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New sensor can detect valuable rare earth element in non-traditional sources

“Low concentrations of terbium could be identified from acid mine drainage and other waste sources A new luminescent sensor can detect terbium, a valuable rare earth element, from complex environmental samples like acid mine waste. The sensor, developed by researchers …

New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with Commercial and NASA-Supported Payloads on Board

“Blue Origin successfully completed the 17th New Shepard mission to space and back for the program, and the 8th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle. Today’s flight featured payloads on board supported by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program and …

New Study Unveils Thermoelectric Ink that Turns Car Exhaust Pipes into Power Generators

“A joint research team, affiliated with UNIST has announced that they have successfully developed a thermoelectric technology to produce power-generating tubes using 3D printing techniques. Researchers found that the tube-shaped device is more effective than conventional devices. This breakthrough has …

NVIDIA Turbocharges Extreme-Scale AI for Argonne National Laboratory’s Polaris Supercomputer

“Largest GPU-Powered Supercomputer for U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne Lab Will Enable Scientific Breakthroughs in Era of Exascale AI The largest GPU-based supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory will run …

One material with two functions could lead to faster memory

“Researchers use perovskite to develop a memory device readable through both electrical and optical methods In a step toward a future of higher performance memory devices, researchers from National Taiwan Normal University and Kyushu University have developed a new device …

One scientist’s trash is another’s treasure: A laboratory’s “irritating” byproduct now supplies 2-D materials research

“While making materials samples to pursue their own research goals, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory discovered that an unwanted byproduct of their experiments was an extremely high-quality and difficult-to-obtain substance sought after by scientists …

OneWeb Confirms Another Successful Launch, Accelerating Business Momentum

“OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, today confirmed the next successful launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch follows the successful completion of OneWeb’s ‘Five to 50’ mission and highlights the …

Physicists find room-temperature, 2D-to-1D topological transition

“Rice-led team toggles side- and edge-conduction states in bismuth iodide crystals A Rice University team and its collaborators have discovered a room-temperature transition between 1D and 2D electrical conduction states in topological crystals of bismuth and iodine. Researchers found they …

Playing with proteins

“At the MIT Edgerton Center, educators are quietly transforming the way biology is taught in schools. It’s a cloudy July afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and MIT Edgerton Center Instructor Amanda Mayer is using brightly-colored plastic to build proteins. She …

Record-breaking Lithium-metal Cell

“A new type of lithium-metal battery reaches an extremely high energy density of 560 watt-hours per kilogram – based on the total weight of the active materials – with a remarkable stability. Researchers of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of Karlsruhe Institute …