The Liquid Crystal “Sunflowers” Are Capable Of Some Truly Bizarre Stuff
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are often talked about as some sort of material of the future, with potential applications for everything from artificial muscles and medical…
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How Diamonds Could Help Us Build Better Spacecraft
Since many of society’s transistors are dependent on our electronics, we face quite a challenge when they break down. Existing transistors are prone to radiation…
Genes reconstructed from the First Vertebrates Could Solve Manufacturing Challenges
A genetic sequence has been reconstructed around the time the first horizontals appeared, and this could prove exceptionally valuable for the production of cheaper, more…
Scientists are warning you to stop upgrading your phone
The new creation of the University of St Andrews and the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) provides a striking picture of our world not restoring use…
Researchers have Discovered Brand-New Quasicrystal
Researchers at Brown University have discovered a quasicrystal that is self-assembled from a single type of nanoparticle. This is the first precise observation of quasicrystalline superlattice formed by…
DNA and RNA Might Have evolved Together, Challenging Assumptions about the Origins of Life
RNA and DNA can be formed together, as reported in natural chemistry. The origin of life on earth is a mystery. Several hypotheses compete to…
Crystals Could Be the Future of “Green” Commercial Refrigeration
Heat removal is always going to be energy-intensive, with large inefficiencies in the gases we use for cooling contributing to the problem. Dr. Xavier Moa…
3.8-billion-year-old rocks tell the story of the origin of life
Greenland hosts some of the oldest surviving rocks in the world. We have good reason to believe that the first life appeared on Earth soon…
New artificial DNA has doubled the alphabet of life
Researchers have now discovered that four more synthetic characters can be used. All the information that they do to living organisms is encoded in DNA.…
Artificial Intelligence use to unlock the nature of chemical bonding
Artificial Intelligence use to unlock the nature of chemical bonding Researchers have developed a Bayesian chemisorption learning model, or Bayeschem in short, to unlock the…
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