A step towards solar fuels out of thin air
A device that can harvest water from the air and provide hydrogen fuel—entirely powered by solar energy—has been a dream ...
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Novel thin and flexible sensor characterizes high-speed airflows on curved surfaces
The energy and transportation sector often make use of different kinds of fluid machinery, including pumps, turbines, and aircraft engines, ...
Exquisitely thin membranes can slash energy spent refining crude oil into fuel and plastic
Queen Mary scientists have created a new type of nanomembrane that presents a less energy intensive way to fractionate hydrocarbons ...
Variable focus thin lens designed for augmented and virtual reality headsets
WASHINGTON—Researchers have developed a thin lens with a continuously tunable focal length. The new lens could one day make visual ...
Weaving atomically thin seams of light with in-plane heterostructures
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to produce high quality monolayers of a selection ...
Plants that pull nitrogen from thin air thrive in arid environments
After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able ...
Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries
HOUSTON – (Aug. 22, 2022) – A bit of brushing may be the secret to making better rechargeable lithium batteries. ...
Thin mica shows semiconducting behavior, say scientists in new study
In 2004, researchers from the University of Manchester used adhesive tape to pull sheets of single carbon atoms away from ...
Exploring the ocean’s thin skin
The uppermost layer of the oceans is a very special but as yet little explored part of the planet. Less ...
Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials
Researchers have discovered that light — in the form of a laser — can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally ...
Pusan National University researchers develop “corrosion-free” copper thin films
Copper (Cu) is of fundamental importance to our daily lives due to its excellent electrical conductivity, as well as other ...
Physicists observe an exotic “multiferroic” state in an atomically thin material
MIT physicists have discovered an exotic “multiferroic” state in a material that is as thin as a single layer of ...
Researchers combine piezoelectric thin film and metasurfaces to create lens with tunable focus
WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have created a metasurface lens that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change ...
Scientists weave atomically thin wires into ribbons
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have succeeded in using nanowires of a transition-metal chalcogenide to make atomically thin ...
Which animals exist right here? Now researchers are able to find the answer out of thin air
Identifying the animal species that live in a particular area can be a lot of work. Usually it means spotting ...
Trapping vortices in thin superfluid films
Physicists at the University of Queensland have shed light upon how tiny whirlpools (vortices) get stuck to obstacles in superfluids.Credit: ...
Scientists measure calcium’s thin skin
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – A new measurement of the neutron skin in calcium reveals that heavier types of calcium nuclei ...
Scientists unravel the mysteries of irreversibility in electrochromic thin films
Electrochromic (EC) materials, one of the key "green" technological components for sustainability and energy savings, have piqued the interest of ...
Tea time gets flavor boost from thin film, impure water
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2021 -- Getting your day started sometimes feels like it requires magic, but making a good cup ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology
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In search of the invisible galaxy
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Can pigeons match wits with artificial intelligence?