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Graphene supercapacitor breakthrough could boost energy storage in future EVs and other household devices
8+ hour, 49+ min ago (472+ words) A new material called multiscale reduced graphene oxide could mean faster charging and power delivery than traditional batteries allow. Scientists have found a new way to manipulate graphene to create a substance with record-breaking energy and power density. When incorporated…...
Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery — they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (698+ words) A new sodium-ion battery offers a cheaper and safer alternative to conventional lithium-ion systems, scientists say, paving the way for more sustainable EVs. A breakthrough battery technology could vastly improve the safety of batteries used for electric vehicles (EVs) and…...
Scientists invent way to use E. coli to create and dye rainbow-colored fabric in the lab
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (378+ words) Scientists have used a novel method to create sustainable, rainbow-colored fibers using bacteria in the lab. Scientists have used genetically engineered bacteria to simultaneously create and color fabrics in a one-pot method. Compared with current methods that rely on fossil…...
Science history: Chemists discover buckyballs — the most perfect molecules in existence — Nov. 14, 1985
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (652+ words) Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster fullerenes, after the iconic 20th-century inventor. Date: Nov. 14, 1985 Where: Rice University, Houston, Texas Who: Harry Kroto, Richard Smalley and Robert Curl Over a…...
For the first time, physicists peer inside the nucleus of a molecule using electrons as a probe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr'Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the first time. Physicists have studied a rare molecule to look at how magnetism is distributed within a radioactive nucleus for…...
On Saturn's largest moon, water and oil would mix — opening the door to exotic chemistry in our solar system
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (572+ words) On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, molecules that would never mix on Earth are mixing together, seemingly defying a fundamental rule of chemistry. The frigid conditions on the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, allow simple molecules in its atmosphere to…...
For the first time, James Webb telescope detects 5 'building blocks of life' in ice outside the Milky Way
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (438+ words) New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around a star outside our galaxy. This cosmic first hints that the stuff of life may be widespread throughout space. For the…...
Science history: Scientists use 'click chemistry' to watch molecules in living organisms — Oct. 23, 2007
2+ mon, 13+ hour ago (529+ words) Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, opening up a window into living organisms. Milestone: Scientists develop a chemical recipe for watching molecules in living creatures Date: Oct. 23, 2007 Where: The University…...
Scientists discover first direct evidence that slivers of 'proto-Earth' may survive today
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (679+ words) In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii. Fragments of the hellish, lava-covered "proto-planet" that existed before Earth 4.5 billion years ago have survived unaltered in…...
Scientists discover gold nannoparticles hidden in spruce tree needles
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles " and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface. When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas…...