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Chinese scientists create new battery with electrolyte as safe as tofu brine
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (147+ words) Chinese scientists have made a long-lasting, eco-friendly battery using organic electrodes and an electrolyte safe enough to be used as tofu brine. Water-based batteries eliminate the flammability risk of conventional batteries and can be cheaper to produce, offering a safer…...
How Chinese scientists made petrol building blocks with CO2, water and sunlight
1+ week, 6+ day ago (93+ words) How Chinese scientists made petrol building blocks with CO2, water and sunlight'South China Morning Post The team, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said they had developed a material able to store…...
China’s first-of-kind ABF crystal creates most energised solid-state laser beam
2+ week, 4+ day ago (480+ words) The shortest wavelength of a laser beam generated from a crystal has been realised in a laboratory at the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to a new paper. At 158.9 nanometres (nm), it leads…...
Chinese scientists shrink semiconductor chip into fibre as thin as human hair
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (150+ words) Advance allows fibres to compute like chips or display information like transistors, paving the way for machine-wearable smart textiles Scientists have now advanced fibre-based electronics that already enable power supply and sensing functions and have spurred the growth of electronic…...
CO2 + H2O = cleaner recycling of dead lithium batteries?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (198+ words) Chinese scientists have found a way to recycle lithium batteries using only carbon dioxide and water " eliminating the need for harsh, polluting chemicals to extract the lithium and upcycle cathode materials. The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and…...
US-based scientist Valery Fokin wins Vyzov Prize, beating fierce Chinese rivals
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (123+ words) USC chemistry professor is awarded one of Russia's top science honours, topping competition from 40 countries A US-based chemist has been awarded one of Russia's top science honours, prevailing over a competitive field of applicants from 40 nations, including some of the…...
Oxford slammed for not naming Indonesian researchers in rare flower find
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (209+ words) After an uproar over the perceived snub, the university named the Indonesian researchers involved in Rafflesia's rediscovery on social media The uproar has exposed the perceived lack of equal recognition for Western researchers and their Global South counterparts when they…...
China team’s super-efficient catalyst turns coal to plastic and other synthetics
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (163+ words) Plastics, detergents, adhesives, solvents and synthetic rubbers could be produced without need for petroleum, study finds The iron-based nanoparticle catalyst converts syngas, or synthesis gas, into hydrogen and carbon-based compounds called olefins by coupling two reactions that separately have limitations…...
Leading Japanese chemist Eiichi Nakamura joins China’s Nankai University
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (182+ words) The electron microscopy pioneer has received one of his country's highest awards as well as scientific plaudits during a 50-year career One of Japan's most distinguished chemists, Eiichi Nakamura, has been appointed chair professor at Nankai University in China. During…...
Chinese and Spanish scientists tap into salt-laced ice to generate electricity
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (177+ words) The research could lead to a new form of green power in cold climates, tapping into 10 per cent of the Earth's ice-coated surface Scientists from China and Spain have discovered that adding salt to ice can enable it to generate…...