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Key to Low-cost and Long-lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Engineering

Key to Low-cost and Long-lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Lithium-sulfur batteries have never fulfilled their promise as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other gadgets. But ?Donghai Wang, a mechanical…
Scientists reveal new insights into how Air Pollution Forms
Environment

Scientists reveal new insights into how Air Pollution Forms

A team of researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute/Hamad Bin Khalifa…
Ultra-sensitive Electronic Skin inspired by the Human Brain
Technology

Ultra-sensitive Electronic Skin inspired by the Human Brain

Researchers have successfully built an ultrasensitive pressure sensor for electronic skin that is modeled after the nerve system in the human brain. This technology is…
Cloud Computing Stores Chemistry Code
Technology

Cloud Computing Stores Chemistry Code

The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months. Some computing challenges are so…
Evaluating the True Climatic Costs of Manufacturing
Engineering

Evaluating the True Climatic Costs of Manufacturing

The production of commodities such as steel, polymers, and cement in the United States alone causes $79 billion in climate-related harm worldwide each year, according…
Batteries for Small Bio-integrated Devices and Robots
Technology

Batteries for Small Bio-integrated Devices and Robots

Batteries for miniature bio-integrated devices and robotics are a critical area of research and development due to the unique requirements of these systems. These devices,…
Catalytic Selectivity can be Controlled by Reaction Circumstances
Chemistry

Catalytic Selectivity can be Controlled by Reaction Circumstances

Chemists at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new theoretical framework for better forecasting catalyst activity. These clusters of atoms reduce the amount…
Significantly Extended the Longevity of Zinc Batteries
Chemistry

Significantly Extended the Longevity of Zinc Batteries

The move to renewable energy necessitates effective techniques of storing significant volumes of electricity. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have devised a…
Carbon Capture from the Air just became Easier
Chemistry

Carbon Capture from the Air just became Easier

In the face of rising CO2 levels, scientists are looking for sustainable methods of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, known as direct air capture.…
Reactor could Improve the Energy Efficiency of Direct Air Capture
Engineering

Reactor could Improve the Energy Efficiency of Direct Air Capture

Rice University researchers created an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to significantly reduce energy usage for direct air capture, which is the removal of…
The Discovery could help turn Trees into Inexpensive, Greener Industrial Chemicals
Environment

The Discovery could help turn Trees into Inexpensive, Greener Industrial Chemicals

Trees are the most abundant natural resource on Earth’s land masses, and scientists and engineers at North Carolina State University are working to develop sustainable,…
New Method for Producing innovative 3D Molecules
Chemistry

New Method for Producing innovative 3D Molecules

Chemists created so-called heteroatom-substituted cage-like 3D molecules. The novel structures are formed by accurately placing a triatomic unit into the strained ring of a reaction…
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