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SMART, one step closer to nuclear fusion with its first plasma

University of Seville
Peer-Reviewed Publication

On the road towards the development of a compact fusion reactor, the Plasma Science and Fusion Technology Lab of the University of Seville led the physics and engineering design as well as the construction and commissioning of a new and unique fusion device: the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART) that now achieved the first tokamak plasma.

Journal: Nuclear Fusion

Breakthrough in Sustainable Biomaterials: Innovations in Polyacrylic Acid Hydrogels

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

A new study explores the integration of biopolymers with polyacrylic acid hydrogels, highlighting their potential applications in bioresources and bioproducts. This research offers insights into the development of sustainable and functional biomaterials for various fields, including flexible electronics and biosensing.

Journal: Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

Clean hydrogen in minutes: Microwaves deliver clean energy faster

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH Ushers in a New Era of Clean Hydrogen Production with Microwave Technology.

Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Getting the most out of cosmic maps

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new computational method gleans more information than its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Australian Plantago could replace psyllium husk in gluten-free breads

University of Adelaide
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Seeds of two native species of Plantago have been identified as producing mucilage that can be used as a natural additive to make gluten-free bread dough more elastic, resulting in fluffier loaves.

New water purification technology helps turn seawater into drinking water without tons of chemicals

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.

Journal: Nature Water
Funder: National Alliance for Water Innovation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation.

Fox and rabbit in the quantum world

University of Basel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Basel have shown that quantum systems can have antagonistic interactions, too – one agent attracts the other, but the other way around, there is a repulsion. Such interactions could be realized using cold atoms that are coupled to each other.

Journal: Physical Review X