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Graphene takes off in composites for planes and cars
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
They showed that integrating graphene and related materials (GRMs) into fibre-reinforced composites (FRCs) has great potential to improve weight and strength, a...
Water was a winner in capturing CO2
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
Carbon capture will most likely be necessary to reduce the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. To accomplish that, we need the technology and materials to do the jo...
Solving the mystery of carbon on ocean floor
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
Now, a new University of Delaware study recently published in Nature Communications shows for the first time that the old carbon found on the seafloor can be di...
New biomass map to take stock of the world's carbon
Dec 09, 2019 (ESA)
As plants grow, they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as biomass. This is then released back to the atmosphere through processes such as d...
How tiny enzymes reign supreme in worldwide carbon recycling
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
In a paper just published in the journal Biochemistry, Richard Wolfenden, PhD, and colleague Charles Lewis, PhD, both in the UNC Department of Biochemistry and ...
Diamonds in your devices: Powering the next generation of energy storage
Dec 04, 2019 (SPX)
Supercapacitors can charge and discharge much more rapidly than conventional batteries and also continue to do so for much longer. This makes them suitable for ...
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
Dec 04, 2019 (SPX)
Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem, particularly in urban areas and in less developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, one out of ...
Solving the thermoelectric 'trade-off' conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
The new device bypasses the troublesome trade-off in semiconductors between conductivity and electrical voltage, significantly outperforming its counterpart. Hi...
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
Nov 26, 2019 (SPX)
"Almost every property of the iconic C60 molecule - also called a molecular soccer ball, Buckminsterfullerene or buckyball - that can be measured, has been meas...
Research shows old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes
Nov 25, 2019 (SPX)
Carbon nanotubes are tiny molecules with incredible physical properties that can be used in a huge range of things, such as conductive films for touchscreen dis...
Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties
Nov 20, 2019 (SPX)
Professor Esko I. Kauppinen's group at Aalto has years of experience in making carbon nanotubes for electronic applications. The team's unique method uses aeros...
Decarbonizing the power sector
Nov 20, 2019 (SPX)
They show that relying mainly on wind and solar would bring most co-benefits for the health of people and planet. Switching to carbon capture and storage in com...
Rational transparent conductor design provides a boost to carbon nanotubes application
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
Most of the optical and electronic devices encountered daily are constituted of transparent conductors. However, all the presently available transparent conduct...
Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
Graphene - a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a lattice - is the strongest material in the world and so thin that it is flexible, the researchers said. ...
Mysteries Behind Interstellar Buckyballs Finally Answered
Nov 14, 2019 (SPX)
Carbon 60, or C60 for short, whose official name is Buckminsterfullerene, comes in spherical molecules consisting of 60 carbon atoms organized in five-membered ...
Warmer temperatures to boost CO2 emissions from bacteria
Nov 12, 2019 (UPI)
Bacteria and archaea, the two domains that make up the group of unicellular organisms known as prokaryotes, account for more than half of the planet's biomass. ...
Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business
Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)
Should that happen, the phenomenon would help the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The research, published in Nature, is the most comprehensive...
Magic angle graphene produces switchable patterns of superconductivity
Oct 31, 2019 (SPX)
"It's kind of a holy grail of physics to create a material that has superconductivity at room temperature," University of Texas at Austin physicist Allan MacDon...
A plethora of states in magic-angle graphene
Oct 31, 2019 (SPX)
Now, researchers from ICFO in Barcelona have succeeded in vastly improving the device quality of this setup, and in doing so, have stumbled upon something even ...
How do you know it's perfect graphene?
Oct 31, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered an indicator that reliably demonstrates a sample's high quality, and it was one th...
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