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Researchers design tunable, self-recovering dyes for use in next-generation smart devices

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Materials Science, Software, Spintronics Research, Thermodynamics, video games

Researchers are working to better control how the chemicals respond to treatment, as well as how to reverse the chemicals back to their original state with little to no interference. A team of researchers has achieved such results with a specific compound that can emit light and has potential applications in the next generation of smart devices such as wearable devices and anti-counterfeiting paintings.

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Climate change could hasten deterioration of US bridge infrastructure

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Civil Engineering, Climate, Construction, Engineering and Construction, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Thermodynamics

Scientists are studying the toll climate change may take on aging US infrastructure, which includes over 600,000 bridges. A new study links the potential impacts of climate change with the structural integrity of thousands of bridges transecting America's highways and towns. The analysis demonstrates a need to rethink the nation's priority order of bridge repair, as climate change looms and infrastructure funding remains limited.

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Porous polymer coatings dynamically control light and heat

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Science, Optics, Solar Energy, Thermodynamics

Engineers have developed dynamic porous polymer coatings that enable inexpensive and scalable ways to control light and heat in buildings. They took advantage of the optical switchability of PPCs in the solar wavelengths to regulate solar heating and daylighting, and extended the concept to thermal infrared wavelengths to modulate heat radiated by objects.

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New insights could help tame speedy ions in fusion plasmas

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Detectors, Electronics, Nuclear Energy, Petroleum, Physics, Solar Energy, Spintronics, Thermodynamics

To create a practical fusion energy reactor, researchers need to control particles known as fast ions. These speedy ions, which are electrically charged hydrogen atoms, provide much of the self-heating ability of the reactor as they collide with other ions. But they can also quickly escape the powerful magnetic fields used to confine them and overheat the walls of the containment vessel, causing damage.

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Taking new angle to enable more efficient, compact fusion power plants

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Consumer Electronics, Electricity, Energy Technology, Nuclear Energy, Physics, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics

Researchers have demonstrated a new approach for injecting microwaves into a fusion plasma that doubles the efficiency of a critical technique that could have major implications for future fusion reactors. The results show that launching the microwaves into the plasma via a novel geometry delivers substantial improvements in the plasma current drive.

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Taking a new tangent to control pesky waves in fusion plasmas

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Chemistry, Energy Technology, Nuclear Energy, Optics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics

Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma — the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei — to generate massive amounts of energy. One of the ways that scientists help heat the plasma is by injecting beams of energetic particles into tokamaks to provide enough energy for plasma particles to overcome mutual repulsion and fuse together.

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Ceramic industry should use carbon reducing cold sintering process says new research

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Computational Biology, Energy Technology, Materials Science, Mathematical Modeling, Petroleum, Statistics, Thermodynamics

A new techno-economic analysis shows that the energy intensive ceramic industry would gain both financial and environmental benefits if it moved to free the cold sintering process from languishing in labs to actual use in manufacturing everything from high tech to domestic ceramics.

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'Flamenco dancing' molecule could lead to better-protecting sunscreen

October 19, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Gene Therapy, Inorganic Chemistry, Optics, Skin Cancer, Skin Care, Thermodynamics, Vitamin D

A molecule that protects plants from overexposure to harmful sunlight thanks to its flamenco-style twist could form the basis for a new longer-lasting sunscreen, chemists have found.

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Scientists recalculate the optimum binding energy for heterogeneous catalysis

October 19, 2019 0 Comments Biochemistry, Chemistry, Energy and Resources, Energy Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Petroleum, Thermodynamics

In a discovery that could lead to the development of novel catalysts that do not rely on expensive rare metals, scientists have shown that the optimal binding energy can deviate from traditional calculations, which are based on equilibrium thermodynamics, at high reaction rates. This means that reconsidering the design of catalysts using the new calculations may be necessary to achieve the best rates.

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Highest throughput 3D printer is the future of manufacturing

October 17, 2019 0 Comments 3-D Printing, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computers and Internet, Graphene, Neural Interfaces, Optics, Thermodynamics

Researchers have developed a new, futuristic 3D printer that is so big and so fast it can print an object the size of an adult human in just a couple of hours.

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