Industrial Engineering/Chemistry

The University of the Basque Country-UPV/EHU is researching mortars and concrete manufactured from industrial by-products, within the circular economy approachCredit: UPV/EHU The consumption of raw materials has increased notably in…

An electrode coating just one molecule thick can significantly enhance the performance of an organic photovoltaic cell, KAUST researchers have found. The coating outperforms the leading material currently used for this task and may pave…

Credit: University of Nottingham Using a new 3D printing process, University of Nottingham researchers have discovered how to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in functionality that offers better…

Credit: XU Di Prof. HUANG Qing's group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) developed a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) gas sensor to detect aldehyde with high sensitivity and selectivity, which provided a new…

Credit: Xampla Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, created a polymer film by…

Tailored 2D-materials by self organization and photopolymerizationCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM An international research team led by members from the Technical University of Munich, the Deutsches Museum, Munich, and the Swedish…

Lehigh University researchers use Frontera supercomputer to simulate photovoltaic fabrication, train AI to optimize energy productionCredit: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics/Lehigh University Today, solar energy…

University of Tsukuba researchers use a time-resolved X-ray crystallography method to gain a better understanding of phase changes in zirconia ceramics Tsukuba, Japan - Ceramic materials that are resistant to cracking are used in a variety…

In a decade-long quest, scientists at Berkeley Lab, the University of Hawaii, and Florida International University uncover new clues to the origins of the universe - and land new chemistry for cleaner combustion enginesCredit: Thor…

This highly contributes to producing the efficient heat removal component for fusion reactorCredit: National Institute for Fusion Science The oxide dispersion strengthened copper alloy (ODS-Cu) is superior in thermal conductivity,…

Credit: SNIFFDRONE, ATTRACT initiative (GA 777222, Horizon 2020). The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as WWTPs, have become a growing concern in the cities and towns that host these facilities and are…

Dramatic decrease in friction when water is passed through nanoscale capillaries made of grapheneCredit: The University of Manchester The speed of water flow is a limiting factor in many membrane-based industrial processes, including…

The emergence of peptides on the prebiotic Earth is an open scientific question since the condensation of amino acids is a thermodynamically unfavorable process in aqueous mediaCredit: RBI The presence of amino acids on the prebiotic…

Credit: IBEC Ever since the world's first ever microscope was invented in 1590 by Hans and Zacharias Janssen --a Dutch father and son-- our curiosity for what goes on at the tiniest scales has led to development of increasingly…

Rice lab creates spongelike materials for environmental remediation and moreCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 8, 2021) - A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent…

Data on 20-40 age group reveals: They sleep more, walk less and feel unhappierCredit: Tel Aviv University In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo used smart watches…

Credit: Chinese Journal of Catalysis Propylene oxide (PO) is one of the important propylene derivatives with high reactivity, which is used extensively as raw material for the manufacture of numerous commercial chemicals. The…

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley study maps potential toxicity of lanthanide metals used in medicine, electronicsCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab Lanthanides are rare-earth heavy metals with useful magnetic properties and a knack for…

Lehigh University computational chemical engineer to advance fundamental understanding of promising approach for safe, streamlined, cost-effective biomass and CO2 conversionCredit: Lehigh University Is it possible to build safe,…

Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete's hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete.Credit: Image courtesy of Franz-Josef Ulm, Admir Masic, Hyun-Chae Chad Loh, et al The concrete world…