(Nanowerk News) A discovery that uncovered the surprising way atoms arrange themselves and find their preferred neighbors in multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) could enable engineers to “tune” these unique and useful materials for enhanced performance in specific applications ranging from advanced power plants to aerospace technologies, according to the researchers who made the finding.

Atoms in advanced alloys find preferred neighbors when solidifying

Ozone can be an agent of good or harm, depending on where you find it in the atmosphere. Way up in the stratosphere, the colorless gas shields the Earth from the sun's harsh ultraviolet rays. But closer to the ground, ozone is a harmful air pollutant that can trigger chronic health problems including chest pain, difficulty breathing, and impaired lung function.

Scientists find a human 'fingerprint' in the upper troposphere's increasing ozone

Soon, data storage centers are expected to consume almost 10% of the world's energy generation. This increase is, among other things, due to intrinsic limitations of the materials used—ferromagnets. Consequently, this problem has ignited a quest for faster and more energy-efficient materials. One of the most encouraging pathways are...

Hidden harmonies: Team discovers magnon–phonon Fermi resonance in an antiferromagnet

Oxford, MS

Oxford University scientists may have solved one of the greatest hindrances of expanding access to solar energy. Scientists from the university’s physics department have created an ultra-thin layer of material that can be applied to the exterior of objects with sunlight access in place of bulky silicon-based solar panels.

Oxford scientists' new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

Scientists have enhanced organic semiconductors by achieving groundbreaking electron removal and leveraging non-equilibrium state properties, potentially boosting thermoelectric device efficiency. Cavendish physicists have discovered two new ways to improve organic semiconductors. They found a way to remove more electrons from the material than previously possible and used unexpected properties in...

Solving the Doping Problem: Physicists Have Discovered New Ways To Improve Organic Semiconductors

Researchers made a tantalizing discovery after they MacGyver-ed old data from a radar instrument on a satellite gathered 14 years ago from the Moon. When they used the mission data in a fresh new way, they found proof of a Moon cave hiding in plain sight. The cave is inside...

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Hidden Passageways Under the Moon’s Surface

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

Scientists Say They've Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

Scientists at Oxford University are coating a new solar power-generating material onto objects such as rucksacks, cars, and mobile phones. The potential of this breakthrough means that increasing amounts of solar electricity could be generated without silicon-based solar panels. The Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material is, for the first time,...

Oxford scientists are generating solar power without panels

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Scientists from the Texas Advanced Computing Center are gaining a deeper — on the atomic level — understanding about why perovskites are such a good material for converting sunlight into electricity. The breakthrough was discovered using a supercomputer that found "vortex structures in quasiparticles of electrons and atoms,...

Supercomputer simulations make groundbreaking discovery about potential of solar power and LEDs: 'Never been observed before'

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It’s tempting to imagine that the world was once home to mythical lands of beauty and abundance whose streets were lined with gold.Well, if Plato is to be believed, it’s not gold they were lined with but orichalcum. At least, in the case of Atlantis.According to the iconic Greek philosopher, the fire-coloured metal was second in value only to gold, and the legendary lost continent was a hotbed of the stuff.He frequently mentions orichalcum in his Critias dialogue in which he tells the story of Atlantis, World History Encyclopedia reports.In his account, Plato claimed that the metal was mined in...

Scientists discover metal from the 'lost city of Atlantis'

Boulder, CO

CU Boulder scientists have found how ions move in tiny pores, potentially improving energy storage in devices like supercapacitors. Their research updates Kirchhoff’s law, with significant implications for energy storage in vehicles and power grids. Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could be charged in a minute, or...

Missing Link Discovered: New Research Paves the Way for Charging Phones in Under a Minute

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The secret to pterosaurs taking flight long before birds and bats dominated the air was wasn't feathers or hollow bones.
Although those features no doubt helped, new research shows that a lattice-like structure stopped pterosaurs' broad-ended tails fluttering like flags in the wind and instead, once stiffened, helped guide these flying reptiles into the sky.



					
			

Pterosaurs took to the skies using powered flight about 215 million years ago, the first vertebrates to do so. Although they started out small, amongst their ranks were some of the largest flying animals in Earth's history.
Like birds, pterosaurs had feathers, but they weren't birds, nor were...

Scientists Can Finally Reveal The Secret of How Pterosaurs Took Flight


Like a mosquito tunneling into the skin to get at the rich feast within, geologists poked a long, narrow drill into Earth's crust last year, pulling out a treasury of geological goodness.



					
			

The result is a long cylinder of rock, known as a core sample, measuring a record-shattering 1,268 meters (4,160 feet) in length. Made up of igneous rock that has been chemically altered by seawater in a process known as serpentinization, the cylinder has now been analyzed and its secrets revealed.
This thread of Earth-skin, extracted from the ocean depths, is a repository of information that can be used to plumb...

Geologists' Record-Breaking Drill Into Earth's Crust Reveals Mantle Secrets

Nxylon has emerged as a potentially revolutionary discovery in materials science, capturing attention with its extraordinary ability to absorb over 99% of visible light. This super-black material, developed unexpectedly at the University of British Columbia, is poised to revolutionize a range of industries, from optical devices to luxury consumer products.

New super-black 'wonder wood' called Nyxlon absorbs almost all light

This plant could help future human missions to explore and terraform the red planet. Scientists have found a plant that could survive the harsh conditions on Mars, which could help future human missions to explore and terraform the red planet. In a new study, a team from the Chinese Academy...

Scientists Have Discovered a Plant That Could Survive the Harsh Conditions on Mars

South Carolina State

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Since the industrial revolution, microbes have successfully colonized one novel type of habitat after another: for example, marine oil spills, plastic floating in the oceans, industrial brownfields, and even the interior of the International Space Station. However, it turns out that one extreme environment harboring a specialized community of highly...

Microbes conquer the next extreme environment: Your microwave

Cleveland, OH

Erythritol, a common artificial sweetener, is found in baked goods, beverages, gum, and candy. Recent research from the Cleveland Clinic indicates that consuming foods containing erythritol, a widely used artificial sweetener, may elevate the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes. The study, conducted with healthy volunteers, found that erythritol made platelets—blood cells involved in clotting—more active, thereby increasing the likelihood of blood clots. This effect was not observed with sugar (glucose).

Cleveland Clinic Warns: This Popular Sugar Substitute May Trigger Heart Issues

A team of researchers has recovered the deepest sample ever taken of the Earth's mantle from a section of seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean. At more than three-quarters of a mile in continuous length, the cylindrical sample is also the largest of its kind. The drilling was carried out last year, but the findings have now been published as a study in the journal Science.

Scientists Drill Super Deep Into Weird Underwater Structures

Denver, CO

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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Scientists Have Fabricated the World’s Highest-Performance Superconducting Wire Segment

New research reveals that the large-scale, cost-effective implementation of high-temperature superconducting wire is increasingly feasible. The future of our energy systems could be shaped by high-temperature...

Scientists Have Fabricated the World’s Highest-Performance Superconducting Wire Segment

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