Swimming habits of gelatinous animals could inspire underwater vehicle design
A gelatinous sea creature could teach engineers a lesson or two.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2022
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Physicists strike gold, solving 50-year lightning mystery
The chances of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million, but those odds shortened considerably this month when more than 4.2 million lightning strikes were recorded in every Australian state and territory ...
General Physics
Nov 24, 2022
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High-temperature superconductivity in lanthanum, yttrium, and cerium ternary hydrides
There has been a lot of progress and development in the superconductivity (zero electrical resistance) front owing to its wide range of applications in MRI machines, particle accelerators, and low-loss power cables. However, ...
Superconductivity
Nov 16, 2022
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Chemists boost eco-friendly battery performance using catalysts with unconventional phase nanostructures
The metal-carbon dioxide battery is a promising and environmentally friendly technology, but its energy efficiency is limited. Recently, a research team co-led by chemists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered ...
Nanophysics
Nov 16, 2022
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Recyclable composites help drive net-zero goal
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists designed a recyclable polymer for carbon-fiber composites to enable circular manufacturing of parts that boost energy efficiency in automotive, wind power and aerospace applications.
Polymers
Nov 10, 2022
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Climate change emissions from buildings and construction hit a new high: Report
Despite an increase in energy efficiency investment and lower energy intensity, the building and construction sector's energy consumption and CO2 emissions have rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to an all-time high, a ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2022
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Semi-nonlinear etchless lithium niobate waveguide with bound states in the continuum
Lithium niobite (LN) with an ultra-wide optical transparent window has shown excellent nonlinear, electro-optic, acoustic-optic, piezoelectric, thermoelectric and photorefractive effects. It is an excellent platform for realizing ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 4, 2022
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Sulfonium cations for quasi-2D perovskite solar cells
Ruddlesden-Popper-type (RP) quasi-two-dimensional (2D) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted extensive attention due to their unique photovoltaic properties and excellent device stability. Due to disordered crystallization, ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 3, 2022
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Delivering genes into plant mitochondria using polymer-coated carbon nanotubes
RIKEN biologists have found an effective way to smuggle genetic material into the energy generators of plant cells, opening up the possibility of coaxing plants to produce commercially useful compounds. Their research appears ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 2, 2022
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An artificial polariton neuron as a step towards a photonic system that mimics the operation of the human brain
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw and the Polish Academy of Sciences used photons to create a spiking neuron, the basic element of the future photonic neural network processor. The results ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 24, 2022
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