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Construction starts on 4th-gen synchrotron

March 20, 2019
News
The first components for the fourth-generation synchrotron light source have been installed in Grenoble, France.The Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) will boost generated X-ray beams by a factor of 100, allowing...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Particle Physics
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2D material improves in space

March 20, 2019
News
Materials consisting of a single layer of atoms could be used in space missions due to their resilience to intense levels of radiation.Australian National University scientists exposed of atomically thin...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials Science, Physics, Solid State Physics
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Hydrogel harvests water from the air

March 18, 2019
News
A new solar powered technology absorbs moisture from the air and returns it as clean water.University of Texas engineers used hydrogels, gel-polymer hybrid materials that act as “super sponges” and...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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Twisted Milky Way

March 18, 2019
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3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Ion channel collaboration

March 18, 2019
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Pharmaceutical Metrion Biosciences Limited and LifeArc, a leading UK medical research charity, have entered into a collaboration agreement for an ion channel drug discovery project in the field of neuroscience.   The...
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LifeSaver adds graphene to filtration devices

March 15, 2019
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The National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester has signed with LifeSaver to develop graphene technology for enhanced water filtration.  The institute has signed an 18-month contract for the research...
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Quantum algorithm reverses qubits

March 14, 2019
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Russian physicists say they have returned the state of a quantum computer to a fraction of a second in the past.Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology scientists used the public...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Quantum Physics
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Investment opportunity from Dstl

March 13, 2019
News
Small science companies in the UK could benefit from investment from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory as it seeks supply chain partners for a series of research projects due...
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Liquid metal turned to plasma

March 13, 2019
News
Liquid metal has been turned to plasma for the first time, with applications for attaining fusion energy.Using high temperatures and high-density conditions, University of Rochester scientists in New York cooled...
Physics & Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics, Energy, Physics
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Salvaged desalination waste

March 12, 2019
News
The waste product of desalination, highly concentrated brine, is usually disposed of into the sea. MIT engineers are working on a commercial process that will instead convert this brine into...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Soil bacteria turns plants into plastic

March 7, 2019
News
A genetically tweaked microbe may be key to producing biodegradable plastic from plants.University of Wisconsin-Madison students worked with soil bacteria N. Aromaticivorans, a type of soil bacteria that digests lignin,...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Energy-efficient biocrude extraction

March 5, 2019
News
Chemical engineers have created a more rapid and energy-efficient method of converting algae to biocrude, a synthetic fuel.Inside microorganisms such as algae are lipids, fatty acid molecules that can be...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy
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