Bacteria producing nanowires made up of cytochrome OmcS. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Cooling Speeds Up Electrons in Bacterial Nanowires The ground beneath our feet and…
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An illustration of the qubit platform made of a single electron on solid neon. Researchers froze neon gas into a solid at very low temperatures,…
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered new properties in a semiconductor material using a powerful, unconventional technique. Credit: Quardia, Shutterstock.com Discovery reveals the role…
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The device can be worn on the upper arm while the wearer goes about their day. Credit: Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics / UC San Diego Imagine…
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Cryo-EM snapshots of the solid-electrolyte interphase, or SEI, reveal its natural swollen state and offer a new approach to lithium-metal battery design. Lithium metal batteries…
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Islands of inactive lithium creep like worms to reconnect with their electrodes, restoring a battery’s capacity and lifespan. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC…
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Researchers have created a machine-learning system that efficiently predicts the future trajectories of multiple road users, like drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians, which could enable an…
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Researchers uncover critical changes in the thermal properties of energy storage devices during operation, paving the way towards better thermal management. Modern energy storage devices,…
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Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal energy transfer vessels…
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The intelligent metasurface, AI-empowered artificial material, is a smart platform enabling various functions such as data mining, communication, energy harvest, and sensing by directly processing…
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