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An innovative strategy for efficient wastewater treatment: Cross-stacked super-aligned carbon nanotube membranes
Membrane separation technology has been widely recognized as a more advantageous technology owing to its high…
When and how did dextral strike-slip movement of the Tanlu Fault Zone in the late Cenozoic occur?
The sedimentary history of the pull-apart basin faithfully records the strike-slip process of the faults that…
Researchers reveal structure of unusual hormone receptor
As the proverb goes, it takes a village to raise a child. It can also take…
Scientists propose theory of σ bond resonance in flat boron materials
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) boron sheets—borophenes—have drawn great interest from materials scientists because of their similarity to…
New evidence that frequent fires struck Antarctica during the age of dinosaurs, 75 million years ago
Paleontologists from Brazil and Chile reveal an important discovery about the past of the most inhospitable…
Clean and green synthesis of isothioureas made possible via electrochemical three-component reaction
In agriculture and medicine, isothiourea compounds play an important role as an important synthetic intermediate. As…
Ant mounds are more important for biodiversity than previously thought
Most of us are annoyed by ants in our gardens. There are so many of them.…
Newly developed hydrogel nanocomposite for the mass production of hydrogen
A research team led by Prof. Hyeon Taeghwan at the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the…
Generalization of the Hall-Petch and inverse Hall-Petch relations
Most crystalline materials are polycrystals, such as metals. They are composed of many small crystalline grains…