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Light-powered Nano catalyst offers sustainable, affordable way for producing Path for Manufacturing Medicines and Chemicals
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (176+ words) Researchers have developed a novel light-driven nano-catalyst that could obviate the use of toxic solvents, high temperatures, and energy-intensive processes in the manufacturing of medicines and industrial chemicals making the processes cleaner, faster, and far more energy efficient." Globally, there…...
Scientists harness the second life of a spent battery material
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (197+ words) A new technology for the reuse of spent graphite recovered from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries could convert battery waste into a high-value functional material that improves fuel cell efficiency. With the rapid growth of lithium-ion batteries and fuel cell technologies, managing…...
Newly developed nanosheets bring potential for future clean'energy production
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (289+ words) Building on this background, a team of scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have found a way to develop a new nano-material called quasi2 D…...
Novel supercapacitors with dual-functional porous graphene can provide EV with faster acceleration
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (335+ words) A high-voltage supercapacitor based on a dual-functional porous graphene carbon nanocomposite (PGCN) electrode has been developed which could facilitate stabler supercapacitors for applications like solar panels and also provide electric vehicles with increased range and faster acceleration. Conventional electrolytes used…...
IIT Roorkee Scientists Develop Nano-Enabled Breakthrough to Rapidly Remove Toxic Plastic Pollutants from Wate
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) PIB In a study published in ACS ES&T Water, the research team demonstrates that specially engineered (Specifically designed) nutrient-loaded nanophosphates can stimulate pollutant-degrading bacteria to remove phthalates, a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals widely used in plastics(to enhance elasticity…...
Photoactive natural protein could reshape the future of electronic materials
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (356+ words) PIB A newly discovered semiconductor property of a known self-assembling bacterial shell protein could pave the way for safe, environmentally friendly electronics'from mobile phones and smart watches to medical instruments and environmental sensors. Traditional semiconductor materials, such as silicon, are…...
Pencil, paper & graphene brought together for sensors useful for hospital and farms - PIB
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (117+ words) Pencil, paper & graphene brought together for sensors useful for hospital and farms'PIB A flexible, low-cost multipurpose pencil on paper sensor developed could carry out activities ranging from measuring soil moisture, detecting plant drought stress, tracking human breathing patterns, to acting…...
Non-invasive way to feel density of atoms can provide a new window into the Quantum World - PIB
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) A new technique developed by scientists can enable local density measurements of cold atoms in real time, without significantly disturbing them. This could prove instrumental in the development of near-future applications in quantum computation and quantum sensing, where real-time detection…...
When the inner wall fell: complex hydrocarbon molecules in a young stellar disk
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (385+ words) "JWST's MIRI has now revealed them clearly in T Cha and this is one of the lowest mass stars with PAH detection in their circumstellar disk, said Arun Roy, a post-doctoral fellow at IIA. Astronomers have unveiled an intriguing secret…...