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New AI approach accelerates targeted material discovery and creates foundation for self-driving experiments

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Specification of an example experimental goal and translation into an automated data acquisition strategy. a Visualization of the design space and the corresponding measured property space for an example material system. Samples from the design space (a discrete set of design points) are directly mapped to a set of measured properties (measured property space). The … Read more

High-speed electron camera discovers new ‘light-distorting’ behavior in ultra-thin material

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Snapshot taken by SLAC’s High Speed ​​Electron Camera, an ultrashort electron diffraction (MeV-UED) instrument, showing evidence of circular polarization of terahertz light through an ultrathin sample of tungsten ditelluride. Source: Nano letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00758 While taking snapshots with the high-speed electron camera at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, researchers discovered new … Read more

Promising solar energy material gets curious boost from entropy, researchers show

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Lead author Kushal Rijal (right) and Neno Fuller (left) performed the TR-TPPE measurement using the ultrahigh-power vacuum photoemission spectroscopy system shown in the image. Credit: Kushal and Fuller Solar energy is crucial to a clean energy future. Traditionally, solar energy has been harvested using silicon, the same semiconductor material used in everyday electronic devices. But … Read more

Discovery of organic material on Mars offers clues to origins of life on Earth

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Mars Organic Material Discovery Offers Clues to Earth's Life Origins

A recent discovery on Mars has shed light on the possible origins of life on Earth. Researchers have found that organic material present in the sediment of ancient Martian lakebeds points to widespread carbon chemistry on the Red Planet. This discovery provides valuable insights into how the ingredients for life arrived on our planet billions … Read more

Ultrafast laser enables 2D material manipulation for next-generation devices

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Some 2D materials such as graphene, silicene (other than silicone), black phosphorus, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are electrically and mechanically superior to others. These materials could give rise to fast photodetectors, advanced sensors, hi-tech flexible electronics and solar cells that are much more efficient than the cells we use today. However, scientists do not … Read more

This glassy gel is a surprising new class of material that heals itself

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In a serendipitous discovery, researchers have created a new class of materials called “glassy gels,” which are semiliquid but difficult to break. The surprising properties of these gels are stretchy, strangely adhesive and can ‘self-heal’ when cut. They make them potentially useful for a wider range of applications than commonly used plastics, which are hard … Read more

Signal President Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU efforts to tackle child abuse material

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Meredith Whittaker – president of the Signal Foundation, which runs the eponymous end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app – on Monday criticized the European Union’s latest proposals to require messaging services to check whether users shared child abuse material. Her complaint follows the publication of an internal document by the European Council – the EU body … Read more

TDK has successfully developed a material for solid-state batteries with a 100 times higher energy density

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June 17, 2024 TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) has successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid-state battery . TDK’s technology aims to provide a solution that can be used in various wearable devices, such as … Read more

Breakthrough ‘miracle material’ for carbon capture: MOF-525 can capture CO2 and convert it into useful chemicals

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By means of Jennifer McManamay, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science June 2, 2024 Researchers have made significant progress in the practical application of a new material known as MOF-525, a member of the metal-organic framework family, which shows great promise in carbon capture and conversion technologies. The team has developed a … Read more

Genius: Researchers find a way to scale up miracle material, which could do wonders for Earth

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Pixabay from Pexels × close to Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Researchers at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered how to take a wonder material, one that can extract value from captured carbon dioxide, … Read more