#Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance

“#Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance” Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly charged with oxygen from the air. Professor Jeung Ku Kang’s team synthesized and preserved the sub-nanometric particles of atomic cluster sizes at…

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#New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis developed

“#New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis developed” Antiatherogenic effect of CSNP. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation. The CSNP-based combination drug delivery…

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#White nanolight source for optical nanoimaging

“#White nanolight source for optical nanoimaging” Plasmon nanofocusing of white light for full spectral nanoanalysis. (A) Schematic of plasmon nanofocusing for white light and spectral bandgap nanoanalysis. (B) Schematic of tapered metallic structure used for simulation. (C) Superposition of waves with different wave vectors. Credit: Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba4179 Nanolight sources based on resonant excitons…

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#Simultaneous nodal superconductivity and broken time-reversal symmetry in CaPtAs

“#Simultaneous nodal superconductivity and broken time-reversal symmetry in CaPtAs” The temperature dependence of inverse square of the magnetic penetration depth, which is proportional to the superfluid density, measured using the tunnel-diode oscillator method. The lines show fits to the data using various models, where it can be seen that the s¬-wave model with a fully…

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#Geoscientists create deeper look at processes below Earth’s surface with 3-D images

“#Geoscientists create deeper look at processes below Earth’s surface with 3-D images” UT Dallas geoscientists used earthquake data and a computationally intensive technique called a full waveform inversion to create 3D images of the geometry of subducting slabs (green bodies) and induced mantle flows (yellow arrows) under Central America and the Caribbean Sea at a…

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#Human trafficking, over-incarceration in Australia an ongoing concern

“#Human trafficking, over-incarceration in Australia an ongoing concern” Credit: Shutterstock In the charged atmosphere of Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently made the mistake of stating there was no slavery in Australia. Morrison later apologized for causing offense. He clarified that his comments related specifically to the colony of New South Wales….

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#Report: Moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 protects vulnerable children

“#Report: Moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 protects vulnerable children” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children who experience housing eviction are more likely to live in families earning low incomes, belong to communities of color, and have special education needs than children who do not experience eviction, according to new research from the Center for Child and…

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#Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation

“#Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation” Robbyn Anand and students in her research group are developing a new paper-strip test to detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Credit: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Chemists at Iowa State University are developing a paper-strip urine test to detect infection by the coronavirus that…

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#Scientists discover unusual underwater rivers along Australia’s coastline

“#Scientists discover unusual underwater rivers along Australia’s coastline” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from The University of Western Australia have discovered underwater rivers along most of Australia’s continental shelf that are unique and do not occur at this scale anywhere else in the world. The research has been published today in Nature Scientific Reports. The…

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