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February 12, 2025

Paper device harvests electricity from water movement to power wearable electronics

Published on: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:43:16 -0500

Scientists develop a stretchable paper-based generator that creates electricity from water evaporation, offering a flexible power source for wearable health monitors.

Source: Nanowerk

From photons to protons: Team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection

Published on: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:45:04 EST

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow scientists to study the behavior and properties of the particles produced in high-energy collisions. Such particles are boosted to near the speed of light in large accelerators and then smashed into targets or other particles where they are then analyzed with detectors. Traditional detectors, however, lack the needed sensitivity and precision for certain types of research.

Source: Phys.org

Nanoscale tin catalyst discovery paves the way for sustainable CO2 conversion

Published on: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:26:04 EST

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing next-generation electrocatalysts.

Source: Science Daily

Size-driven phase evolution in ultrathin relaxor films

Published on: Date not available

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 11 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41565-025-01863-x

Geometrical confinement in ultrathin 0.68PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-0.32PbTiO3 films induces a dome-shaped stability region of relaxor behaviour in a temperature–thickness relaxor phase diagram.

Source: Nature Nanotechnology

Cleaning up critical minerals and materials production, using microwave plasma

Published on: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

With technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts.

Source: MIT News