Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have mapped catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could improve chemical processes, and lead to better ...
Nanophysics
Nov 13, 2019
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Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards—such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 04, 2019
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The geode of Pulpí is an 11-meter hollow ovoid with crystal-paneled walls. It is like those familiar couplets of stone interiors covered with bright crystallites, but so large that several people can fit inside. The crystals, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2019
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ETH spinoff FenX transforms industrial waste into a porous foam suitable for building insulation. Unlike other sustainable materials used for the purpose, this type of insulation is non-flammable and inexpensive to produce.
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2019
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A new glass ceramic material could become a better alternative to use in construction. Miguel Hernández University (UMH) professor Manuel Jordán has contributed to the creation of a new glass ceramic material from sludge ...
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2019
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Many technical processes, including chemical production, exhaust gas purification and the chemical storage of solar energy would not be possible without catalysts. In the chemical industry, the vast majority of products produced ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2019
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On the left side of this before and after image is a pile of simulated lunar soil, or regolith; on the right is the same pile after essentially all the oxygen has been extracted from it, leaving a mixture of metal alloys. ...
Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2019
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Today's resource-intensive production processes for printing on textiles can soon be history. With a new method, developed within a doctoral project at the University of Borås, Sweden, several stages of the process can be ...
Materials Science
Oct 08, 2019
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Iowa State University researchers have found a natural way to add color to clothing using the leftover grounds from your daily cup of coffee.
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2019
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An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity.
General Physics
Sep 23, 2019
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