A coating that can hide objects in plain sight, or an implant that behaves exactly like bone tissue—these extraordinary objects are already made from "metamaterials." Researchers from TU Delft have now developed an AI tool ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 9, 2024
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Domino reactions occur when the transformation of one chemical group stimulates the reaction of another attached group, or another molecule, leading to a rapid knock-on effect through the system like a row of falling dominoes. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 9, 2024
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To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet. Yet, there is a much more unusual method: A team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) discovered some time ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 7, 2023
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New active pharmaceutical ingredients lay the foundations for innovative and better medical treatments. However, identifying them and, above all, producing them through chemical synthesis in the laboratory is no mean feat. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 24, 2023
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The sky is no longer the limit—but taking flight is dangerous. In leaving the Earth's surface, we lose many of the cues we need to orient ourselves, and that spatial disorientation can be deadly. Astronauts normally need ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2023
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Tropical forests are among the most important habitats on our planet. They are characterized by extremely high species diversity and play an eminent role in the global carbon cycle and the world climate. However, many tropical ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2023
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Achieving photochemical upconversion in a solid state is a step closer to reality, thanks to a new technique that could unlock vital innovations in renewable energy, water purification and advanced health care.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 18, 2023
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Water flows, ice is rigid—this clear difference between the liquid and solid state of substances is part of our everyday experience. It follows from the very regular arrangement of atoms and molecules in crystalline solids, ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 7, 2023
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Like the blood coursing through our veins, electrons in the heart of our microchips breathe life into our computers. In the race to accelerate and downsize our electronics, there is a growing demand for new techniques and ...
General Physics
Jun 20, 2023
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An international research team has succeeded for the first time in measuring the electron spin in matter—i.e., the curvature of space in which electrons live and move—within "kagome materials," a new class of quantum ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 9, 2023
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