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A simple carbon coating could transform sodium-ion batteries forever
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (486+ words) Sodium-ion batteries are attracting growing attention as a greener and more affordable alternative to today's lithium-ion batteries. Sodium is abundant, widely available, and cheaper than lithium, making it appealing for large-scale energy storage. But despite this promise, sodium-ion batteries have…...
ChemBERTa: Large-Scale Self-Supervised Pretraining for Molecular PropertyPrediction
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (327+ words) ChemBERTa: Transformers learning chemistry from 77M molecule strings ChemBERTa is a new way to teach computers about molecules using a type of model called ChemBERTa that builds on transformers. Instead of hand-made fingerprints, the model reads simple molecule lines and finds…...
Scientists design low-cost sodium-ion battery with cheap electrode materials
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (282+ words) Conceived for stationary energy storage, the proposed sodium-ion battery configuration relies on an P2-type cathode material and an hard carbon anode material that reportedly ensure full-cell performance. Electrochemical testing revealed initial capacities of 200 mAh/g for the cathode and 360 mAh…...
Chemists convert plastic waste into a powerful new tool to capture carbon dioxide
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (1136+ words) Scientists turn discarded plastic into a powerful material that captures carbon dioxide and helps fight climate change. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours into…...
IU Bloomington Biochemistry Lab Discovers Chemical Approach to Combat
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (932+ words) Antimicrobial resistance stands as one of the most critical threats to global public health today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bacteria and fungi's increasing ability to defend themselves against established medicines designed to eradicate them poses…...
Scientists Harness Microorganisms to Synthesize Molecules Using Light
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (156+ words) In the continuously evolving world of biotechnology, researchers are pushing the boundaries of microbial engineering to unlock groundbreaking methods for producing valuable compounds. A pioneering study from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology has unveiled a transformative approach by…...
Catch a falling star: cosmic dust may reveal how life began, and a Sydney lab is making it from scratch
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (663+ words) Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain the organic matter that they do How does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling…...
How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (1310+ words) I don't know who invented this crazy challenge, but the idea is to put someone in a carved-out ice bowl and see if they can get out. Check it out! The bowl is shaped like the inside of a sphere,…...
UK's 'chemical town' where 'toxic clouds' spill into homes & cancer spiked
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (1794+ words) A local couple revealed seeing foam from the factory blow over into nearby fields of sheep, and say the area now feels dead for wildlife, with fewer fish and birds IT'S an idyllic market town in a stunning natural setting,…...
Silver coating makes lithium batteries much harder to crack
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (807+ words) Small flaws hidden inside batteries are quietly limiting how fast they can charge and how safely they can operate. As rapid charging becomes the norm for phones, laptops, and electric vehicles, those tiny defects are turning into a big problem....