7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (460+ words) A neutron-based mapping technique has been used to track the movement of lithium ions in real time inside a functioning all-solid-state battery. Researchers at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in France discovered unexpected structural complexities, which could inform the design of safer,…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (541+ words) The process uses electricity, natural gas and water rather than harsh chemicals. Scientists in the US have accidentally discovered a new way to produce graphene oxide directly from natural gas, which could lower production costs and generate clean hydrogen. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (576+ words) Researchers in the US have developed a cheap sulfur-tolerant catalyst that could convert wasted methane into easily transportable and valuable liquid chemicals and fuels. The research was conducted by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). It…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (467+ words) While we know the theory behind chemical reactions, scientists have found it rather difficult to measure covalency experimentally. Researchers at the University of Manchester in the UK have directly visualized thorium-thorium bonding, a rarity among heavy elements in the periodic…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (578+ words) The streamlined manufacturing method simply requires spraying a light-absorbing material onto a glass panel and coating it with specially designed cobalt and zirconium molecules. Cambridge researchers have transitioned a laboratory-scale technology into a scalable, real-world application that uses solar power…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (440+ words) Even more remarkable, it does so using nothing but ambient, unconcentrated outdoor sunlight. This innovation achieved a 1.9 percent conversion efficiency in a solid-state system. While that number might sound modest, it is huge for material physics. Previously, pulling off this…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (277+ words) Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a new class of nanotube membranes that enable exceptionally fast lithium-ion transport. A new study published in Nanotechnology journal Nature Publishing Group’s Nature Nanotechnology has found that microscopic boron nitride nanotubes…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago  (552+ words) FIDDLE is designed for laser-driven compression experiments. It subjects non-fusing materials to extreme temperatures and pressures (1 to 10 million times Earth’s atmospheric pressure) to capture atomic-scale changes as materials change phases. Developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) alongside Sandia National…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (374+ words) In the urgent race to cool a warming planet, scientists have long dreamed of turning a major villain into a valuable asset. The challenge has always been the sheer amount of energy required to force stable greenhouse gases into a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (469+ words) The new method offers an eco-friendly alternative for global lithium extraction by using solar energy and organic solvents to separate lithium from solid salt mixtures. Lithium is essential to the modern world, but its extraction has always carried a heavy…...