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Researchers design tunable, self-recovering dyes for use in next-generation smart devices

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Materials Science, Software, Spintronics Research, Thermodynamics, video games

Researchers are working to better control how the chemicals respond to treatment, as well as how to reverse the chemicals back to their original state with little to no interference. A team of researchers has achieved such results with a specific compound that can emit light and has potential applications in the next generation of smart devices such as wearable devices and anti-counterfeiting paintings.

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Cracking the mystery of nature's toughest material

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Genetically Modified, Marine Biology, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Organic

Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known as nature's toughest material. Now, a team of researchers has revealed precisely how it works, in real time.

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Monitoring the corrosion of bioresorbable magnesium

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Bone and Spine, Cerebral Palsy, Civil Engineering, Dietary Supplements and Minerals, Engineering and Construction, Materials Science, Vegetarian, Weapons Technology

Researchers have recently been able to monitor the corrosion of bioresorbable magnesium alloys at the nanoscale over a time scale of a few seconds to many hours. This is an important step towards accurately predicting how fast implants are resorbed by the body to enable the development of tailored materials for temporary implant applications.

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Turning plastic trash into treasure

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Air Quality, Engineering and Construction, Environmental Science, Hazardous Waste, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Recycling and Waste

Researchers have developed a new catalyst that can cleave plastic's strong carbon-carbon, converting it into higher value products.

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Magnetics with a twist: Scientists find new way to image spins

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Computers and Internet, Electronics, encryption, Hacking, Materials Science, Medical Technology, Spintronics, Spintronics Research

Researchers have put a new spin on measuring and controlling spins in nickel oxide, with an eye toward improving electronic devices' speed and memory capacity.

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Biological material boosts solar cell performance

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Energy and the Environment, Genetics, Geomagnetic Storms, Materials Science, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term 'green technology.' Adding the protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) to perovskite solar cells boosted the efficiency of the devices in a series of laboratory tests, according to an international team of researchers.

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Elusive atomic-scale magnetic 'signal' in a Mott insulator revealed

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Engineering and Construction, Graphene, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Nature of Water, Physics, Quantum Physics, Spintronics

Spin-polarizing scanning tunneling microscopy allowed researchers to detect an elusive atomic-scale magnetic signal in a Mott insulator, reports a team of scientists.

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Porous polymer coatings dynamically control light and heat

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Optics, Solar Energy, Thermodynamics

Engineers have developed dynamic porous polymer coatings that enable inexpensive and scalable ways to control light and heat in buildings. They took advantage of the optical switchability of PPCs in the solar wavelengths to regulate solar heating and daylighting, and extended the concept to thermal infrared wavelengths to modulate heat radiated by objects.

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Remarkable story of shock wave physics in post-World War II America

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Civil Engineering, Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Materials Science, Nuclear Energy, Physics, Quantum Physics, Weapons Technology

Physicists predicted the Hubble Space Telescope would see a rising vapor plume as the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet crashed into the far side of Jupiter in 1994. And sure enough, the plume produced by the impact matched their computational analysis.

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Composite metal foam outperforms aluminum for use in aircraft wings

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Aerospace, aviation, Engineering and Construction, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nature of Water, Petroleum, Vehicles

The leading edges of aircraft wings have to meet a very demanding set of characteristics. New research shows that a combination of steel composite metal foam and epoxy resin has more desirable characteristics for use as a leading-edge material than the aluminum currently in widespread use.

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