Scientists Find Nanoscale Process Can Boost Catalytic Performance of Cerium Oxide

TECH & INNOVATION 05.20.2017 07:49 AM

The performance of the key industrial catalyst, cerium oxide, can be improved significantly using a certain nanoscale processing.

Graphene-Nanotube Hybrid Improves Performance of Lithium Metal Batteries Three Times Better Than Lithium-Ion

05.19.2017 14:16 PM

The performance of lithium metal battery can be improved to three times capacity of the lithium-ion battery using a hybrid of graphene and carbon nanotube.

Fertilizer From Air Production Promoted For Efficiency And Cost-Saving

05.18.2017 13:26 PM

A research has now been developed bringing a positive result. Ph.D. candidate Bhaskar S. Patil created a reactor to make a fertilizer from the air, which is found to be more efficient than the currently available fertilizers.

Liquid-crystal & Bacterial Living Materials Self-organize & Move Together

05.17.2017 19:39 PM

When liquid crystals are blended with bacteria, they form living materials and move in tandem. Liquid crystals, when combined with bacteria, can create living materials and move together.

Scientists Are Surprised To Find Bacteria In Marine Sponge Produces Toxic Fire Retardant Compound

05.13.2017 06:05 AM

The sponges were collected in Guam and following the laboratory analysis, scientists found it produces a toxic compound similar to the artificial fire retardant.

Are Snowflakes Really Uniquely Patterned? Know How These Tiny Ice Crystals Are Formed

05.11.2017 07:11 AM

Can a snowflake have a twin? How do they really form their unique shapes? Find the answers here. A research from turfs University unleashed a new perspective on the beyond the 400-year-old question of the world famous mathematician and scientist Johannes Kepler, how are snowflakes really formed? Kepler has only speculated about the hexagonal shape and the microscopic building blocks of this crystal ice, including the factors behind this phenomenon.

Creating Superconductor At Room Temperature Is Now Possible With Laser Pulses, Reseach Shows

05.11.2017 02:52 AM

Scientists in Italy have found a way to produce superconductivity at room temperature using the laser pulses to interfere the electron interactions

Scientists Find Way To Produce Single-Layer Of Graphene From Ethylene With High-Temperature Process

05.06.2017 14:50 PM

A high-temperature step-by-step process has been able to produce a single layer graphene from ethylene, the simplest hydrocarbon alkene.

Carbon Fiber Composites Recycling: Researchers Develop New Method To Decompose Complex Form

05.04.2017 15:07 PM

The researchers were capable of protecting the carbon fibers as well as the flammable organic substance in a convenient form that could be simply re-utilized.

Polymers Formation: New Approach To Imrpove Strength & Durability

04.30.2017 22:57 PM

Things that are made up of polymers feel, look and act depending on their molecules and atoms which are connected. Researchers tried new techniques to improve the strength of the materials.

Barley Genome Sequencing Finally Completed: Top Class Beer, Whisky May Be On Their Way

04.28.2017 00:12 AM

After long research of some 10 long years, scientists have finally managed to crack down complete sequencing of barley's genome; know more here

Chemistry Has Become More Interesting With This New Interactive Periodic Table

04.26.2017 18:39 PM

Periodicstats has created a smart interactive web program to teach students about the basic elements in an interesting way. It will provide any types of scientific information about an element along with the history of discovery.

Scientists Develop MINFLUX Microscope That's 100 Times Sharper Than Regular Flourescence Microscope

04.26.2017 11:53 AM

After years of hard work, scientists are finally able to develop a new fluorescence microscope that 100 times sharper than the conventional light microscope.

Revolutionary Artificial Photosynthesis Brings Clean Air And Solar Fuel

04.26.2017 11:08 AM

Florida scientist triggers a new sort of revolutionary artificial photosynthesis which can disrupt the effects of greenhouse gases and generate clean air as well as solar fuel; know more here

4-in-1 Catalyst Developed Using Silver-Palladium Nanoparticles: It's Eco-Friendly & Can Perform 4 Chemical Reactions

04.26.2017 03:15 AM

Researchers develop a 4-in-1 catalyst that is able to perform four different types of chemical reaction.