The ancient secret ingredient that makes chocolate so tempting
There's no denying that chocolate is one of the world's favorite foods.
There's no denying that chocolate is one of the world's favorite foods.
Other
Apr 7, 2022
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Quantum dots could one day constitute the basic information units of quantum computers. In collaboration with colleagues from Copenhagen and Basel, researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Technical University ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 28, 2022
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Photoresist-based patterning strategies have been standardized for decades since the invention of photolithography. However, there are still major challenges in the processing of certain functional structures. For example, ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2022
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2D van der Waals crystals, a class of materials that exhibit strong in-plane covalent bonds and weak interlayer interactions, have recently become the focus of numerous research studies due to their plethora of unique electrical, ...
A polymer that catalyzes its own formation in an environmentally friendly solvent-free process has been developed by an all-RIKEN team of chemists. The discovery could lead to the development of inherently recyclable polymer ...
Polymers
Feb 4, 2022
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A method of producing vital chemical building blocks for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries that mimics how plants manufacture them has been developed by University of Warwick scientists.
Biochemistry
Feb 1, 2022
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High entropy alloys (HEAs) are chemically complex materials made up of mixtures of five or more elements. What's interesting about them is that they offer completely new possibilities for the development of electrocatalysts. ...
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2022
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It is well known that manufacturing operations can affect the environment, but hardly any research explores whether the natural environment shapes manufacturing operations. Specifically, we investigate whether water scarcity, ...
Environment
Jan 12, 2022
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Here are some little known facts about bamboo: bamboo grows fast—really fast. It has an amazing regenerative quality. It eats carbon dioxide. And it's incredibly lightweight, strong and flexible.
Environment
Dec 17, 2021
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Quantum dots, discovered in the 1990s, have a wide range of applications and are perhaps best known for producing vivid colors in some high-end televisions. But for some potential uses, such as tracking biochemical pathways ...
Nanophysics
Nov 22, 2021
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