#Shrimp shells to produce electrodes for large storage batteries

“#Shrimp shells to produce electrodes for large storage batteries” The proposal of the Spanish researchers is to produce vanadium flow battery electrodes from chitin, a material from shrimp shells. Credit: John Cameron / Unsplash A project by Spanish researchers and other collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests the use of chitin from shrimp shells…

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#Researchers building a harder diamond, called pentadiamonds

“#Researchers building a harder diamond, called pentadiamonds” Geometric structure of pentadiamond. White and black balls indicate C atoms with four and three adjacent C atoms, respectively. Credit: University of Tsukuba Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used computer calculations to design a new carbon-based material even harder than diamond. This structure, dubbed “pentadiamond” by its…

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#New materials of perovskite challenge traditional notions of high pressure chemistry

“#New materials of perovskite challenge traditional notions of high pressure chemistry” Chemical intuition tells us that pressure tends to increase number of coordination, and hence usually makes a structure ordered that is especially true for perovskite like compounds. However, in the recent discovered Y2CoIrO6 a A2B’B”O6 type double perovskite compound, researchers found exceptional pressure induced…

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#Exotic never before seen particle discovered at CERN

“#Exotic never before seen particle discovered at CERN” (Bottom right) Two-dimensional distribution of di-J/ψ candidates and its projections on (bottom left) M(1)μμ and (top) M(2)μμ. Four components are present as each projection consists of signal and background J/ψJ/ψ candidates. The labels J/ψ1,2 and bkg1,2 represent the signal and background contributions, respectively, in the M(1),(2)μμ distribution….

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#Paris show relives Pompeii’s final horrifying hours

“#Paris show relives Pompeii’s final horrifying hours” All that remains: Pompeii today It is the most explosive Paris exhibition of the summer—Mount Vesuvius erupting several times a day in a new immersive 3D show which opens Wednesday in the Grand Palais. “Pompeii” recreates daily life in 79 AD (CE) in the hours before the volcano…

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#SpaceX launches Air Force’s newest GPS satellite

“#SpaceX launches Air Force’s newest GPS satellite” SpaceX launched the military’s newest, most accurate GPS satellite Tuesday after a two-month delay due to the pandemic. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the GPS satellite to orbit. The brand new first-stage booster landed on an ocean platform several…

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#Indices of health under our feet

“#Indices of health under our feet” Wastewater gathered at treatment plants contains a wealth of information relevant to human and environmental health. A new technique known as wastewater-based epidemiology can extract this vital information and use it to monitor important health indices at a local or global scale. Credit: Biodesign Institute A treasure trove of…

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