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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock

“Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected Mars sample. Data received late Sept. 1 from NASA’s Perseverance rover indicate the team has achieved its goal of successfully …

New Opportunities for Light-Powered Battery and Fuel Cell Design

“Automotive and other industries are hard at work improving the performance of rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. Now, researchers from Japan have made a discovery that will enable new possibilities for future environmental stability in this line of work. In …

New research advances clean energy solutions

“Meeting society’s growing energy needs has become a daunting challenge for humanity. Demands for energy are expected to nearly double by the year 2050, while the effects of climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, are already …

New Way to Pull Lithium from Water Could Increase Supply, Efficiency

“Anyone using a cellphone, laptop or electric vehicle depends on lithium. The element is in tremendous demand. And although the supply of lithium around the world is plentiful, getting access to it and extracting it remains a challenging and inefficient …

Next gen 3D printed catalysts to propel hypersonic flight

“Ultra-efficient 3D printed catalysts could help solve the challenge of overheating in hypersonic aircraft and offer a revolutionary solution to thermal management across countless industries. Developed by researchers at RMIT, the highly versatile catalysts are cost-effective to make and simple …

Nijmegen has the longest 3D-printed concrete bicycle bridge in the world

“Thanks to research at TU/e, the architect was able to work freely on the design and was not restricted by materials or traditional processes. The bridge was printed layer by layer in the concrete printing factory of Saint Gobain …

Nissan and Waseda University in Japan testing jointly developed recycling process for electrified vehicle motors

“New process efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth compounds from motor magnets, practical application targeted for mid-2020s toward carbon neutral goal Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Waseda University today announced the start of testing in Japan of a jointly developed recycling process …

Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework

“Breakthrough in stabilizing nanocrystals introduces a low-cost, energy- efficient light source for consumer electronic devices, detectors, and medical imaging By stabilizing perovskite nanocrystals in a metal-organic framework (MOF), a research team has synthesized light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that exploit the performance …

Physicists engineer new property out of “white” graphene

“Ferroelectricity in ultrathin material could have applications in computer memory, more Ultrathin materials made of a single layer of atoms have riveted scientists’ attention since the discovery of the first such material—graphene—about 17 years ago. Among other advances …

Quantum entanglement of three spin qubits demonstrated in silicon

“An all-RIKEN team has increased the number of silicon-based spin qubits that can be entangled from two to three, highlighting the potential of spin qubits for realizing multi-qubit quantum algorithms1. Quantum computers have the potential to leave conventional computers …