A major breakthrough in liquid catalysis is transforming how essential products are made, making the chemical manufacturing process faster, safer and more sustainable than ever before. Researchers ...

An economical means of extracting sustainable hydrogen from seawater or freshwater uses artificial or natural light. The process devised by researchers from RMIT University (Australia), University of ...

Localized anodic oxidation reaction of the material in acidic solution provides method of oxide film to rapidly and reversibly switch between silver surface and matte black.

Every time you sit down with your phone in your back pocket, you’re reminded of a fundamental truth: Human bodies are soft and flexible. Electronics aren’t. But soon, there may be devices that can ...

Hydrogen has long been pitched as the clean fuel that could power heavy industry, long-haul trucks, and even aircraft without pumping carbon into the atmosphere. The catch is that most of today’s ...

In the movie Terminator 2, the T-1000 robot was made of some kind of liquid metal that could change shape among other interesting things. According to a chemical engineer at North Carolina State ...

Researchers have created a form of platinum that can remain liquid at room temperature, by mixing tiny amounts of the precious metal with gallium. This new liquid platinum performs catalytic reactions ...

Researchers have discovered a revolutionary and cheap way to make filters that can turn water contaminated with heavy metals into safe drinking water in a matter of minutes. UNSW and RMIT researchers ...

Liquid metals and alloys have exceptional properties that make them suitable for electrical energy storage and generation applications. Liquid metals and alloys have exceptional properties that make ...

Gallium droplets beat like tiny hearts when activated by electricity and could one day be used to power robot muscles. Xiaolin Wang at the University of Wollongong and his colleagues demonstrated this ...

(Nanowerk News) Gallium is a highly useful element that has accompanied the advancement of human civilization throughout the 20th century. Gallium is designated as a technologically critical element, ...