Scientific Mystery About Evaporation Solved After 20 Years of Conflicting Findings
Work has implications for power generation, desalination, electronics. Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an…
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Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water
Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in…
New Neutron Detector Can Fit in Your Pocket – Critical for Catching Smuggled Nuclear Materials
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detector. Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal. Researchers at Northwestern University and…
Scientists Explore Hazards of Pushing Lithium-Ion Cells Too Far [Video]
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to fail. Intentional defects in batteries have given Rice University scientists a window into…
Innovative Process Rapidly Turns Plant Waste Into Biofuels
Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels. Researchers have developed a new…
The US Government Issued Sailors and Soldiers Shark Repellent That Didn’t Work – Here’s Why [Video]
People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for decades — the military even issued a chemical shark repellent called “Shark Chaser” to pilots,…
Gasification Goes Green: Low-Temp Photocatalyst Slashes Carbon Footprint for Syngas
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny…
Long-Sought-After ‘Superdiamond’ With Tunable Properties Synthesized by Scientists
‘Superdiamond’ Carbon-Boron Cages Can Trap and Tap Into Different Properties A long-sought-after class of “superdiamond” carbon-based materials with tunable mechanical and electronic properties was predicted…
Real Scientist Breaks Down Chemistry in Iconic Cartoons Like ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ [Video]
Are bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, watch some cartoons alongside Reactions…
Chemists Have Found a Productive Use for Stockpiles of Nuclear Waste
Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power — transforming an unused stockpile into a versatile compound which could be…
Reactor System Allows Visualizing Chemical Reactions in Real-Time [Video]
Researchers at EPFL have developed a reactor system and an analysis method that has allowed them to observe the real-time production of synthetic natural gas…
Scientists Observe Ultrafast Birth of Radicals – Glimpsing Some of the Fastest Chemical Reactions Ever Observed
An international team led by Argonne has visualized the elusive, ultrafast proton transfer process following the ionization of water. Understanding how ionizing radiation interacts with…
Scientists Copy Nature’s Tricks to Sustainably Make Chemicals and Fuel
Researchers have copied the way organisms produce toxic chemicals without harming themselves, paving the way for greener chemical and fuel production. The new technique, pioneered…
There Are Thousands of Different Mushrooms – Some Could Kill You [Video]
There are tens of thousands of mushroom species out there, and some of them could kill you. In this video, we’re going to test how…
New Way to Make Hydrogen Energy Out of Water Much More Cheaply
Scientists show how using only water, iron, nickel and electricity can create hydrogen energy much more cheaply than before. Hydrogen-powered cars may soon become more…
New Solid Polymer-Based Electrolyte Helps Batteries Become Self-Healing, Recyclable
Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for developing internal electrical shorts that can ignite a battery’s liquid electrolytes, leading to explosions and fires. Engineers at the University…
Gazing Into Crystal Balls to Advance Understanding of Nucleation
Crystallization is the physical phenomenon of the transformation of disordered molecules in a liquid or gas phase into a highly ordered solid crystal through two…
New Biodegradable Adhesive Provides Environmentally Friendly Alternative
Sustainable Adhesives of the Future Won’t Stick Around Plastics of the future should, ideally for the health of the planet and our own bodies, be…
