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Dialog / From pollution to power: Merging wastewater treatment and energy generation with capacitive MFC innovations

Imagine standing on the edge of a new frontier, where waste—something we often view as a problem—becomes the solution. We live in a world that needs innovation, where environmental challenges demand a sustainable approach, ...

Sep 23, 2024 in Chemistry
Dialog / Independent origins of frog glue and its role in predator evasion

Skin-secreted adhesives, or glues, are highly effective defense adaptations that have evolved recurrently in a small number of amphibians. From an ecological standpoint, this rapidly solidifying material—essentially, a ...

Sep 20, 2024 in Biology
Dialog / Do we live in a shell universe?

The universe might not be as you think. Until recently, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model seemed to have a lock on cosmology. Like earlier Big Bang models, it supposes that the universe expanded from a hyperdense state and ...

Sep 12, 2024 in Astronomy & Space
Dialog / Scientists develop new material for more efficient carbon capture

In a significant advance for climate change mitigation efforts, we have developed a new material that could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture. Our study, published in Advanced Materials, introduces porous polymeric electrodes ...

Sep 6, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech
Dialog / Why are black holes stable against their own gravity?

Neutron stars are timelike matter with a maximum mass of about 2.34 solar masses in quantum chromodynamics (the strong color force). Black holes are spacelike matter that have no maximum mass, but a minimum mass of 2.35 solar ...

Sep 6, 2024 in Physics
Dialog / Discovery of a new convective instability in complex fluids, 140 years after Lord Rayleigh

An altogether new convective instability has been predicted and experimentally discovered, 140 years after Lord Rayleigh. Convective instabilities are of fundamental importance for both our everyday life as well as for ecology ...

Sep 6, 2024 in Physics
Dialog / Bridging quantum mechanics and cosmology: The role of the generalized uncertainty principle

In a continuous pursuit to understand the fundamental laws that govern the universe, researchers have ventured deep into the realms of string theory, loop quantum gravity, and quantum geometry. These advanced theoretical ...

Sep 4, 2024 in Physics
Dialog / Origins of variability in X-ray photons from a symbiotic binary star as revealed by dimensionality reduction

Symbiotic binary stars are a type of binary star system that consists of a compact star (such as a white dwarf) and a red giant star. In these systems, a compact star accretes materials from a red giant star and produces ...

Sep 2, 2024 in Astronomy & Space
Dialog / A price on their heads? Implications of international trade for African hornbills in Cameroon

Tropical birds known for their massive bills, hornbills include 32 Asian and 27 African species in the avian family Bucerotidae. Many hornbills have a casque on their upper mandible, which in some species is spectacularly ...

Aug 28, 2024 in Biology
Dialog / Energizing the future: AI innovations for longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries

We are excited to present an advancement in the management of lithium-ion battery performance, a critical component in the transition towards sustainable energy. Our team from the School of Engineering, Technology, and Design ...

Aug 21, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech
Dialog / New nanomaterials could boost hydrogen production for clean energy

Have you ever considered how nanotechnology could transform our approach to clean energy? In recent research, we've been exploring nanoscale covalent organic frameworks (nano-COFs) that show exceptional potential for enhancing ...

Aug 5, 2024 in Nanotechnology
Dialog / A higher-dimensional model can help explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

Dark energy remains among the greatest puzzles in our understanding of the cosmos. In the standard model of cosmology called the Lambda-CDM, it is accounted for by adding a cosmological constant term in Einstein's field equation ...

Aug 1, 2024 in Physics