Clingy copper ions contribute to catalyst slowdown
Heavy-duty diesel trucks on the road today are equipped with aftertreatment systems that include selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology using urea solution as a reducing agent to curtail harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from engine exha.....»»
A new video of Tianwen-1 flying above Mars is pretty epic
"The space industry will contribute more to China's growth as a whole." Enlarge / China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft flies above Mars. (credit: CNSA) China celebrates the start of a new year on Tuesday—it will be the Year of the T.....»»
Solving a superconducting mystery with more precise computations
Researchers have known about high-temperature superconducting copper-based materials, or cuprates, since the 1980s. Below a certain temperature (approximately -130 degree Celsius), electrical resistance vanishes from these materials and magnetic flux.....»»
New approach transports trapped ions to create entangling gates
Trapped ions excited with a laser beam can be used to create entangled qubits in quantum information systems, but addressing several stationary pairs of ions in a trap requires multiple optical switches and complex controls. Now, scientists at the Ge.....»»
Void-confinement effect of nanoreactor promotes heterogeneous catalysis
A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently obtained a catalyst composed of the hollow carbon sphere and inner Ni nanoparticles (Ni@HCS), which displayed good performance when.....»»
Forward-thinking gym lifts weights, shifts attitudes
A gym in Boston, Massachusetts, with an inventive vocational path that prepares students to work as personal trainers serves as a telling example for how community-based programs can develop anti-racism practices within organizations that contribute.....»»
Catalyst turns three monomer mixtures into diblock dialternating terpolymers in a single step
A catalyst developed at KAUST could be the key to structural diversity in polymer materials and industrial-scale polymerizations involving multiple monomers. The catalyst transforms a mixture of three monomers into well-defined, ordered diblock terpo.....»»
Arctic Bearz: An Integrated one-of-a-kind Firm Ensuring that Polar Bears are here to Stay
Striving hard to create a positive impact and contribute to society in many ways is Arctic Bearz. Each sector is busy in creating their own sound finance. Where one company comes-up with a unique motive to save Polar Bears. As it’s turning into.....»»
Europe Is in the Middle of a Messy Nuclear Slowdown
Germany has almost finished phasing out nuclear plants, and aging infrastructure is leading neighbors down the same path. But will green energy goals suffer?.....»»
Asustek, Pegatron subsidiaries boost consolidated results
Asustek Computer and Pegatron have both seen their subsidiaries contribute considerably to their total revenues in 2021 and are optimistic about further revenue and profit gains driven by good sales prospects for those subsidiaries in 2022, according.....»»
Compeq foresees intense high-end HDI PCB demand
Taiwan-based Compeq Manufacturing has expressed optimism about high-end HDI PCB demand in 2022, and expects its shipments for low-orbit satellites to double and to contribute 6-8% of its revenues for 2022 from 3-4% in 2021......»»
Low-temperature DeNOx catalyst for reducing ultrafine particle emission
Recently, there has been growing demand for DeNOx catalysts that can treat nitrogen oxides (NOx) at low temperatures to increase energy efficiency when processing flue gas in industrial combustion facilities. NOx are emitted during the combustion of.....»»
People Have Been Having Less Sex--whether They"re Teenagers or 40-Somethings
Among the young, social media, gaming and “rough sex” may contribute to this trend -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Copper-based chemicals may be contributing to ozone depletion
Copper released into the environment from fungicides, brake pads, antifouling paints on boats and other sources may be contributing significantly to stratospheric ozone depletion, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley......»»
Exploring oxygen ions in Jupiter"s innermost radiation belts
Planets like Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, with global magnetic fields of their own, are surrounded by so-called radiation belts: Trapped in the magnetic field, fast moving charged particles such as electrons, protons, and heavier ions whiz aroun, thus.....»»
Newly discovered type of "strange metal" could lead to deep insights
Scientists understand quite well how temperature affects electrical conductance in most everyday metals like copper or silver. But in recent years, researchers have turned their attention to a class of materials that do not seem to follow the traditi.....»»
For sustainable sulfur-tolerant catalysts, alloy precious metals with phosphorus
Catalysts play crucial roles in chemical processes. However, many conventional catalysts have suffered from deactivation caused by sulfur-containing molecules which are strongly absorbed onto catalyst surfaces and suppress catalytic reactions. Osaka.....»»
Every Pore on Your Face Is a Walled Garden
Veronique Greenwood writes via The New York Times: Your skin is home to a thousand kinds of bacteria, and the ways they contribute to healthy skin are still largely mysterious. This mystery may be getting even more complex: In a paper published Thurs.....»»
Catalyst surface analysed at atomic resolution
Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr cooperated on the project as part of the Collaborative Research Centre "Heterogeneous.....»»
A crowning achievement in understanding head development
Cranial neural crest cells, or CNCCs, contribute to many more body parts than their humble name suggests. These remarkable stem cells not only form most of the skull and facial skeleton in all vertebrates ranging from fish to humans, but also can gen.....»»
Seeing the plasma edge of fusion experiments in new ways with artificial intelligence
To make fusion energy a viable resource for the world's energy grid, researchers need to understand the turbulent motion of plasmas: a mix of ions and electrons swirling around in reactor vessels. The plasma particles, following magnetic field lines.....»»