(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology has developed a way to make fatty acids using a nickel catalyst along with hydrocarbons. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Around 250 million years ago, life on Earth nearly came to an end, in a mass extinction between the Permian and Triassic periods known as the Great Dying. Some 90% of the species in the oceans and 70% of vertebrate families ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2017
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Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in developing a nickel complex that changes color and magnetism when exposed to methanol vapor. The new material can potentially be used not only as a chemical sensor, but also ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from China and France have adjusted the hardness of nanograined metals by applying electrodeposition and annealing. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their ...
Professor Frédéric Veyrier's most recent research, in collaboration with the team of Professor Hilde De Reuse at the Institut Pasteur, has shed light on key genes essential to the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori bacterium, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 21, 2016
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Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen that is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperatures using less energy. This innovation is expected to contribute to the spread ...
Materials Science
Dec 1, 2016
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A team of the Laboratory for Physics of High-Strength Crystals (Russia, Tomsk State University) has developed a new high-strength material based on iron to improve the quality of actuating mechanisms and sensors for mechanical ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 3, 2016
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In a new computational study published in the Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, University of Arkansas engineering researchers found that nanocomposites composed of layers of nickel and graphene—a promising ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2016
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Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel on Monday admitted a spillage at one of its plants was responsible for turning a local river blood-red.
Environment
Sep 12, 2016
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The true stripes of triple-layer metal oxides are charge stripes, physicists say.
Superconductivity
Jul 27, 2016
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