deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Selective sensing of harmful molecules with light
Scientists are developing more highly sensitive devices for the detection of biological and chemical compounds. [caption id="attachment_9480" align="alignnone" width="579"] ©2016 Muhammad Umar Khan and Brian Corbett.[/caption] Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) devices are the benchmark in…
Smell Test May Predict Early Stages of Alzheimer’s…
[caption id="attachment_9476" align="alignnone" width="615"] Source: dddmag.com[/caption] Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York State Psychiatric Institute, and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that an odor identification test may prove useful in predicting cognitive decline and detecting…
Green polymer electrolyte based on N-phthaloylchitosan for dye-sensitized…
A green polymer derived from bio-waste was applied to the dye-sensitized solar cells. Chitosan obtained from the insects’ and crustaceans’ chitin was modified to produce the phthaloylchitosan electrolyte for the dye-sensitized solar cells with efficiency…
NOVEL ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
A novel, low cost and green lithiated tin vanadium oxide compound has been synthesized via simple, economical and scalable sol-gel method to replace the conventional graphite as electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. This material has…