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Solidion Technology reaches milestone in lithium-sulfur battery

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Solidion Technology has announced that its lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have reached a cell energy density of 380 Wh/kg. Solidion's immediate next target is 450 Wh/kg. This exciting result was recently confirmed by a leading EV battery pro...

Mar 13, 2025

New capabilities in DNA nanostructure self-assembly eliminate need for extreme heating and controlled cooling

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University at Albany researchers at the RNA Institute are pioneering new methods for designing and assembling DNA nanostructures, enhancing their potential for real-world applications in medicine, materials science and data storage.

Mar 12, 2025

Scientists achieve universal technique—called van der Waals squeezing—for atomic manufacturing of 2D metals

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Since the groundbreaking discovery of graphene in 2004, the dizzying pace of progress in two-dimensional (2D) materials has ushered in a new era of fundamental research and technological innovation. Although nearly 2,000 2D materials have been the...

Mar 12, 2025

Plasmon-assisted catalytic CO₂ conversion method offers sustainable e-fuel production

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The conversion of CO2 into e-fuels by light offers a sustainable solution to close the carbon cycle. Researchers at the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy have pioneered an innovative approach to plasmon-assisted catalytic CO2 conversion using nanoscal...

Mar 12, 2025

Decoding nanomaterial phase transitions with tiny drums

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When water freezes into ice or boils into vapor, its properties change dramatically at specific temperatures. These so-called phase transitions are fundamental to understanding materials. But how do such transitions behave in nanomaterials?

Mar 12, 2025

Unveiling the intermolecular mechanisms behind OEM dissolution in organic batteries

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A new study has revealed significant insights into the intermolecular mechanisms involved in the dissolution of organic electrode materials (OEMs) within electrolytes during battery cycling tests.

Mar 12, 2025

'Nanosnag' virus detection technique could streamline vaccine production quality checks

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As viral vaccines are increasingly used to meet global health needs, the pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing larger amounts of virus to make them. A new method of virus detection from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Departmen...

Mar 12, 2025

Lighting the way: How activated gold nanoparticles reveal drug movement in the body

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Tracking targeted drug delivery is often a challenge due to limitations in current imaging techniques. A recent study by Tokyo's Waseda University reports a breakthrough imaging technique that allows direct and highly sensitive tracking of go...

Mar 12, 2025

Opening a new chapter in 3D microprinting with MXene

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The Smart 3D Printing Research Team at KERI, led by Dr. Seol Seung-kwon has developed the world's first technology for printing high-resolution 3D microstructures using MXene, a material known as the dream material.

Mar 12, 2025

Phosphorene nanoribbons shown to exhibit magnetic and semiconductor properties at room temperature

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Scientists have long suspected that phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs)—thin pieces of black phosphorus, only a few nanometers wide—might exhibit unique magnetic and semiconducting properties, but proving this has been difficult.

Mar 12, 2025

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