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New potential from ‘one-pot-and-one-step’ polymer synthesis

Making complex polymers with precisely controlled structures becomes much simpler thanks to a new 'one-pot-and-one-step' synthesis procedure.Read More

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Miniaturized infrared detectors

Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have relied on bulky (and expensive).

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Chemical clues to the mystery of what’s coating Stradivari’s violins

Stradivarius violins produce elegant music with a level of clarity that is unparalleled by modern instruments, according to some musicians. And it's the finishing touches — mysterious treatments applied hundreds.

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Spintronics: A new tool at BESSY II for chirality investigations

Information on complex magnetic structures is crucial to understand and develop spintronic materials. Now, a new instrument named ALICE II is available at BESSY II. It allows magnetic X-ray scattering.

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Ancient bacteria might lurk beneath Mars’ surface

Scientists found that ancient bacteria could survive close to the surface on Mars much longer than previously assumed. So, if life did, in fact, evolve when the last waters flowed.

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New method to label proteins could help track disease

A new method to study the proteins released by cells, which could lead to the development of new tools to track diseases including cancer, has been developed.Read More

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New approach to ‘cosmic magnet’ manufacturing could reduce reliance on rare earths in low-carbon technologies

Researchers have discovered a potential new method for making the high-performance magnets used in wind turbines and electric cars without the need for rare earth elements, which are almost exclusively.

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Tandem solar cells with perovskite: Nanostructures help in many ways

By the end of 2021, scientists had presented perovskite silicon tandem solar cells with an efficiency close to 30 percent. This value was a world record for eight months, a.

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To break new ground with frequency combs, an innovation plays with the beat

An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously possible — potentially improving measurements.

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Gestational exposure to flame retardant alters brain development in rats

Exposure in utero to a specific flame retardant, or to its individual brominated (BFR) or organophosphate ester (OPFR) components, resulted in altered brain development in newborn rats.Read More

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