Dyes that are also of great interest for organic electronics have recently been prepared and crystallised at Vienna University of Technology. All that is required is water, albeit under highly unusual conditions.
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2018
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Japan may be famous for high-tech toilets, but one local firm is hoping a much more basic model can help solve deadly sanitation problems in developing countries.
Other
Jul 26, 2018
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When gold nano particles in water are illuminated by a laser, they get very hot: well above the boiling point of water. The formation of vapour bubbles caused by this, is well-known. New experiments, however, using a very ...
Nanophysics
Jul 12, 2018
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With excessive heat warnings for many parts of the region through Saturday, Tom Schwartz, director of the Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State University, says pet owners need to take precautions.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2018
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Among the many discoveries on matter at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 6, 2018
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Zooplankton are often considered to be a passive source of food for fish and other aquatic animals. But at least one of their representatives, the millimetre-sized copepod (Eurytemora affinis), moves purposefully in turbulent ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2017
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Researchers from the University of Queensland and Monash University in collaboration with ANSTO scientists have clarified how behaviour of tailorable nanoscale emulsions (TNEs) interact with their targets is directed by the ...
Soft Matter
Dec 11, 2017
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The desalination industry, a critical source of potable water in many arid regions, generated more than $13 billion last year and is expected to double within a decade. Most desalination plants today use a process called ...
Materials Science
Oct 16, 2017
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Water will easily stop a bullet, but it can't stop a ball sinking in a bubble.
Condensed Matter
Sep 11, 2017
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Hydrogen at elevated temperature creates high electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle.
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2017
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