Sep. 6, 2016 Medical products, packaging and food can be safely and efficiently sterilized with electron beams. In the future, researchers also plan to use accelerated electrons to eliminate germs from tissue ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 Oxygen inhibits hydrogenases, a group of enzymes that are able to produce and split hydrogen. This degradation is fatal for possible biotechnological applications of these enzymes for the production ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Scientists have developed microrobots with high propulsion efficiency in highly-viscous fluid environments, applying propulsion techniques that mimic the ciliary stroke motion of ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Almost as elusive as unicorns, finding practical materials for invisibility cloaking is challenging. Researchers have new ideas how to solve that. They're using crystal "atoms" made of ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Scientists can now directly probe a previously hard-to-see layer of chemistry thanks to a unique X-ray toolkit. A key breakthrough enabling the latest experiment was in tailoring “tender” ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form an important class of molecules, which can be regarded as small graphene species and which play a prominent role in the development of organic electronics. ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 Being able to determine magnetic properties of materials with sub-nanometer precision would greatly simplify development of magnetic nano-structures for future spintronic devices. In a new article, ...
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Aug. 31, 2016 A novel 'plastic crystal' has switching properties suitable for memory-related ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Physicists have successfully demonstrated charge transport between Nitrogen-Vacancy color centers in ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Vast quantities of gold could be salvaged from old mobile phones using a simple chemical method, a study ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 A recent discovery in the study of landslides, using annular shear cell measurements of granular flows, confirms that two flow regimes -- an 'elastic regime' and an 'inertial ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Organic nanotubes (ONTs) are tubular nanostructures composed of organic molecules that have unique properties and have found various applications, such as electro-conductive materials and organic ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Mayenite is one smart cement -- it can be turned from an insulator to a transparent conductor and back. It is also suitable for use as semiconductors in flat panel displays. The secret behind ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 Electronic components have become faster and faster over the years, thus making powerful computers and other technologies possible. Researchers have now investigated how fast electrons can ultimately ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 Chemists have significantly improved upon the synthesis of a molecule related to muscle and neuronal function. A research team has been busy trying to crack the puzzle of the insecticide ryanodine, a ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 A new class of battery seperator has been engineered by a team of researchers, which is expected to bring unprecedented benefits to battery ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 A chemical sensing material has been developed whose electrical conductivity dramatically increases when exposed to toxic gases, report ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Scientists have captured the fundamental chemistry of the element berkelium, or Bk on the periodic ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 While trying to develop a new battery, researchers find a whole new energy-efficient way to produce some metals without creating air ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming by injecting about 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Scientists believe they've found a way to convert all these ...
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