Methane hydrate, an ice-like material made of compressed natural gas, burns when lit and can be found in some regions of the seafloor and in Arctic permafrost.
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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The idea of creating selectively porous materials has captured the attention of chemists for decades. Now, new research from Northwestern University shows that fungi may have been doing exactly this for millions of years.
Materials Science
Mar 5, 2021
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"What we're doing here is actually visualizing binding of the spike to ACE 2 [angiotensin converting enzyme 2]," says Kirill Gorshkov a research scientist at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) ...
The Navy's quest to power its ships by converting seawater into fuel is one step nearer fruition.
Materials Science
Jul 15, 2020
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Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang.
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2020
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A team at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has announced that they have improved quantum dot (QD) technology for use in large displays by developing QDs that are both more efficient and have no heavy metals. In their ...
Scientists know that a solar wind streams out of the Sun and rushes into the void of space, constantly buffeting Earth and the other planets with gales of charged particles.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2019
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To protect monolayer semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides (S-TMDs) from oxidation, they must be entirely shielded from light, with even short exposure causing oxidation severe enough to damage electrical contacts ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 30, 2019
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A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that allows long-endurance drones to powerlessly climb into the sky on bubbles of warm air.
Engineering
May 10, 2019
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After arriving at McMurdo Station on the unforgiving continent of Antarctica, it still took Dr. Rhonda Stroud two days of safety training and a four-hour flight before she was finally where she needed to be: the bottom of ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2019
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