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Waste cotton stalks and eggshells transformed into reusable biochar for antibiotic removal from wastewater
16+ min ago (245+ words) Credit: Chong Liu, Gr'gorio Crini, Ricardo Bello-Mendoza, Lee D. Wilson, Ali H. Jawad, Paramasivan Balasubramanian, Xuan Cuong Nguyen, Qingfu Zheng & Fayong Li "Our goal was to design a practical adsorbent that is not only efficient, but also built from low-cost and waste-derived…...
Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (459+ words) Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules. PROVIDENCE, R. I. [Brown University] " Brown University chemists have provided direct evidence that upends the textbook explanation of…...
Quantum material opens new path for studying unusual electronic behavior | Penn State University
8+ hour, 54+ min ago (483+ words) A research team has developed a quantum material that could power devices capable of untraditional transport and grouping of electrical signals and quantum states, testing the material in an experimental device to measure how electricity moves through the material. Credit:…...
Revolutionizing material synthesis with artificial intelligence
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (305+ words) Collaboration between the startup alqem AI and MPI CPf S image: Hanh Nguyen (CEO, left) and Julia Krez (VP Operations, right) examine an arc furnace. Julia Krez, a chemist, earned her Ph. D. under Prof. Claudia Felser and is also a…...
Machine learning unlocks a new class of magnetic materials
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (654+ words) Remembering Shaun Guthrie, a CIO leader and friend to many How AI and digital twins are transforming project management in Canada Is workplace culture overtaking corporate prestige in the talent war? Canada's talent hunt: Why the country needs more skilled…...
Dyeing and drying, but not dying - Nature Reviews Chemistry
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (320+ words) Nature Reviews Chemistry (2026) Cite this article In 2015, Freitag and colleagues serendipitously discovered that dye-sensitized solar cells with copper-complex electrolytes continued to function after drying out, performing as well as their liquid predecessors. This launched a new class of sold-state devices,…...
Peering Into Materials Down to the Nanoscale in the COCOON Lab
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (410+ words) A new Tufts University imaging facility is doing something that most microscopy centers in the world cannot: allowing scientists to examine a butterfly wing, a living tissue, or a microchip and reveal their physical structure, molecular chemistry, and elemental composition…...
Antifungal nanoparticles made from immune cell membranes fight infections
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (350+ words) The research, published in Cell Biomaterials, was led by Liangfang Zhang, professor in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, who also holds the Joan and Irwin…...
Northeastern physicist explains how to "bend it like Beckham
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (509+ words) Professor Arun Bansil said the "absolute key" to bending is the Magnus force or effect. This post is part of NGN Offside, a blog about the 2026 FIFA World Cup, powered by data science. It contributed to soccer legend David Beckham's…...
SNU Engineering team develops eco-friendly spiderweb-inspired pressure sensor for robotic hands potentially assisting patients with Parkinson's disease
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (320+ words) A flexible pressure sensor achieving high sensitivity, fast response, and excellent durability / a promising core technology for wearable ai healthcare robots, rehabilitation assistive devices, and human'machine interfaces A high-performance biodegradable pressure sensor has been developed as a key technology for…...