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Hidden Atomic Structure Behind Your Ultrasound Machine Has Finally Been Mapped
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (217+ words) MIT researchers have uncovered how a class of materials known as relaxor ferroelectrics acquire their distinctive properties. The key lies in tiny shifts of atoms, or charged regions, that generate electric polarization within the material. The image shows a sample…...
Living Plastic Can Self-Destruct on Command
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (202+ words) Dai and his colleagues, including Jin Geng and Dianpeng Qi, solved this by looking to natural microbial ecosystems for inspiration. In the wild, microbes rarely work in isolation; complex communities partition labour among specialised members, gaining efficiency no single organism…...
The Single Device That Can Both Generate and Store Clean Energy
3+ week, 3+ day ago (250+ words) Whole-chain framework of solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells. The core challenge is temperature. These cells operate between 600 and 1000 degrees Celsius, which is what gives them their remarkable efficiency but also what makes everything else so difficult. At those temperatures,…...
Automated Arms Are Rewriting How We Find the Catalysts That Run the World
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (14+ words) Science Blog. com...
Listening To A Single Molecule Sing Its Own Name
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (495+ words) At 7 kelvin " a temperature so cold that even air would freeze solid " a single molecule sits on a copper surface....
The Single Atom That Does Everything
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (198+ words) (Left) Conventional AEM water electrolysis uses different catalysts at each electrode, which adds complexity, cost, and long-term performance issues from binders. (Right) The new single-atom "all-in-one" catalyst works at both electrodes, simplifying the design, cutting precious metal use and cost,…...
Hidden Galaxy Harbors Organic Chemistry Factory
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Turning Solid Drugs Into Gas Could Be the Future of Green Medicine
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (444+ words) The white powder sits in a vacuum chamber, heating gently to 70 C. Nothing dramatic happens. No bubbling, no melting, no visible change at all. But peer The white powder sits in a vacuum chamber, heating gently to 70 C No bubbling, no…...
Paper That Repels Water Like Plastic But Dissolves When You're Done With It
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (364+ words) Science Blog. com Water beads up on the paper surface, hovering like drops of mercury on glass Oil slides off without leaving a trace Yet plunge the same sheet into hot water during recycling and the coating simply vanishes, leaving…...
When Crystals Heal Themselves in the Deep Freeze
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi The tiny orange crystal sits on the microscope stage, perfectly transparent, almost glowing yellow under ultraviolet light. A researcher applies pressure with tweezers. There's a sharp snap. The crystal fractures, a clean…...