Lego-like chemical building blocks self-assemble into catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells
What's better than platinum?
Materials Science
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A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the development of life
The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown for the first time that phase separation is an extremely efficient ...
Biochemistry
May 24, 2018
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The Standard Model of particle physics—the absolutely amazing theory of almost everything
The Standard Model. What dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings.
General Physics
May 23, 2018
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Supercomputing the emergence of material behavior
What makes kevlar stop a bullet, at the atomic level?
Materials Science
May 17, 2018
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How the building blocks of life may form in space
In a laboratory experiment that mimics astrophysical conditions, with cryogenic temperatures in an ultrahigh vacuum, scientists used an electron gun to irradiate thin sheets of ice covered in basic molecules of methane, ammonia ...
Materials Science
Apr 25, 2018
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A simple method developed for 3-D bio-fabrication based on bacterial cellulose
Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are promising building blocks for the development of sustainable materials with the potential to outperform conventional synthetic materials. BC, one of the purest forms of nanocellulose, ...
Materials Science
Mar 26, 2018
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Custom sequences for polymers using visible light
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University used a light-sensitive iridium-palladium catalyst to make "sequential" polymers, using visible light to change how building blocks are combined into polymer chains. By simply ...
Polymers
Mar 22, 2018
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Building the machinery that makes proteins
All of the proteins necessary for life are made by giant molecular machines called ribosomes. A ribosome, in turn, is built from proteins and ribosomal RNAs stitched together with immaculate precision.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2018
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Webb Telescope to make a splash in search for interstellar water
Water is crucial for life, but how do you make water? Cooking up some H2O takes more than mixing hydrogen and oxygen. It requires the special conditions found deep within frigid molecular clouds, where dust shields against ...
Astronomy
Mar 9, 2018
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Startup scales up carbon nanotube membranes to make carbon-zero fuels for less than fossil fuels
Mattershift, an NYC-based startup with alumni from MIT and Yale has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The startup is developing the technology's ability to combine and separate ...
Materials Science
Mar 9, 2018
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