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80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such remnants, and now, 80 years after the explosion, researchers have identified another unique example of what happens when various materials are heated to temperatures exceeding 1,500 °C (2,730 °F) and put under pressures tens of thousands of times atmospheric pressure. The team describes a clathrate compound never before found among nuclear-explosion products in their new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Atomic outfittery: Targeted substitution unlocks record thermoelectric performance in Heusler compounds

A research team at TU Wien has succeeded in modifying known materials in such a way that they possess new, desirable properties. These materials are expected to find application in the field of thermoelectricity. Many key innovations of our time, ranging from high-performance electric motors and durable materials to quantum computers, rely on materials with tailored properties. These can be created, for example, through doping or alloying, whereby individual atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced by others. A team led by Andrej Pustogow and Ernst Bauer from TU Wien investigated exactly how the thermoelectric properties of a material can be improved through targeted substitution. They recently published their findings in Nature Communications.

ISTANBUL, TURKIYE – (ARAB NEWSWIRE) — Agricultural nano-technology firm ANT Systems has begun industrial-scale production of NANOTERN™, a biodegradable, cellulose-based water-retention material designed for drought conditions, the company said on Saturday. Headquartered in The Hague through ANT Systems Holding B.V., with research and production in Istanbul, the company has raised about $5 million…