study

Everyone knows that burning coal causes air pollution that is harmful to the climate and human health. But the ash left over can often be harmful as well.

Astronomy Jun 6, 2023

Not your average space explosion: Very long baseline array finds classical novae are anything but simple

While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence showing that the objects may have been erroneously typecast as simple. ...

Astronomy Jun 5, 2023

Research investigates spectral changes of blazar OJ 287

Using NASA's Neil Gherels Swift Observatory, Indian astronomers have observed a blazar known as OJ 287. Results of the observational campaign, published May 25 on the arXiv pre-print server, shed more light on the spectral ...

Optics & Photonics May 19, 2023

Innovative imaging technique uses the quantum properties of X-ray light

An international team of researchers including scientists from FAU has, for the first time, used X-rays for an imaging technique that exploits a particular quantum characteristic of light. In their article, which has now ...

Astronomy May 15, 2023

Blazar 1ES 1959+650 investigated with Swift and XMM-Newton satellites

Using NASA's Swift observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, Indian astronomers have inspected a prominent high synchrotron peaked blazar known as 1ES 1959+650. Results of the study, published May 5 on the arXiv pre-print ...

Condensed Matter May 12, 2023

New surface coating technology increases materials' electron emission seven-fold

An international research group has developed a new surface coating technology that is capable of significantly increasing electron emission in materials. Their breakthrough is expected to improve the production of high-efficiency ...

Analytical Chemistry May 5, 2023

Scientists capture elusive chemical reaction using enhanced X-ray method

Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory captured one of the fastest movements of a molecule called ferricyanide for the first time by combining two ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy techniques. They think their approach ...

Astronomy May 2, 2023

Double radio relic and odd radio circle discovered with MeerKAT

During observations of the merging galaxy cluster PSZ2 G277.93+12.34 with the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers have serendipitously detected a double radio relic and an odd radio circle. The discovery ...

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