Red bricks - some of the world's cheapest and most familiar building materials - can be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity, like a battery.
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Red bricks - some of the world's cheapest and most familiar building materials - can be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity, like a battery. • Email to a friend • Using nanometer-level simulations, researchers discovered a positively charged site located 10 nanometers from the actual binding site on the spike protein. The positively charged site allows strong bonding between the virus protein and the negatively charged human-cell receptors. • Email to a friend • Scientists have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior like a liquid crystal when illuminated with laser light. This effect originates by the alignment of water molecules, which exhibit a mixture of low- and high-density domains that are more or less prone to alignment. • Email to a friend • New research examines thermal transport in metal organic frameworks. • Email to a friend • A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of electrons. It promises to deliver new insights into electron motion, which is crucial in understanding material properties such as electrical conductivity, magnetism and molecular structures. • Email to a friend • In order to combat bacterial wound infections, researchers have developed cellulose membranes equipped with antimicrobial peptides. Initial results show: The skin-friendly membranes made of plant-based materials kill bacteria very efficiently. • Email to a friend • To birds, trees and sky reflected in glass appear to be habitat. They fly into windows at high speeds, and the loss of life is staggering. Unlike humans, most birds can see UV light. It therefore stands to reason that applying UV-reflecting coatings or patterns on windows and glass buildings can be particularly advantageous to prevent bird strikes. Tuning the UV reflectance properties of window glass (or any other surface for that matter) could result in higher UV reflectance that could be noticed by birds and potentially reduce bird-strike incidences, particularly in high-rise buildings and airplanes. • Email to a friend • By combining purpose-built materials and neural networks, researchers have shown that sound can be used in high-resolution imagery. • Email to a friend • Scientists use attosecond laser pulses to probe the shortest-lived processes in nature in solid materials instead of gases. • Email to a friend • Researchers have discovered a dose threshold that provides a potentially universal method for gauging nanoparticle dosage and could help advance a new generation of cancer therapy, imaging and diagnostics. • Email to a friend • |
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