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Treasury places sanctions on Iran's metal industry
The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it would place sanctions on one domestic and four foreign subsidiaries of Iran's largest steel manufacturer.
Chemists achieve breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons
Graphene nanoribbons might soon be much easier to produce. An international research team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in...
Researchers unveil mechanism to obtain metal 'nanoscrews'
Led by the Ikerbasque professor Luis Liz-Marzán, researchers at the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials CIC biomaGUNE have developed a mechanism by which gold atoms are deposited by means...
Why are plants green? Research team's model reproduces photosynthesis
When sunlight shining on a leaf changes rapidly, plants must protect themselves from the ensuing sudden surges of solar energy. To cope with these changes, photosynthetic organisms—from plants to bacteria—have...
Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson set for comedy film 'Shriver'
Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, Don Johnson and Da'Vine Joy Randolph are set to star in upcoming comedy film "Shriver," based on the novel of the same name by author Chris...
Quieting a noisy antenna reproduces photosynthetic light-harvesting spectra
Photosynthesis achieves near unity light-harvesting quantum efficiency yet it remains unknown whether there exists a fundamental organizing principle giving rise to robust light harvesting in the presence of dynamic light...
Metalens-array-based high-dimensional and multiphoton quantum source
The development of two-dimensional metasurfaces has shown great potential in quantum-optical technologies because of the excellent flexibility in light-field manipulation. By integrating a metalens array with a nonlinear crystal, we...
Micelle-directed chiral seeded growth on anisotropic gold nanocrystals
Surfactant-assisted seeded growth of metal nanoparticles (NPs) can be engineered to produce anisotropic gold nanocrystals with high chiroptical activity through the templating effect of chiral micelles formed in the presence...
Mass-resolved electronic circular dichroism ion spectroscopy
DNA and proteins are chiral: Their three-dimensional structures cannot be superimposed with their mirror images. Circular dichroism spectroscopy is widely used to characterize chiral compounds, but data interpretation is difficult...
New radar allows cars to spot hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer around corners and spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians. The...
Strong and ductile Damascus steels by additive manufacturing
Dr. Philipp Kürnsteiner, Prof. Eric Jägle and their team at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) designed, together with colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, a new strong and...
Alternative to nitrogen: Oxygen plasma can improve the properties of electrode materials
A group of scientists from Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) showed that nitrogen is not the only element that can help enhance the specific capacitance of supercapacitors.
New 'hybrid engine' for biodegradable nanomotors that transport drugs to diseased tissue
Nanomotors are molecular or nanoscale devices that can move through a biological medium by converting chemical energy into motion, and can be used for the delivery of pharmaceutical drugs to...
Simple process for 'two-faced' nanomaterials may aid energy, information tech
A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided structures...
Look: Netflix teases 'Zero,' Italian superhero series
Netflix shared a first photo for "Zero," a new scripted series exploring the Black Italian experience.
Self-compacting concrete becomes more sustainable thanks to using granite residue
The basis of the construction industry clashes head-on with environmental sustainability. Extracting raw materials and turning them into building materials has high energetic costs. Granite production, totaling 614,000 tons in...
Physicists obtain molecular 'fingerprints' using plasmons
Scientists from the Center for Photonics and 2-D Materials of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the University of Oviedo, Donostia International Physics Center, and CIC nanoGUNE have...
Measure squeezing in a novel way
'Squeezing' is used in physics, among other things, to improve the resolution of measuring instruments. It allows disturbing noise to be suppressed in a way that smaller signals can be...
High-Luminosity LHC: Electricity transmission reaches even higher intensities
Intensity is rising at CERN. In the superconducting equipment testing hall, an innovative transmission line has set a new record for the transport of electricity. The link, which is 60...
Nature-imitating coating makes batteries more durable and efficient
Researchers have made use of carbon dioxide in the production of a battery protective coating. In the future, the coating could multiply the battery life and enable the use of...
Biomedical researchers get closer to why eczema happens
A new study may help to peel back the layers of unhealthy skin -- at least metaphorically speaking -- and get closer to a cure.
New spray-on technique allows for any shape touchscreens
A team has challenged the idea that touchscreens are limited to 2D and rectangular shapes by developing an interactive display that can be sprayed in any shape. Inspired by the...
AI could help improve performance of lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells
Researchers have demonstrated how machine learning could help design lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells with better performance.
Using a porous porphyrin to reclaim precious metals from electronic waste
An international team of researchers has used a porous porphyrin to create a sorbent that can be used to reclaim precious metals from electronic waste. In their paper published in...
Researchers create a mechanically tunable graphene quantum dot
Precisely manipulating individual charge carriers is a cornerstone for single-electron transistors and for electronic devices of the future, including solid-state quantum bits (qubits). Quantum dots (QDs) are at the heart...
Quantum entanglement demonstrated aboard orbiting CubeSat
In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network, researchers have generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2.6 kilograms and orbiting the...
Salah, Liverpool crush Crystal Palace in Premier League soccer clash
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was one of four Reds players to score in a dominant display against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
New insights into the energy levels in quantum dots
Researchers from Basel, Bochum, and Copenhagen have gained new insights into the energy states of quantum dots. They are semiconductor nanostructures and promising building blocks for quantum communication. With their...