6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (169+ words) Silica soil was used as the template to in-situ grow the lamellar SZIF-8. Sodium molybdate was vacuum adsorbed onto it to obtain a graded porous sustained-release filler. SEM/TEM/EDS confirmed the uniform distribution of elements. XRD, FTIR, and XPS…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (161+ words) Highlights of this article: 1. Extremely simple reaction conditions: Say goodbye to expensive catalysts and demanding ligands. Simply add zinc powder at room temperature to trigger the reaction, and there is no need to prepare Reformatsky reagent in advance ("one-pot" mixing…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (25+ words) siv_still_frame (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Illustration of a silicon-vacancy center in a diamond crystal lattice. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1382+ words) With the accelerated advancement of lunar and Mars exploration programs, long-term human habitation on extraterrestrial bodies faces the severe challenge of extreme diurnal temperature variations. Phase change materials (PCMs), owing to their ability to store or release substantial latent heat…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (62+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! The darkening on the bottom half of these fluorescent tape strips shows that the optical brightener in the tape degraded faster than the pigmentary color when exposed to light. The top half of the strips was shielded from…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (93+ words) image: Coupled degradation pathways and key practical constraints in aqueous Zn-based flow batteries under realistic flow operation. view more Credit: Zhiquan Wei and Chunyi Zhi from The University of Hong Kong. This review provides a practical framework for understanding degradation…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (903+ words) 3D atomic imaging in advanced materials yields new insights into transitions such as liquid freezing into solid image: Maps of five out of the 8,000-plus crystal nuclei in the study show regions with a high level of order in red, with…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (320+ words) A new recyclable system uses baker's yeast to store H₂ in organic molecules and iron ions to release it when needed - offering a promising route toward more sustainable hydrogen production and storage. image: H₂ storage performance of polyhydric alcohols (LOHC) and the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (393+ words) Published in Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, the study abandons the long-standing "component-independent assumption" used in conventional kinetic models. Instead, it introduces a component-coupled framework based on representative volume element analysis (RVEA) and a controlled-release densification pretreatment using sulfuric acid…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (520+ words) University of Chicago-led institute will advance quantum sensors toward robust tools for revealing biological processes beyond the reach of conventional measurement image: UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering alumni Jacob Feder, PhD’25 (left), and Benjamin Soloway, PhD’25, co-first authors of…...