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JoVE announces the return of the Science Education & Research Innovation Awards to celebrate the achievements of individuals from the scientific and academic communities

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JoVE, the world-leading producer and provider of science videos, announced that the JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards are back for 2022. Now in their second year, the awards aim to support individuals from the scientific and academic communities who are taking active roles in their institutions to support and accelerate science education and … Continued

Odile Jacob Publishing To Release Today The Science Of Light, A Captivating Journey Of Scientific Discovery By Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Serge Haroche

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The Science of Light is available for purchase worldwide in digital formats starting on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at https://www.odilejacob.com/catalogue/sciences/physique-chimie/science-of-light_9782415000035.php and on all retail platforms. Photo – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1776350/Odile_Jacob_Publishing_The_Science_of_Light.jpg Logo – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1776351/Odile_Jacob_Publishing_Logo.jpg Serge Haroche Nobel Prize in Physics The Science of Light From Galileo’s Telescope to Quantum Physics Light has fascinated mankind since the dawn of … Continued

Abcam the most awarded company at 2022 industry awards

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Abcam (https://corporate.abcam.com/) (AIM:ABC); (NASDAQ:ABCM), today announced that it has received six recognitions from CiteAb at their annual industry awards (https://www.citeab.com/awards/2022), the highest of any participant evaluated this year. This record number of acknowledgments follows a year of substantial investment for Abcam to enable life sciences researchers from academia and industry to advance discoveries and deliver … Continued

Making Fuel from Sunlight and CO2: WPI-MANA

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Since joining the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) in 2007, Dr. Jinhua Ye has focused on research and development of photo-functional materials and their applications in the fields of environment preservation and new energy production. In addition to her position at WPI-MANA, she is an adjunct professor of Hokkaido University, and a fellow of … Continued

Selective Hybrid Photocatalyst Allows Oxidative Coupling of Methane to Ethane with Dioxygen: WPI-MANA

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A team at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) has demonstrated that methane can be efficiently and selectively oxidized to ethane with oxygen under light irradiation over an Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid. This achievement opens the door to cheaper and more efficient production of valuable chemicals using methane as a feedstock. (Image: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M105739/202203017971/_prw_PI1fl_OzJ4zJPV.jpg) Methane (CH4), the … Continued

Exfoliation of Zeolites into Solution Produces Porous Monolayers: WPI-MANA

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A pioneering study at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) has resulted in the first direct exfoliation of zeolites into a liquid suspension of monolayers. This breakthrough provides proof of the presence of monolayers, and could lead to their use in the creation of catalysts, nanodevices, drug delivery systems and other products with tailored … Continued

Artificial Retinal Device Mimics Human Optical Illusions: WPI-MANA

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A team at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) has developed the first-ever artificial retinal device that increases the edge contrast between lighter and darker areas of an image, using ionic migration and interaction within solid. The device has the potential for use in developing compact, energy-efficient visual sensing and image-processing hardware systems capable … Continued