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UrduThrough a new award program, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) have joined forces to award the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Technical University of Darmstadt a three-year $720,000 research grant ($500,000 from…
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Tweezers of sound can pick objects up without physical contact
Hemispherical array of ultrasound transducers lifts objects off reflective surfaces
Scientists come up with new method for simultaneous processing of different types of waste
An international research team has come up with an innovative method for metal recovery from industrial waste. The new method allows the simultaneous recovery of multiple metals from waste oxides in a single process. This novel route will lower the…
‘Wrapping’ anodes in 3D carbon nanosheets: The next big thing in li-ion battery technology
Study finds that anchoring manganese selenide nanoparticles, an anode material, in 3D carbon nanosheets prevents their expansion in lithium-ion batteries
Global approach is needed on battery regulation
New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission – but only if it leverages its political and economic weight to ensure a fairer global marketplace. According to a team of scientists and…
Zero-dimensional molecular sieve membranes enhance gas separation selectivity
Classical molecular sieve membranes, with 3D microparticles and 2D nanosheets as primary building blocks, are promising in chemical separation. Separation within such membranes relies on molecular movement and transport though their intrinsic or artificial nanopores. Since the weak connections by…
The test bench for oil workers has been developed at Samara Polytech
It is designed to simulate asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits
Samara Polytech participates in the creation of new catalysts
A team of Russian scientists has identified the vectors of world research
New technology shows promise in detecting, blocking grid cyberattacks
Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation’s electric power grid. During a recent live demonstration at INL’s Critical Infrastructure Test Range Complex, the…
Scientists adopt deep learning for multi-object tracking
Their novel framework achieves state-of-the-art performance without sacrificing efficiency in public surveillance tasks
Stanford researchers use high-speed cameras to reveal bubbles popping like blooming flowers
The oil industry, pharmaceutical companies and bioreactor manufacturers all face one common enemy: bubbles. Bubbles can form during the manufacturing or transport of various liquids, and their formation and rupture can cause significant issues in product quality. Inspired by these…
New material could mean lightweight armor, protective coatings
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Army-funded research identified a new material that may lead to lightweight armor, protective coatings, blast shields and other impact-resistant structures. Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…
New optimisation method for computational design of industrial applications
The study has been selected as an outstanding publication by the prestigious scientific journal Physics of Fluids
World’s first 3D-printed steel footbridge unveiled by robot in Amsterdam
The bridge, which is over four years in the making and is led by Dutch company MX3D, will be a ‘living laboratory’ in Amsterdam’s city centre. Using its vast network of installed sensors, Imperial College London researchers will measure, monitor…
Computer Scientist proves safety claims of the programming language Rust
ACM and ETAPS Doctoral Dissertation Award and Otto-Hahn-Medaille
Sweet spot for membrane thickness offers sustainable separations
Super-thin carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes may not be best for separating industrially important chemical mixtures. However, ensuring the CMS film thickness is just right could enable more energy-efficient purification of chemical products, KAUST researchers have shown. CMS membranes, as…
Methodical architectural design for ideal wind energy production
Systematic Architectural Design for Optimal Wind Energy Generation is an essential reference for students of architecture at all levels, professional architects, as well as readers interested in green building design, renewable energy, and sustainability studies that pave the way towards…
New study provides a solution for engineering cellular materials
A new study by a Swansea University academic has announced a new mathematical formula that will help engineers assess the point at which cellular materials, which are used a wide range of applications ranging from aerospace to the construction industry,…
New electronic paper displays brilliant colours
Imagine sitting out in the sun, reading a digital screen as thin as paper, but seeing the same image quality as if you were indoors. Thanks to research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, it could soon be a reality.…
Hybrid enzyme catalysts synthesized by a de novo approach for expanding biocatalysis
The two major challenges in industrial enzymatic catalysis are the limited number of chemical reaction types that are catalyzed by enzymes and the instability of enzymes under harsh conditions in industrial catalysis. Expanding enzyme catalysis to a larger substrate scope…
Climate Engineering in Context Conference
#CEC21 virtual
Bringing chemical production and manufacturing together
Development of a small, flexible and cost-effective acrylonitrile modular reactor could give carbon fiber producers better access to affordable feedstock
Engineered protein inspired by nature may help plastic plague
Cheap to produce and long to degrade, plastic was once a manufacturing miracle. Now, plastic is an environmental plague, clogging landfills and choking waterways. A Japan-based research team has turned back to nature to develop an approach to degrading the…
Soft shell makes hard ceramic less likely to shatter
Rice lab shows complex, 3D-printed schwarzites withstand pressure when coated
Machine learning cracks the oxidation states of crystal structures
Chemical elements make up pretty much everything in the physical world. As of 2016, we know of 118 elements, all of which can be found categorized in the famous periodic table that hangs in every chemistry lab and classroom. Each…
New characterisation strategy proves promising in high-purity metal separation
Metals with similar chemical properties are usually extracted together, which limits the opportunities to separate high-purity metals. To increase those opportunities, it’s important to understand how different metal species act during the solvent extraction process. Researchers from the Institute of…
Falling in line: The simple design and control of MOF electric flow
Osaka Prefecture University develops a method to design and control the path of electron flow in a polycrystalline material
New study presents transformative metasurface based on zerogap embedded template
A research team, led by Professor Dai-Sik Kim in the Department of Physics at UNIST has developed a new technique of predefining the crack pattern on a flexible substrate by a sequential deposition of metallic layers which leads to a…
The bitumen puzzle
Bitumen surfaces under the microscope
New game-changing zeolite catalysts synthesized
A research team at POSTECH has uncovered a promising new zeolite, anticipated to be a turning point for the oil refining and petrochemical industries. This research was recently published in the scientific journal Science on July 2, 2021. The team…
Sodium solid electrolyte combining high conductivity with electrochemical stability
For the development of all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries with long-term stability
Stress-free path to stress-free metallic films paves the way for next-gen circuitry
Optimized sputtering technique helps minimize stress in tungsten thin films
Solar hydrogen for Antarctica — study shows advantages of thermally coupled approach
A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Ulm University, and Heidelberg University has now investigated how hydrogen can be produced at the South Pole using sunlight, and which method is the most promising
Engineer’s graphene additive manufacturing research makes journal’s cover story
MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Research led by Kansas State University’s Suprem Das, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, in collaboration with Christopher Sorensen, university distinguished professor of physics, shows potential ways to manufacture graphene-based nano-inks for additive manufacturing of…
Recent technology cost forecasts underestimate the pace of technological change
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Oxford, and University of Brescia/RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment carried out the first systematic analysis of the relative performance of probabilistic cost forecasts…
Instant water cleaning method ‘millions of times’ better than commercial approach
Creation of hydrogen peroxide in situ could provide clean, drinkable water to communities in the poorest nations around the world
Catalyzing the conversion of biomass to biofuel
Water in zeolites saves energy in the conversion of biomass into biofuel
Three grants for biofuels research
UC Davis researchers are taking part in three clean energy grants totaling almost $4.5 million recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. The grants are among 15 funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) with the…
Using AI to predict 3D printing processes
University of Illinois engineers use Frontera supercomputer to develop physics-informed neural networks for additive manufacturing
Application of new scientific techniques for corrosion protection
The overall growth of the Industry 4.0 and subsequent demand for new innovative materials opens a new field of mechanism to control premature degradation of the material. This book entitled ‘Corrosion Science-Modern Trends and Applications’ with twelve high-quality chapters provided…
Wind and waves: A step toward better control of heavy-lift crane vessels
Massive heavy-lift crane vessels, capable of hauling thousands of tons, navigate the rough waves and strong winds offshore to construct wind turbines and oil fields in the ocean. An international team of researchers has developed a new modeling system to…
Passing the COVID test in just five minutes
Researchers at Osaka University develop a new highly sensitive test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that utilizes a fusion of artificial intelligence and nanopore technology which may enable rapid point-of-care testing for COVID
Particles with ‘eyes’ allow a closer look at rotational dynamics
Tokyo, Japan – Colloids–mixtures of particles made from one substance, dispersed in another substance–crop up in numerous areas of everyday life, including cosmetics, food and dyes, and form important systems within our bodies. Understanding the behavior of colloids therefore has…
Several persistent chemicals were found in fetal organs
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found industrial chemicals in the organs of fetuses conceived decades after many countries had banned the substances. In a study published in the journal Chemosphere , the researchers urge decision makers to consider the…
How a bath sponge becomes a bio-based industrial filter
TU Freiberg presents a new composite material
‘Wonder material’ can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately
Researchers show a graphene-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2
General Atomics to ship world’s most powerful magnet to ITER global fusion energy project
Major milestone in US contribution
One step towards a daily-use deep UV light source for sterilization and disinfection
Researchers construct a gallium nitride optical microcavity with high reflectivity distributed Bragg reflectors to double the frequency of incoming light, which may be utilized for a safe and practical deep UV light source with bactericidal effects
Trees, plants and soil could help cities cut their carbon footprints — when used smartly
Researchers call for international product standards for green infrastructure