Fuel cells and water electrolyzers that are cheap and efficient will form the cornerstone of a hydrogen fuel based economy, which is one of the most promising clean and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels.
These devices rely on materials…
Author: admin
-
Towards an unhackable quantum internet
A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based quantum computing.
For more than twenty years, dreams of creating such a quantum network have remained out of reach in large part…
Continue Reading
-
A pigment from ancient Egypt to modern microscopy
Egyptian blue is one of the oldest manmade colour pigments. It adorns, for instance, the crown of the world famous bust of Nefertiti.
But the pigment can do even more. An international research team led by Dr Sebastian Kruss from the Institute of…
Continue Reading
-
BU astrophysicist and collaborators reveal a new model of our heliosphere
The heliosphere is a vast region, extending more than twice as far as Pluto. It casts a magnetic “force field” around all the planets, deflecting charged particles that would otherwise muscle into the solar system and even tear through…
Continue Reading
-
Team to discover quasar tsunamis
Using the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Virginia Tech’s Nahum Arav has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe.
The outflows emanate from quasars and tear…
Continue Reading
-
Fine-tuning radiocarbon dating could ‘rewrite’ ancient events
Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of artifacts in archaeology and other disciplines.
“If it’s organic and old – up to…
Continue Reading
-
First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate matter more precisely than ever before.
With its help, they disproved an established doctrine: that molecules in aerosols undergo no further chemical…
Continue Reading
-
Nanostructured rubber-like material could replace human tissue
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures.
The material has the potential to make a…
Continue Reading
-
Breakthrough made towards building the world’s most powerful particle accelerator
The MICE muon beam-line at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ISIS Neutron and Muon Beam facility on the Harwell Campus in the UK.
CREDIT
MICE collaborationAn international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has for the…
Continue Reading
-
Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle
One of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics these days is a tiny subatomic particle called a neutrino, so small that it passes through matter – the atmosphere, our bodies, the very Earth – without detection.
Physicists around the world have…
Continue Reading