Chemists unlock secrets of molten salts
A chemist at the University of Cincinnati has come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
A chemist at the University of Cincinnati has come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
Materials Science
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A team of researchers affiliated with entities in the Czech Republic, Greece and Germany has developed a way to reduce nitroarenes to amines that does not produce toxic reagents and does not involve extreme conditions. They've ...
Social workers in areas of Wales with decreasing care rates feel more confident in the approach of their local authority, a report has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2022
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Climate change—fuelled by increasing greenhouse gases—is causing more extreme weather events worldwide.
Environment
Mar 3, 2022
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When a space rock survives the turbulent passage through Earth's atmosphere and strikes the surface, it generates shockwaves that can compress and transform minerals in the planet's crust. Since these changes depend on the ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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Some proteins in cells can separate into small droplets like oil droplets in water, but faults in this process may underlie neurodegenerative diseases in the brains of older people. Now, Rutgers researchers have developed ...
Soft Matter
Aug 13, 2021
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As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across the United States.
Environment
Jul 8, 2021
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As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across the United States.
Environment
Jul 4, 2021
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Like two superheroes finally joining forces, Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine—generator of the world's most powerful electrical pulses—and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility—the ...
Materials Science
Jun 24, 2021
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The properties of materials under extreme conditions are of key interest to a number of fields, including planetary geophysics, materials science and inertial confinement fusion (ICF). In geophysics, the equation of state ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 17, 2021
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