3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (401+ words) A team of scientists is exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight. Worldwide, more than 500 million tons of plastic per yearand millions of tons end up in the environment. At the same time,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (236+ words) Beverly Low / University of Cambridge The project reuses plastic, including more difficult-to-recycle types, and acids from used car batteries to create a reactor that operates for more than 260 hours without loss of performance. A team of researchers from the University…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (709+ words) An unusual observation made during laboratory experiments led researchers to a discovery that could mark an entire career. After years of trying to induce the behavior, unravel its mechanism and define its scope, a team led by Flinders University, in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (496+ words) IBM Research / University of Manchester Representation of electrons in the molecule in the form of a "half-M'bius" A ring with 13 carbon atoms and two chlorine atoms has a remarkable molecular structure: it would be necessary to turn the loop four…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (814+ words) Maher El-Kad and /UCLA New battery technology: proteins (red) contain tiny clusters of metal (silver). Each yellow sphere in the structures in the center represents a single nickel or iron atom. Thomas Edison envisioned the potential of electric vehicles long…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (925+ words) Jing Wang, a researcher at the University of Chicago, is the first author of a study that revealed some of the main causes of " and ways to mitigate " the degradation of single-crystal lithium-ion batteries A hidden cracking mechanism explains why…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (491+ words) A team of researchers took inspiration from kirigami, a Japanese paper art form, to create a new material " which goes from a flat grid to any desired 3 D structure. There is a lvery tenuous between mathematics and art. Apparently, the…...