University of Wollongong researchers achieved a significant milestone in novel soft-matter transport by demonstrating the transfer of liquid metal from an anode to a cathode without creating a short circuit, defying conventional ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 11, 2024
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Separate teams of Chinese and American scientists are reported to be developing body armor using the silk from genetically modified silkworms. The researchers modified the genes of silkworms to make them produce spider silk ...
Materials Science
Apr 10, 2024
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Supercapacitors have the superb ability to capture and store energy. Researchers can use different materials and fabrication methods to make them flexible, thin and appropriate for use in wearable or implantable electronics, ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 1, 2024
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A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It's a phenomenon that defies conventional wisdom about how metals conduct ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2023
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In a landmark discovery, University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have realized the non-contact manipulation of liquid metal.
Condensed Matter
Feb 2, 2022
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Scientists have identified a mechanism through which important metals, crucial to the manufacturing of renewable energy technologies, are passed from the Earth's mantle to the crust.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat.
General Physics
Jul 2, 2020
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Thin metallic tethers for Coulomb drag devices that tow satellites and spacecraft can now be produced more easily than before. Scientists of the Finnish Meteorological Institute have developed a method to produce multi-wire ...
Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2020
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Gold, silver and copper are heavy metals, but LLNL scientists can now make them nearly as light as air—in a form so tiny it can ride on a mosquito's back.
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2019
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used carbon nanotube templates to produce nanowires of transition metal monochalcogenide (TMM), which are only 3 atoms wide in diameter. These are 50 times longer than previous ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 22, 2019
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