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Labs characterize carbon for batteries: Rice, Lawrence Livermore scientists calculate materials’ potential for use as electrodes

Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from a theoretical model created at Rice University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that predicts how carbon components will perform as electrodes.

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New work by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Rice University details the binding properties of lithium ions to various types of carbon that may be used for lithium-ion batteries. The “universal descriptor” they found has the potential to speed the development of materials for commercialization.

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Sun-like Stars Reveal Their Ages

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Researchers Use Various Zinc Oxide Nanostructures to Boost Efficiency of Water Purification Process

An Iranian researcher in association with Swedish scientists studied the use of various nanostructures of zinc oxide in the improvement of the removal of industrial pollutants from water and the differences in their efficiencies.

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Radio-burst discovery deepens astrophysics mystery

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Brief pulse detected by Arecibo telescope appears to come from far beyond our galaxy

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Non-Enzyme Sensor Detects Lead, Hydrogen Peroxide

Iranian researchers in association with their Malaysian colleagues produced non-enzyme sensor that is able to measure poisonous and harmful species in industrial and medical applications.

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A review article summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge about graphene grain boundaries

The graphene produced by chemical vapor deposition is typically polycrystalline. Authors from the ICN2 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group, led by ICREA Research professor Stephan Roche, together with authors from Sungkyunkwan University, analyse in Advanced Materials the challenges and opportunities of these structures.

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Rice's silicon oxide memories catch manufacturers' eye: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability

Rice University's breakthrough silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory is one step closer to mass production, thanks to a refinement that will allow manufacturers to fabricate devices at room temperature with conventional production methods.

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This scanning electron microscope image and schematic show the design and composition of new RRAM memory devices based on porous silicon oxide that were created at Rice University.

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NOAA's GOES-West Satellite sees Smoke from Canadian Fires over U.S.

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NASA Spacecraft Observes Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars

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This pair of images covers one of the hundreds of sites on Mars where researchers have repeatedly used the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to study changes in gullies on slopes.

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Even geckos can lose their grip

Not even geckos and spiders can sit upside down forever. Nanophysics makes sure of that.

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Thin film in contact with an uneven surface

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