Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by Max Planck Society. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: Ammonia, the material responsible for more than a 100 years of research. It has helped greatly with world hunger and is one of the most economically important chemicals. Despite figuring out a pretty good method to produce it, scientists have still been looking for better ways to produce it such as using light as an energy source or mechanocatalysis. Image cred: Frank Vinken
Scientists at the Max-Planck Institute have figured out a way to give an output better than previous alternate approaches at this. But how a simple grinding process boosts the reaction is still a mystery. Maybe you can figure it out :O
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Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by Washington State University. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: We are trying to be more eco-friendly nowadays and one approach is moving to natural gas engines from petrol/diesel. However, there is a problem with natural gas that hasn’t been taken care of so well, that is the removal of unburnt methane. Methane contributes more to the greenhouse effect than CO2 and reducing the amount of methane would considerably make a difference. Recently, a research team has made a better catalyst to take care of this problem. One thing I’ll say here is,.....this catalyst works better than current conventional catalysts by tackling a major issue faced by current ones. Credit: Cortland Johnson, PNNL.
Repost by PHYS ORG. Original article by University of Michigan. Click here to view the full news article. Summary: Quasicrystals. Those who have heard of this material know it is quite weird. What’s weird about it is that unlike normal crystals the pattern never repeats and has fivefold symmetry(whaaat!!). These materials became slightly popular in the early 2010s due to their exotic properties but fell out of favor mainly due to grain boundaries present in smaller quasicrystals. Now, researchers from the University of Michigan have figured out how to create large quasicrystals without defects from smaller ones. They hope that this will bring the material back into commercial use. An X-ray tomography visualization shows a top-down view of two quasicrystals as they start to meld together during cooling. Image credit: Shahani Group, University of Michigan
Written and Published by PHYS ORG. Click here for the full new article. Summary: While plastic deformation has been used by engineers in conventional materials for many years to improve its properties, scientists from University of Minnesota have recently explored the effects of plastic deformation on quantum materials for the first time. Thought to worsen the properties of quantum materials, it was a surprise that it in fact improved its superconducting properties. Quantum materials are seen to be the future for quantum computing and other electronic applications in technology. Credit: S. Hameed et al., University of Minnesota
Written and Published by PHYS ORG Click here to view full news article Summary: Scientists from McGill University have created a transparent composite material made from glass and acrylic inspired by nacre or mother of pearl, the substance which makes seashells. This material could be used in cell phone screens and other applications for its strength and durability. They plan to improve it further using smart technology. “"Our new material is not only three times stronger than the normal glass, but also more than five times more fracture resistant," says Allen Ehrlicher, an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at McGill University.” Image credit: McGill University
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