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3D nanotech blankets offer new path to clean drinking water

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.

Journal: Advanced Science

"Mars and Earth are even more different than we thought": researchers from the Faculty of Sciences publish groundbreaking study on Martian observations

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by Francisco Brasil and Pedro Machado, both researchers from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon (CIÊNCIAS ULisboa). This study, an extensive and comprehensive analysis of the Red Planet’s atmospheric waves, has just been published in AGU (Advancing Earth and Space Science), a leading reference in astronomy and astrophysics.

Journal: AGU Advances

Biophysics: Shaping cells with light

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers use light stimuli to shape cells and develop a model that explains the mechanisms – with implications for synthetic biology.

Journal: Nature Physics

When systems suddenly tip: New insights into hard-to-predict transitions

Complexity Science Hub
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Systems that may appear similar at first glance can behave very differently near a tipping point. Their behavior depends on microscopic details, according to a new study by the Complexity Science Hub—findings that could impact risk assessments in economics and society.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Mobility, Innovation & Technology, Israel Science Foundation, NSF-BSF, EU H2020 project DIT4TRAM, EU H2020 Project OMINO

Novel material holds promise for tech to convert CO2 into fuel

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a novel combination of materials that have organic and inorganic properties, with the goal of using them in technologies that convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into a liquid fuel.

Journal: ACS Applied Energy Materials
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) enters 25th and final run

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, entered its 25^th and final year of operations, smashing together the nuclei of gold atoms traveling close to the speed of light.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

A multifunctional composite catalyst for sustainable wastewater remediation

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Reliable access to clean water is a basic human right and a central objective of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Thus, securing technologies that can remove pollutants from water bodies is an essential step toward sustainability. Among several existing methods, harnessing solar energy represents an attractive option for water remediation without increasing carbon emissions.

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces