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Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2025

Carbon nanotube sensor efficiently measures oxygen in gas mixtures under light

Oxygen is essential for life and a reactive player in many chemical processes. Accordingly, methods that accurately measure oxygen are relevant for numerous industrial and medical applications: They analyze exhaust gases ...

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2025

Global rooftop solar panels could cool Earth by 0.13°C, modeling study suggests

An interdisciplinary team affiliated with a host of institutions across China, working with one colleague from Singapore and another from MIT, has found evidence suggesting that if solar panels could be installed on every ...

Condensed Matter Mar 11, 2025

Simplified method for observing electron motion in solids unveiled

The ultrafast dynamics and interactions of electrons in molecules and solids have long remained hidden from direct observation. For some time now, it has been possible to study these quantum-physical processes—for example, ...

Space Exploration Mar 7, 2025

Engineers install Orion solar array wings for Artemis II

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion ...

Condensed Matter Mar 6, 2025

Controlling electrons in molecules at ultrafast timescales with tailor-made terahertz light pulses

Scientists at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with RIKEN and other institutions in Japan and Korea, have made an important discovery about how electrons move and behave in molecules. This discovery could potentially ...

Biochemistry Mar 6, 2025

Squid are some of nature's best camouflagers. Researchers have a new explanation for why

Nature is full of masters of disguise. From the chameleon to arctic hare, natural camouflage is a common yet powerful way to survive in the wild. But one animal might surprise you with its camouflage capabilities: the squid.

Polymers Mar 5, 2025

Chiral liquid crystals improve solar cell efficiency and stability by 50 times

A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign describes a breakthrough in the field of organic solar cells (OSCs), bringing the technology one step closer to commercial viability.

Optics & Photonics Mar 3, 2025

Einstein's light quanta through the lens of Maxwell's equations

Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves are generated under specific interactions. Light also bends around corners, resulting in fringing ...

Nanomaterials Mar 3, 2025

Turning pollution into power: New method transforms carbon nanoparticles from emissions into renewable energy catalysts

We have developed a breakthrough method to convert carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) from vehicular emissions into high-performance electrocatalysts. This innovation provides a sustainable approach to pollution management and energy ...

Nanomaterials Feb 28, 2025

Transparent stretchable substrate without image distortion shows potential for next-generation displays

Stretchable display materials, which are gaining traction in the next-generation display market, have the advantage of being able to stretch and bend freely, but the limitations of existing materials have resulted in distorted ...

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