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 , a low-cost energy alternative and high-efficiency energy storage material. This technology could introduce a new generation of high-performance electric vehicles and portable electronics, as well as improve devices like biomedical implants and embedded microsensors. |
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 Made from a compound of three metals - platinum, nickel, and molybdenum - the nanostructures could be used for eco-friendly automobiles and other clean-energy applications. |
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| The new technology is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks — an advance that could change the way scientists think about designing solar cells. |
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 Although enzymes are able to cleave amide bonds in nature, it is difficult to selectively break the carbon–nitrogen bond of an amide using synthetic chemistry. The team demonstrates that amide C–N bonds can be activated and cleaved using nickel catalysts. |
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 They have created the first experimental realization of a colloidal glass in which the shape of the constituent particles has been designed to cause highly diverse local polymorphism, which in turn leads to geometrical frustration and the suppression of crystallization even when the colloidal particles are compressed very slowly. |
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| Protein aggregates associated with neuro-degenerative disease have stubbornly resisted researchers' efforts to get a good look at them. They refuse to crystallize well or yield to standard spectroscopic techniques. Now, advances in electron microscopy methods are forcing these molecules to give up their secrets. |
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 Their findings could ultimately lead to new directions for treating cancer and preventing premature aging. |
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Professors Sarah Tolbert, Ben Schwartz, and Yves Rubin devise technology that could transform solar energy storage. The new technology is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks — an advance that could change the way scientists think about designing solar cells.
Professor David Eisenberg and team offer closest look yet at core of α-synuclein aggregates. Protein aggregates associated with neuro-degenerative disease have stubbornly resisted researchers' efforts to get a good look at them. They refuse to crystallize well or yield to standard spectroscopic techniques. Now, advances in electron microscopy methods are forcing these molecules to give up their secrets.