Nanotunnel dimensions in platinum-gold structures dictate gas adsorption dynamics
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids ...
Designing molecules that produce color-changing circular light for 3D displays and security printing
Certain advanced technologies, such as 3D displays, biosensing, and security printing, can utilize circularly polarized ...
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How life's building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...
Scientists Just Created an Ultra-Thin Polymer That Conducts Like Metal
A research team has developed a revolutionary two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal that overcomes major conductivity ...
Weeds on patio won't return again by pouring over 1 item that is a 'natural killer'
While some people swear by using vinegar, salt or boiling water to deter these unewlcome plants, Trevor Knight, award-winning ...
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Ion–Ion Structural Correlation and Dynamics of Water in Aqueous NaCl Solutions with a Wide Range of Concentrations
The Supporting Information is available free of charge at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c05252.
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The Race To Replace Lithium: Is Sodium the Future of Batteries?
Sodium-ion batteries show promise as a cheaper, more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion but need major advancements to become competitive. Stanford’s STEER study emphasizes that innovation, not ...
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Why some structures may have withstood the Los Angeles area wildfires – while those next door burned to the ground
Almost everything else is on his block gone. As many as 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures may have been destroyed in the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, rendering entire ...
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Electronic Structure Modulation Enables Sodium Compensation in Cathode Organic Additives for Sodium-Ion Batteries
School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China Chongqing Key Lab for Battery Materials and Technologies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China School ...