July 6, 2016 A research group has made progress in obtaining bio-oils and raw materials from biomass using its patented reactor. Biomass is one of the main sources of energy and heat in the field of renewable ...
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July 6, 2016 Two research projects have developed new processes to replace petroleum with wood for the production of important chemicals. These precursors are used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, plastics ...
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June 30, 2016 Producing fuels from plants and other renewable sources requires breaking down the chemical cellulose; a major candidate to drive, or catalyze, this stubborn chemical is a ubiquitous microorganism ...
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June 30, 2016 Scientists used high-speed photography and digital image analysis to observe both the events that cause cracks and the speed with which the cracks ...
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June 29, 2016 For the first time, a new class of magnetic materials, called topological magnon insulators, was revealed. This novel material can conduct magnetic waves along their edges, without conduction through ...
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June 29, 2016 Flexible solar panels would benefit from stretchable, damage-resistant, transparent metal electrodes. Researchers found that topology and the adhesion between a metal nanomesh and the underlying ...
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June 28, 2016 Scientists discovered a pyrite-type compound, similar to fool’s gold, that is competitive with platinum for splitting water to produce ...
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June 28, 2016 A new tabletop system can accelerate materials characterization and further our understanding of magnetic and electronic properties that enable energy-efficient electronics and information ...
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June 28, 2016 A simple process made an electrode that absorbs sunlight and produces oxygen on tiny cobalt islands on a silicon ...
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June 28, 2016 By using an innovative 3-D inkjet printing method, researchers have taken the biggest step yet in producing microscopic silk swimming devices that are biodegradable and harmless to a biological ...
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June 30, 2016 Researchers have developed a new diamond anvil cell by micro-fabricating a superconducting diamond, which conducts electricity like metal and serves as electrodes, on the world's hardest and ...
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June 27, 2016 A new laser-based uranium enrichment technology may provide a hard-to-detect pathway to nuclear weapons production, according to a forthcoming ...
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June 27, 2016 As oil producers struggle to adapt to lower prices, getting as much oil as possible out of every well has become even more important, despite concerns from nearby residents that some chemicals used ...
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June 27, 2016 Gas wells can continue to be productive longer than we predicted, before they need expensive “anti-aging” support, new laboratory tests ...
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June 24, 2016 A new architecture takes very few processing steps to produce an affordable solar cell with efficiencies comparable to conventional silicon solar ...
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June 24, 2016 As the solar industry booms, coal workers have the opportunity to pursue new work. A new study looks at what it takes to retrain underground skills for sunnier ...
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June 24, 2016 Chemists have come one step closer to generating energy from sunlight: for the first time, they were able to reproduce one of the crucial phases of natural photosynthesis with artificial ...
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June 23, 2016 The discovery power of the gene chip is coming to nanotechnology. Researchers have figured out how to make combinatorial libraries of nanoparticles in a very controlled way. Some of the nanoparticle ...
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June 23, 2016 Researchers have reported a new technique to determine the chemical composition of materials using near-infrared light. The work could have a number of potential applications, including improving ...
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June 21, 2016 A new way of recycling millions of tons of plastic garbage into liquid fuel has been ...
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