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First experimental confirmation that some microbes are powered by electricity
by Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie – Hans-Knöll-Institut (Leibniz-HKI) In small bioreactors, researchers can precisely control the conditions of microbial electrosynthesis. Credit: Ronja Münch/Leibniz-HKI In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO2 and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about, until now. Researchers at the Leibniz… Continue…
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Lattice built with negative thermal expansion properties reveals unique relaxation mechanism
A macrocyclic CB8 three-component host–guest supramolecular complex as a flexible linkage for the development of NTE materials: (A) replacement of covalent bonds with supramolecular complexes in MOFs to produce metal–organic polythreading frameworks; (B) construction of a three-component host–guest complex, (bcbpy)2@CB8; and (C) thermally driven expansion and relaxation-induced contraction of the flexible host–guest complex (bcbpy)2@CB8. Credit:…
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Engineering designer materials with bird-inspired structural colors using nanoparticle-based supraballs
Effect of monodisperse binary nanoparticle mixture (220nm-diameter melanin and 220nm-diameter silica; melanin, blue spheres; silica, yellow spheres) composition and mixing state on the supraball color reflectance. — (A) Visualizations of the cross-section of binary mixture supraballs with varying levels of particle mixing in the increasing order from top to bottom and varying relative proportion of…
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Bangladesh tries fences to tackle growing human-tiger conflict in Sundarbans
About 300 people and 46 tigers have been killed since 2000 in human-tiger conflicts in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. Authorities here have decided to install fencing along the rivers and canals that the big cats use to cross into human settlements. Experts point to a successful application of this measure in the Indian Sundarbans, and say the…
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Scientists report world’s first X-ray of a single atom
May 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and others, led by Ohio University Professor of Physics, and Argonne National Laboratory scientist, Saw Wai Hla, have taken the world’s first X-ray SIGNAL (or SIGNATURE) of just one atom. Since its discovery by Roentgen in…
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A Boon For Patients, A Bust For Hospitals?
While influencers advocate for healthcare price transparency, adherence lags among hospitals, unsurprisingly, as competing interests and increasing oversight signal shifts for the industry. Fat Joe, perhaps most well-known for questioning, “What’s Luv?” in his 2001 summer smash, is embracing a new role nowadays: healthcare price transparency influencer. The rapper was in Washington, D.C., in April,…
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What was that red streak flying over Kansas on Tuesday night? – msnNOW
What was that red streak flying over Kansas on Tuesday night? msnNOWView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading News Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-was-that-red-streak-flying-over-kansas-on-tuesday-night/ar-AA1bWJr8
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Use of animal fats to produce jet biofuels may impact planet, warns new study
It may come as a surprise for many, but the fat of some dead animals is being used to make greener jet fuel. However, a new study warns that these “sustainable aviation fuels” may harm the planet. The alarming report comes from Transport & Environment, a clean transportation campaign group based in Brussels. It emphasizes…
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London’s Cops To Stop Attending Mental Illness Emergency Calls
Back view of a metropolitan police officer. getty Police officers in London will soon stop responding to mental health incidents unless they believe there’s an “immediate threat to life”. Chiefs say healthcare professionals should be attending many of these cases, leaving officers more time to solve and prevent crime. Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley…
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The world’s fastest electron microscope
May 31, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Electron microscopes give us insight into the tiniest details of materials and can visualize, for example, the structure of solids, molecules or nanoparticles with atomic resolution. However, most materials in nature are not static. They constantly interact, move and reshape between initial and final configurations. One of the most general…
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