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Evaporation-powered Motor and Light
Bacterial spore-polymer composites harness energy from evaporation to power locomotion and generate electricity.
Bacterial spore-polymer composites harness energy from evaporation to power locomotion and generate electricity.
A new approach creates microscale bioreactors for studying complex reactions for energy production and storage.
Careful tuning of a surface at the nanoscale could lead to robust materials for solar panels, other uses.
New models reveal the impact of competing processes on helium bubble formation in plasma-exposed tungsten.
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
New studies explain the transition, providing a quantitative picture of a 50-year-old mystery.
Discovery paves the way to quantitatively investigate the interplay among magnetism, superconductivity and disorder in high temperature superconductors.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
Clusters with longer separations between atoms had enhanced catalytic activity.
Tracking electronic motion in a graphene-like bulk material shows fast electrons in all dimensions.
Magnetic property changes by several hundred percent over a narrow temperature range.
Scientists uncover the microscopic origin of a magnetic phase in iron-based superconductors.