Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest presence of salty water in outer solar system
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
From liquid to solid: New technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells
Understanding the behavior of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden ...
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Phase Change Behavior and Mechanical Transformation of Eutectic Hydrated-Salt Phase-Change Gels Tuned by Water
Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810008, China Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory ...
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Fortescue-backed concentrated solar hydrogen tech graduates to pilot phase
Resources giant Fortescue has committed to the next phase of advancing a novel green ... focusing on Sparc’s innovative photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) technology. The PWS process offers ...
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Road salt is keeping drivers safe but harming the environment, researchers say
Salt helps to lower water's freezing temperature, meaning that it prevents ice from forming and helps melt ice already on the road. "Eventually when the snow melts, all that salty water runs into ...
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The $10,000 SALT Cap Is Likely Dead. What Will the New Cap Be?
House Republicans are trying to figure out what replaces the so-called SALT cap for residents of high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California who have seen a tax hit from the limit.
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What Is the Follicular Phase?
Throughout the follicular phase, a single "dominant follicle" develops faster than the rest. This follicle (a fluid-filled sac in your ovary) then releases more estrogen into the body in ...
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A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance
All it took was a solid electrolyte that was more reactive than the sulfur itself. When lithium meets sulfur... Sulfur is an attractive battery material. It's abundant and cheap, and sulfur atoms ...
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Synergistic Modulation of Solid– and Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase via a Lithium Salt Additive toward Stable Sodium Metal Batteries
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315200, ...