Monday, April 29, 2019

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Bangladesh police: Two 'militants' blow themselves up during raid

Bangladesh police say they have recovered a large amount of improvised explosive device from the hideout in Dhaka.

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Inorganic perovskite absorbers for use in thin-film solar cells

A team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has succeeded in producing inorganic perovskite thin films at moderate temperatures using co-evaporation - making post-tempering at high temperatures unnecessary. The process makes it much easier to produce thin-film solar cells from this material. In comparison to metal-organic hybrid perovskites, inorganic perovskites are more thermally stable. The work has been published in Advanced Energy Materials.

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Plenary addresses importance of 2020 US Census and challenge of the young child undercount

The Census not only determines how over $675 billion in federal funds are allocated, but it is used to draw district lines and to give voice to those who live in the US.

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How to purify water with graphene

(National University of Science and Technology MISIS) Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology 'MISIS' together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figured out that graphene is capable of purifying water, making it drinkable, without further chlorination. 'Capturing' bacterial cells, it forms flakes that can be easily extracted from the water. Graphene separated by ultrasound can be reused. The article on the research is published in Materials Science & Engineering C.

from EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science http://bit.ly/2XSH48E
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Decoupled graphene thanks to potassium bromide

(University of Basel) The use of potassium bromide in the production of graphene on a copper surface can lead to better results. When potassium bromide molecules arrange themselves between graphene and copper, it results in electronic decoupling. This alters the electrical properties of the graphene produced, bringing them closer to pure graphene, as reported by physicists from the universities of Basel, Modena and Munich in the journal ACS Nano.

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Researchers to help develop next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles

(University of Arkansas) Alan Mantooth, Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Arkansas, received a five-year $1.5 million award from the US Department of Energy to help build advanced, high-temperature integrated circuits and next-generation power modules for electric- and hybrid-powered vehicles.

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DNA folds into a smart nanocapsule for drug delivery

(University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto) New study of University of Jyvaskyla and Aalto University shows that nanostructures constructed of DNA molecules can be programmed to function as pH-responsive cargo carriers, paving the way towards functional drug-delivery vehicles.

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