Matter & Energy News
July 19, 2024
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July 17, 2024 — Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots. Drone-researchers felt inspired ...
July 3, 2024 — Scientists have created an anode-free sodium solid-state battery. This brings the reality of inexpensive, fast-charging, high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage closer than ...
July 2, 2024 — Is nature really as strange as quantum theory says -- or are there simpler explanations? New neutron measurements prove: It doesn't work without the strange properties of quantum ...
July 1, 2024 — With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...
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July 19, 2024 — Researchers use microscopy to chart amyloid beta's underlying structure and yield insight into neurodegenerative ...
July 19, 2024 — Engineers have shown that using a type of AI that revolutionized computer vision can greatly enhance modern adaptive radar systems. And in a move that parallels the impetus of the computer vision ...
July 19, 2024 — When deciding what material to use for infrastructure projects, metals are often selected for their durability. However, if placed in a hydrogen-rich environment, like water, metals can become ...
July 19, 2024 — A new ambient-energy-driven membrane that pumps carbon dioxide out of the air has been developed by ...
July 19, 2024 — Researchers have found that titanium-48 changes from a shell model structure to an alpha-cluster structure depending on the distance from the center ...
July 19, 2024 — Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for ...
July 18, 2024 — Creating fertilizers from organic waste can help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and promote sustainable production. One way of doing this is through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), which ...
July 16, 2024 — New research shows that ozone concentrations at Carlsbad Caverns National Park frequently exceed Environmental Protection Agency health standards, ...
July 18, 2024 — The way oil drops break up at the water's surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a ...
July 18, 2024 — As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their impacts on natural hydrologic processes also have grown. However, a new study by Penn State ...
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July 19, 2024 — Researchers has revealed the existence of surface concavities on individual crystal grains -- which are the fundamental blocks -- of perovskite thin films, and have unraveled their significant ...
July 18, 2024 — A new study suggests that the U.S. government's push to increase heavy-duty trucks' energy efficiency could encourage more shipping by truck instead of rail, reducing the policies' ...
July 18, 2024 — The flowless zinc-bromine battery (FLZBB) is a promising alternative to flammable lithium-ion batteries due to its use of non-flammable electrolytes. However, it suffers from self-discharge due to ...
July 17, 2024 — An environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of 'forever chemical' water pollutants, offering ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers engineered a new technique to identify at the nanoscale level what components are overheating in electronics and causing their performance to ...
July 17, 2024 — Australian engineers have unveiled a clever new device -- based on a modified speargun -- as a cheap and efficient way to test seabed soil when designing offshore wind ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed a hydrogel implant that can help prevent endometriosis, a condition that affects a great many women. This innovation also acts as a ...
July 17, 2024 — New experimental results show particles called muons can be corralled into beams suitable for high-energy collisions, paving the way for new ...
July 17, 2024 — An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the 'energy landscapes' of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old ...
July 17, 2024 — Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose. ...
July 17, 2024 — When you think of a battery, you probably don't think stretchy. But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be incorporated into flexible electronics, which are gaining traction for ...
July 17, 2024 — A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of ...
July 17, 2024 — PrISMa is a new platform that uses advanced simulations and machine learning to streamline carbon capture technologies, by taking into account the perspectives of diverse stakeholders early in the ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that the layered multiferroic material nickel iodide (NiI2) may be the best candidate yet for devices such as magnetic computer memory that are extremely fast and ...
July 17, 2024 — Damping vibrations is crucial for precision experiments, for example in astronomy. A new invention uses a special kind of magnets to achieve this -- electropermanent magnets. They consist of a ...
July 17, 2024 — Snot might not be the first place you'd expect nanobots to be swimming around. But this slimy secretion exists in more places than just your nose and piles of dirty tissues -- it also lines and ...
July 16, 2024 — CRISPR-Cas systems, defense systems in bacteria, have become a plentiful source of technologies for molecular diagnostics. Researchers have now expanded this extensive toolbox further. Their novel ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray ...
July 16, 2024 — A new technique estimates the reliability of a self-supervised foundation model, like those that power ChatGPT, without the need to know what task that model will be deployed on ...
Friday, July 19, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Study Shows New Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks Could Boost Energy Use
- Novel Electrode for Improving Flowless Zinc-Bromine Battery
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Microbes Found to Destroy Certain 'forever Chemicals'
- Soft, Stretchy 'jelly Batteries' Inspired by Electric Eels
- New Technique Pinpoints Nanoscale 'hot Spots' In Electronics to Improve Their Longevity
- Aussie Innovation Spearheads Cheaper Seafloor Test for Offshore Wind Farms
- A Hydrogel Implant to Treat Endometriosis
- Powerful New Particle Accelerator a Step Closer With Muon-Marshalling Technology
- Physicists Develop New Theory Describing the Energy Landscape Formed When Quantum Particles Gather Together
- Designing Safer Opioids
- Completely Stretchy Lithium-Ion Battery for Flexible Electronics
- Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself
- Bridging the 'Valley of Death' In Carbon Capture
- Paving the Way to Extremely Fast, Compact Computer Memory
- The Magnet Trick: New Invention Makes Vibrations Disappear
- Enzyme-Powered 'snot Bots' Help Deliver Drugs in Sticky Situations
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- A New Addition to the CRISPR Toolbox: Teaching the Gene Scissors to Detect RNA
- Scientists Develop New Artificial Intelligence Method to Create Material 'fingerprints'
- How to Assess a General-Purpose AI Model's Reliability Before It's Deployed
- Transporting Precious Cargo Using the Body's Own Delivery System
- Immune System in the Spotlight
- Capturing Carbon With Energy-Efficient Sodium Carbonate-Nanocarbon Hybrid Material
- Local Dragonflies Expose Mercury Pollution Patterns
- Breakthrough in Quantum Microscopy: Researchers Are Making Electrons Visible in Slow Motion
- Compact and Scalable Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems for Future 5G Networks
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Monday, July 15, 2024
- Scientists Discover Missing Piece in Climate Models
- Producing Hydrogen and Fertilizer at the Same Time
- Crystals from Radioactive Metal Actinium
- Scientists Create Computer Program That 'paints' The Structure of Molecules in the Style of Piet Mondrian
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Microbeads With Adaptable Fluorescent Colors from Visible Light to Near-Infrared
- A Chemical Claw Machine Bends and Stretches When Exposed to Vapors
- Neutrons Give a Hot New Way to Measure the Temperature of Electronic Components
- A Better Way to Make RNA Drugs
- Neural Networks Made of Light
- Aperiodic Approximants for Relating Quasicrystals and Modulated Structures
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- A Comprehensive Derivative Synthesis Method for Development of New Antimicrobial Drugs
- Ultrasound Technology Can Be Used to Boost Mindfulness, Study Finds
- Engineers' Probe Could Help Advance Treatment for Spinal Cord Disease, Injury
- Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction
- Light-Induced Meissner Effect
- Nanoplastics and 'forever Chemicals' Disrupt Molecular Structures, Functionality
- Quadrupolar Nuclei Measured by Zero-Field NMR
- Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans
- Study Finds Health Risks in Switching Ships from Diesel to Ammonia Fuel
- Hydrogen Flight Looks Ready for Take-Off With New Advances
- Movement Sensors Show Promise in Identifying Racehorses at Injury Risk
- Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide Solutions
- Bacteria Form Glasslike State
- New Solutions to Keep Drinking Water Safe as Pesticide Use Skyrockets Worldwide
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- High-Speed Electron Camera Uncovers a New 'light-Twisting' Behavior in an Ultrathin Material
- Nanoparticle Vaccines Enhance Cross-Protection Against Influenza Viruses
- A New Twist on Artificial 'muscles' For Safer, Softer Robots
- Atlas of Proteins Reveals Inner Workings of Cells
- A New Material Derived from Graphene Improves the Performance of Neuroprostheses
- A Breakthrough on the Edge: One Step Closer to Topological Quantum Computing
- BESSY II Shows How Solid-State Batteries Degrade
- Researchers Show Promising Material for Solar Energy Gets Its Curious Boost from Entropy
- Could High-Temperature Single Crystals Enable Electric Vehicles Capable of Traveling Up to One Million Kilometers?
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Researchers Examine Economic Effects on Technological Advancements of Blue Hydrogen Production
- Moving from the Visible to the Infrared: Developing High Quality Nanocrystals
- Implantable LED Device Uses Light to Treat Deep-Seated Cancers
- Pinpointing Coal Plants to Convert to Nuclear Energy, Considering Both Practicality and Community Support
- Progress in Development of a New High-Tech Kidney Disease Urine Test
- Mining Rare Earth Metals from Electronic Waste
- Trust, More Than Knowledge, Critical for Acceptance of Fully Autonomous Vehicles
- Key Electronic Device Developed for the Massive Arrival of 6G Networks
- Detecting Defects in Tomorrow's Technology
- Researchers Fabricate Ultrastrong Aluminum Alloys for Additive Manufacturing
- It Takes a Cool Microscope and Antifreeze to Really Look at Ice
Monday, July 8, 2024
- Engine Wear Risk as Planes Swallow More Dust Waiting to Land
- Chemistry Inspired by One-Pot Cooking
- Researcher Finds Lithium Ion Batteries a Growing Source of Pollution
- New Extremely Fast Carbon Storage Technology
- Innovative, Highly Accurate AI Model Can Estimate Lung Function Just by Using Chest X-Rays
- New Bio-Based Tool Quickly Detects Concerning Coronavirus Variants
- Hexagonal Perovskite Oxides: Electrolytes for Next-Generation Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells
- Visualizing Short-Lived Intermediate Compounds Produced During Chemical Reactions
Friday, July 5, 2024
- Ionic Liquids: 'Don't Shake It'
- Engineers Find a Way to Protect Microbes from Extreme Conditions
- Innovative Battery Design: More Energy and Less Environmental Impact
- A 2D Device for Quantum Cooling
Thursday, July 4, 2024
- Single Atoms Show Their True Color
- New Organic Molecule Shatters Phosphorescence Efficiency Records and Paves Way for Rare Metal-Free Applications
- Cool Roofs Are Best at Beating Cities' Heat
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Do Genes-in-Pieces Code for Proteins That Fold in Pieces?
- Scientists Discover Way to 'grow' Sub-Nanometer Sized Transistors
- Chemists Synthesize an Improved Building Block for Medicines
- A Genetic Algorithm for Phononic Crystals
- Machine Learning Could Aid Efforts to Answer Long-Standing Astrophysical Questions
- Flexible and Durable Bioelectrodes: The Future of Healthcare Wearables
- Mechanism of Bio-Inspired Control of Liquid Flow
- Mapping the Surfaces of MXenes, Atom by Atom, Reveals New Potential for the 2D Materials
- How to Increase the Rate of Plastics Recycling
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Clever Clothes! Seams in Clothing Capture Body Movement
- Using Visible Light to Make Pharmaceutical Building Blocks
- Precise and Less Expensive 3D Printing of Complex, High-Resolution Structures
- Giant Clams May Hold the Answers to Making Solar Energy More Efficient
- What Was Behind the 2021-2022 Energy Crisis Within Europe?