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With Chicken Litter, Sometimes Less Is More
A new study by the USDA Agricultural Research Service has calculated how much chicken litter farmers need to apply to cotton crops to maximize profits.
Common Drugs Could Damage Aquatic Environments
Although studies of pharmaceuticals in surface waters have been carried out for several decades, there remains little systematic understanding of their transport, fate and impact.
Chemical Record of Fish Could Help Fight Food Fraud
Chemical tests were able to accurately link scallops and herring to their true locations and could be used to test if the chemical composition of an animal matches a claimed area of origin.
A Nontoxic Alternative to Ship Antifouling Paint?
Current antifouling coatings function by releasing biocidal copper, essentially killing everything in the waters around a ship.
Bacteria Linked to Acid at Mining Sites Identified
Acid-rock drainage harms plants and aquatic life by raising the pH levels and dissolved metal content in surface and groundwater.
Process Turns Wheat Flour into CO2-Capturing Micropores
Potassium hydroxide was used to generate many small pores in the wheat flour inside a furnace at 700 degrees Celsius.
Non-Invasive Glucose Testing Uses Contact Lens
Glucose is a good target for optical sensing and particularly for what is known as surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy.
Evidence of Deep-Sea Animals Ingesting Microplastics
Among the plastics found inside the deep-sea animals were polyester, nylon and acrylic.
Achieving Ultra-Low Friction Without Oil Additives
The new surface treatment results in a friction coefficient of approximately 0.01 in a base oil environment, about 10 times less than the friction coefficient obtained on an untreated surface.
Reservoirs Are Underappreciated Source of Greenhouse Gases
The total global warming effect of a reservoir is best predicted by how biologically productive it is, with more algae- and nutrient-rich systems producing more methane.
Solvent Removes Barrier to Perovskite Solar Cell Commercialization
Researchers have combined methylamine and acetonitrile to develop a clean solvent with a low boiling point and low viscosity that quickly crystallizes perovskite films at room temperature.
Fabricated Microfibers Could Aid in Tissue Regeneration
The researchers demonstrated that neural stem cells were able to attach and align on a microfiber scaffold.
Beaver-Like Wetsuits in the Works
MIT engineers have fabricated fur-like, rubbery pelts and used them to identify the mechanism by which air is trapped between individual hairs when the pelts are plunged into liquid.
Fabric Breaks Down Chemical Warfare Agents
Current technologies for addressing chemical agents rely on carbon-based materials. But these carbon materials can only adsorb hazardous compounds; they can’t degrade them.
A Simpler Process for Creating Alcohols and Aldehydes
Current industrial processes to make alcohols and aldehydes require starting with an olefin, which is then converted to liquid chemicals in several complicated steps.
Cement Scrutinized at the Atomic Level
Putting an atomistic lens on the role of defects on the mechanics and water reactivity of belite crystals can provide new insights on how to modulate the grinding energy of cement clinkers.
Wind Turbine Blades Built from Plastic Foam
Wind turbines with rotor blades of up to 80 meters in length and rotor diameters of over 160 meters, designed to maximize energy yields, are increasingly common.
New Liquid Alkylation Catalyst for Motor Fuels
Alkylation technologies are commonly used in the refining industry to produce high-octane gasoline blending components to make clean-burning fuels.
Samsung Licenses Improved Display Technology
ORNL developed the technology by depositing a thin glass film on a glass surface and heating the coated glass to transform the surface into two material compositions.
New Imaging Technique for Alzheimer’s Disease
A recent study carried out by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital provided the ability to compare tau PET images and brain tissue from the same person for the first time.