A common trace element may influence liver cancer risks, researchers from Germany reported. Specifically, the study found that low levels of a mineral known as selenium had as much as 10 times the ...

Engineers have developed a simple and elegant method of producing high-powered lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered the best hope for ...

Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be moulded into various structures using nano containers, without altering its composition, the ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists developed a new technique that uses intense X-ray pulses to measure how atoms move in a sheet of material just one molecule thick. This new ultrafast technique used pulses ...

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