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Friday, December 19, 2014

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News


Improving rechargeable batteries by focusing on graphene oxide paper

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 12:45 PM PST

An engineering team has discovered some of graphene oxide's important properties that can improve sodium- and lithium-ion flexible batteries.

Physicists characterize electronic, magnetic structure in transition metal oxides

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 12:45 PM PST

Scientists have characterized the electronic and magnetic structure in artificially synthesized materials called transition metal oxides.

Computational clues into the structure of a promising energy conversion catalyst

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 11:11 AM PST

Researchers at Princeton University have reported new insights into the structure of an active component of the nickel oxide catalyst, a promising catalyst for water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel.

Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 10:19 AM PST

Cars that run on natural gas are touted as efficient and environmentally friendly, but getting enough gas onboard to make them practical is a hurdle. A new study promises to help. Researchers have calculated the best candidates among possible metal organic frameworks to store natural gas for cars.

Crown ethers flatten in graphene for strong, specific binding

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 09:05 AM PST

Scientists have discovered a way to dramatically increase the selectivity and binding strength of crown ethers by incorporating them within a rigid framework of graphene. Strong, specific electrostatic binding of crown ethers may advance sensors, chemical separations, nuclear-waste cleanup, extraction of metals from ores, purification and recycling of rare-earth elements, water purification, biotechnology, energy production in durable lithium-ion batteries, catalysis, medicine and data storage.

Electron spin could be the key to high-temperature superconductivity

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 05:14 AM PST

Scientists have taken a significant step in our understanding of superconductivity by studying the strange quantum events in a unique superconducting material.

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