Skoltech scientists have found a way to improve the most widely used technology for producing single-walled carbon nanotube films—a promising material for solar cells, LEDs, flexible and transparent electronics, smart textiles, ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 28, 2023
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The James Webb Space Telescope observed the exoplanet WASP-80 b as it passed in front of and behind its host star, revealing spectra indicative of an atmosphere containing methane gas and water vapor. While water vapor has ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 22, 2023
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The world is very warm right now. We're not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins.
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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A team of international scientists from the U.S., France, Germany, and Ethiopia recently published cutting-edge climate research on how thunderstorms can "clump" together and how that influences the Earth's climate. This ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2023
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Torrential downpours sent muddy water racing through streets in Libya, Greece, Spain and Hong Kong in early September 2023, with thousands of deaths in the city of Derna, Libya. Zagora, Greece, saw a record 30 inches of rain, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2023
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In recent years, hydrogen gas has gained momentum as the fuel for a clean and green future. This carbon-neutral fuel source releases huge amounts of energy via combustion in the presence of oxygen with water vapor as the ...
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2023
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A team of microbiologists and Earth scientists affiliated with several institutions in Germany reports that it was possible for methane to form in water on Earth before life began. In their study, reported in the journal ...
Ion exchange membranes are needed in (photo)electrolyzers, fuel cells and batteries to separate ions and enable the desired processes. Polymeric membranes such as synthetically produced compounds like NAFION are particularly ...
Polymers
Jul 5, 2023
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The main gases released by volcanoes are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Analyzing these gases is one of the best ways of obtaining information on volcanic systems and the magmatic processes that are underway. ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2022
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A trio of researchers, two with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Department of Environmental Systems and the other with Climate Service Center Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, say that reducing CO2 emissions ...
