Here’s what we are hearing: AGC to build new plant in Brazil AGC, Japan, is set to move into Brazil’s construction and automotive glass markets, investing 40 billion yen (about…
Read MoreLaser-heated diamond anvil cell allows very large hydrostatic pressure to be applied to amorphous carbon aerogels. Cavity dimensions are approximately 100–170 μm wide by 35 μm thick. Credit: LLNL. While…
Read MoreSchematic showing the architecture of the sensor developed at Princeton. Credit Stephen Y. Chou; Princeton. Check ’em out: Princeton engineers make breakthrough in ultrasensitive Raman-based sensor Princeton researchers have invented…
Read MoreNIST measurements show that interactions of the graphene layers with the insulating substrate material causes electrons (red, down arrow) and electron holes (blue, up arrow) to collect in “puddles”. The…
Read MoreOne of the projects ARPA-E is seeking to fund are alternatives to five key at-risk rare earth elements. Credit: DOE, “Critical Materials Strategy.” The DOE announced today that it is…
Read MoreFour-point conductivity measurement of the new transparent conducting film developed by Cor Koning (left) and Paul van der Schoot (right). Credit: Bart van Overbeeke, TU/e. According to a news release,…
Read MoreCheck them out: Role of parallel reformable bonds in the self-healing of cross-linked nanogel particles (also, Nanomaterials with give survive) Polyelectrolyte functionalized carbon nanotubes as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen…
Read MoreAFM image of a mixed-phase bismuth ferrite sample. The red and green areas indicate phase regions oriented at 90° to each other. Credit: Ramesh Group; Berkeley Lab. Following on the…
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