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Hydrogen sensor hits automotive targets

April 19, 2019
News
The first hydrogen sensor to meet safety targets for hydrogen-powered vehicles has been developed. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden created an optical nanosensor that changes colour when the...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Energy, Inorganic Chemistry
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
News
Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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The quest to go quantum

April 1, 2019
Feature
Dotted around the UK, scientists are slowly but surely turning quantum research into commercial products. Jonathan Chadwick met up with a team at Sussex University who think they can beat...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Energy, In Depth, Physics
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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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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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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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One man’s trash

March 7, 2019
Insight
Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will drop… so are there alternative production methods which could be more environmentally sound? We chat...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science
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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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Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst

January 17, 2019
News
A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid metal catalysts.The low temperature, low pressure electrolytic process developed at Ohio's Case Western...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy
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Artificial synapse created from nanowire memristor

December 6, 2018
News
A German team has built an artificial synapse from nanowires that can replicate functions of biological synapses.The component, developed by a team at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen Universities, is...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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