3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (496+ words) Electrochemical research often requires more than current, potential and time data alone. While a potentiostat provides essential control and measurement of the electrochemical experiment, it does not directly identify the gases or volatile species being produced during a reaction. Differential…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (396+ words) A research team at the University of Vienna led by physicist Jani Kotakoski demonstrates how the shape of nanopores in hexagonal boron nitride - the electrically insulating counterpart to graphene, also known as "white graphene" - can be precisely controlled at the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (331+ words) High-entropy alloys are highly promising structural and functional materials. Among them, refractory high-entropy alloys possess outstanding high-temperature mechanical properties and have broad application prospects in critical components under extreme working conditions such as aerospace, nuclear power, and gas turbines. Chinese…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (143+ words) From radiation-resistant solar cells to heat-storing regolith and locally produced electrical conductors, material choices could determine how future lunar bases generate, store and distribute power. These harsh conditions can degrade solar cells, limit battery performance, and accelerate material degradation through…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (615+ words) Now, a research team led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several academic labs, has captured snapshots of these events that are triggered when light strikes a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (244+ words) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific™ EMPAD™ G2 detector, a new detector designed to help researchers see and understand materials in unprecedented detail. EMPAD G2 enables high-speed four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D STEM),…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (183+ words) Biomanufacturing uses biological systems to produce chemicals or materials. For example, scientists use microbes' ability to ferment alcohol to develop bio-based fuels. In advanced aviation fuels, new formulas could have better performance and efficiency than current ones. One potential high-performance…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1730+ words) I’ve always been very interested in textiles and never realized there was a whole area of science around them, from geotextiles to space exploration. It’s the ubiquity of materials and how little changes in the environment can change them. That’s…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1239+ words) For decades, hardness testing relied on a remarkably simple principle. A diamond indenter was pressed into the surface of a material under a known load, the resulting impression was measured under a microscope, and hardness was calculated from the size…...