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    How to Prevent Short-circuiting in Next-Gen Lithium Batteries

    March 20, 2021, Categories  Chemistry/Nanotechnology

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    New findings may help unleash the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries. A new approach could help solve the longstanding problem of dendrite formation, which has hampered the development of new solid-state lithium-ion batteries.

    As researchers push the boundaries of battery design, seeking to pack ever greater amounts of power and energy into a given amount of space or weight, one of the more promising technologies being studied is lithium-ion batteries that use a solid electrolyte material between the two electrodes, rather than the typical liquid.

    But such batteries have been plagued by a tendency for branch-like projections of metal called dendrites to form on one of the electrodes, eventually bridging the electrolyte and shorting out the battery cel...

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    Scientists uncover Warehouse-full of Complex Molecules never before seen in Space

    March 20, 2021, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    In a series of nine papers, scientists from the GOTHAM—Green Bank Telescope Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules—project described the detection of more than a dozen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, or TMC-1. These complex molecules, are allowing scientists to better understand the formation of stars, planets, and other bodies. In this artist’s conception, some of the detected molecules include, from left to right: 1-cyanonaphthalene, 1-cyano-cyclopentadiene, HC11N, 2-cyanonaphthalene, vinylcyanoacetylene, 2-cyano-cyclopentadiene, benzonitrile, trans-(E)-cyanovinylacetylene, HC4NC, and propargylcyanide, among others.
    Credit: M. Weiss / Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

    Radio observations of a cold, dense cloud of molecular ga...

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    Researchers enhance Alzheimer’s disease classification through AI

    March 19, 2021, Categories  Biology/Biotechnology, Health/Medical

    Better detection of the disease may lead to earlier treatment, opportunity to participate in clinical trials. Warning signs for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can begin in the brain years before the first symptoms appear. Spotting these clues may allow for lifestyle changes that could possibly delay the disease’s destruction of the brain.

    “Improving the diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer’s disease is an important clinical goal. If we are able to increase the diagnostic accuracy of the models in ways that can leverage existing data such as MRI scans, then that can be hugely beneficial,” explained corresponding author Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

    Using an advanced AI (artificial intelligence) framework based on...

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    Quadruple Fusion Imaging via Transparent Ultrasound Transducer

    March 19, 2021, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    A quadruple fusion optical and ultrasound imaging system has been developed that allows diagnosis of eye conditions or tumors or to see the environment inside the body using a transparent ultrasound transducer.

    Professor Chulhong Kim of POSTECH’s Department of Electrical Engineering, Convergence IT Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Byullee Park of Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Ph.D...

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