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Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins

Manila Bulletin 10 Oct 2024
It could also allow scientists to design new enzymes to break down plastics or other waste materials that would neutralize pollution, Baker told a news conference, or even come up with entirely new material for semi conductors.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins - life's ...

The Danville News 09 Oct 2024
It could also allow scientists to design new enzymes to break down plastics or other waste materials that would “neutralize” pollution, Baker told a news conference, or even come up with entirely new material for semi conductors.
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Researchers observe an antiferromagnetic diode effect in even-layered MnBi₂Te₄

Phys Dot Org 22 Sep 2024
Recently, some researchers observed a superconducting diode effect in conductive materials with a crystal structure that lacks a center of symmetry, also known as non-centrosymmetric polar conductors.
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Nerves of gold: exploring the future of soft gold nanowires

Interesting Engineering 20 Sep 2024
However, there is a very serious problem with this; the nervous system is soft and flexible, while traditional electronic materials are rigid and hard. “The classical conductors used in electronics are ...
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Mysteries of the bizarre 'pseudogap' in quantum physics finally untangled

Phys Dot Org 19 Sep 2024
... a stable checkerboard pattern of up and down spins, making the material an electric insulator (deeply uninteresting for superconducting research, because insulators are the opposite of conductors).
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Inkjet-printed micro-supercapacitors offer viable power source to e-textiles

The Engineer 17 Sep 2024
The researchers used graphene as a conductor, MoS2 as a semiconductor, and h-BN as an insulator ... Dr Shaila Afroj, an Associate Professor of Sustainable Materials at Exeter University, said.
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Pinecone-shaped wildfire detector built by students wins James Dyson Award

Interesting Engineering 12 Sep 2024
Named Pyri, this device stands out for its unique design inspired by nature and its use of organic materials.  ... The wax serves as a natural trigger, eliminating the need for a conventional sensor, while charcoal acts as an electrical conductor.
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Twisted molecular wires exhibit high single-molecule conductance

Phys Dot Org 21 Aug 2024
From the high-voltage wires that carry electricity over long distances, to the tungsten filaments in our incandescent lights, we may have become accustomed to thinking that electrical conductors are always made of metal.
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Energy game-changer: 85% efficient green electricity-powered reactor unveiled

Interesting Engineering 20 Aug 2024
Simply put, the high-frequency currents and materials that are poor conductors of electricity actually allow efficient heat transportation directly to the catalysts that stimulate chemical reactions.
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Decade Announces Non-brokered Private Placement

Invezz 19 Aug 2024
These minerals are used in the production of batteries and permanent magnets, both of which are used in zero-emission vehicles or are necessary in the production and processing of advanced materials, clean technology, or semi-conductors.
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Solving Steve Martin doesn’t take that much guesswork

The Los Angeles Times 19 Aug 2024
Steve Martin had a bit of a scare this morning ... No, the alarm had to do with Wordle, which, yes, Martin eventually solved ... It's also in the best sense, not in a cynical sense, being a conductor, because you have this material you have to time ... um ...
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IIT Mandi study shows how thermoelectricity can help boost sustainability

Suryaa 16 Aug 2024
Thermoelectric materials are unique in their ability to conduct electricity efficiently while being poor conductors of heat, making them ideal for applications such as refrigeration, energy generation, and thermal management in advanced electronics.
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Researchers observe 'locked' electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate

Phys Dot Org 15 Aug 2024
When these materials are heated, they become ordinary conductors, which allow electricity to flow but with some energy lost; or insulators, which don't conduct electricity at all ... Although the material ...
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Making perovskite solar PV circular from the start

PV Magazine 14 Aug 2024
The individual PV cells are integrated via scribing, and include front glass coated with a transparent conductor, the MHP layer sandwiched between electron and hole transport materials and a back electrode.
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Two years after devastating fire, Wayfinder hotel prepares to fully reopen. What's changed

The Newport Daily News 13 Aug 2024
Wayfinder Hotel blaze draws host of onlookers as crews battle fire ... Scott Barrett, Newport Daily News ... “carelessly discarded smoking materials” and “energized electrical conductors, connections or devices.”.
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