They then observed the self-healing at ultra-small scales in a 40-nanometer-thick piece of platinum suspended in a vacuum.

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Polymer tea bags release billions of plastic particles during brewing. They interact with intestinal cells, even entering the ...

The Stach Group in Penn Engineering has led a collaborative team identifying how chemical catalysts drive the creation of ...

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UAB researchers found that polymer-based tea bags release billions of micro- and nanoplastics during infusion. These ...

Using a STEM-in-SEM conversion holder, we can convert a scanning electron microscope into a scanning transmission microscope. Neat! ==== Timeline ==== 0:00 Intro 0:27 How an SEM works 1:50 Backscatter ...

Researchers have developed a new aluminosilicate zeolite, ZMQ-1, which features a unique intersecting meso-microporous ...

When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...

A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and ...