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Conversion process turns pollution into cash

Converting carbon dioxide to ethylene holds commercial promise, professor says. Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a promising electrochemical system to convert emissions from chemical and power plants…

Rotary screen printing boosts cycle times

Currently, flatbed screen printing is the standard process used for the metallization of silicon solar cells and many other electronic components. Using a new production machine developed jointly with ASYS…

Brown carbon from biomass burning imposes strong Arctic warming

Increasing wildfires in a warming climate can reinforce the circum-Arctic warming and further contribute to global warming, forming a concerning feedback loop. Rapid warming in the Arctic and accelerated glacier…

Looking inside the stomach of carnivorous plants

– genetic “botanical crime scene investigation” reveals diet. SNSB researchers determine the exact diet of Australian carnivorous plants by analyzing the genes of their prey. Even tiny parasites on captured…

UNLV researchers discover new form of ice

Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets. UNLV researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures. Solid water,…

New technology to make charging electric cars as fast as pumping gas

Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes. Whether it’s photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human civilization must turn to renewable…

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Physics and Astronomy

NASA: Mystery of life’s handedness deepens

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for…

A new puzzle piece for string theory research

Dr. Ksenia Fedosova from the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster, along with an international research team, has proven a conjecture in string theory that physicists had proposed regarding certain equations….

New theory reveals the shape of a single photon

A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon….

Life Sciences and Chemistry

From food crops to cancer clinics: Lessons in extermination resistance

Borrowing principles from pest management, ASU researchers aim to extend survival rate, quality of life for cancer patients. Just as crop-devouring insects evolve to resist pesticides, cancer cells can increase…

Novel biomimetic speaking valve technology

A research team from the University of Freiburg and the Medical Center- University of Freiburg has developed a novel biomimetic speaking valve technology that could significantly increase the safety of…

Seeing memories form

ISTA scientists take a deep look into memory processing inside the hippocampus. Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words “hippos” (horse) and “kampus” (sea monster), the…

Materials Sciences

A ‘language’ for ML models to predict nanopore properties

A large number of 2D materials like graphene can have nanopores – small holes formed by missing atoms through which foreign substances can pass. The properties of these nanopores dictate many…

Material developed with novel stretching properties

KIT researchers produce metamaterial with different extension and compression properties than conventional materials. With this material, the working group headed by Professor Martin Wegener at KIT’s Institute of Applied Physics…

Sensitive ceramics for soft robotics

Most people think of coffee cups, bathroom tiles or flower pots when they hear the word “ceramic”. Not so Frank Clemens. For the research group leader in Empa’s Laboratory for…

Information Technology

Next step in light microscopy image improvement

New deep learning architecture enables higher efficiency. It is the computational processing of images that reveals the finest details of a sample placed under all kinds of different light microscopes….

Effortless robot movements

Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool developed by researchers at the Technical…

Metalenses harness AI for superior performance

AI-enhanced metalenses achieve high-resolution, full-color imaging for compact optical systems. Modern imaging systems, such as those used in smartphones, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) devices, are constantly evolving…