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Nov 9, 2024 | 
xpresschronicle.com | Nicola Nosengo
Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy a reality? Exploring nuclear fusion as a clean energy source reveals a critical need for advanced plasma-facing materials. MARVEL lab researchers identified materials that might withstand fusion’s extreme conditions and proposed alternatives to tungsten, the […]Source link Tags: fusion GameChanging Materials reactors Scientists Tungsten Unveil
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
scitechdaily.com | Nicola Nosengo
EPFL researchers are testing new materials for fusion reactors. Using computational screening, they found potential tungsten alternatives that could better withstand fusion’s challenges, potentially advancing fusion energy technology.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
msn.com | Nicola Nosengo
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Nicola Nosengo
Nuclear fusion could be an ideal solution to mankind's energy problem, guaranteeing a virtually limitless source of power without greenhouse gas emissions. But there are still huge technological challenges to overcome before getting there, and some of them have to do with materials.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
phys.org | Nicola Nosengo
Researchers from the Laboratory for Theory and Simulation of Materials at EPFL in Lausanne, part of the NCCR MARVEL, have used computational methods to identify what could be the thinnest possible metallic wire, as well as several other unidimensional materials with properties that could prove interesting for many applications.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
techxplore.com | Nicola Nosengo
Computational and experimental methods in materials science are often described as entirely separate affairs. On one side, computer simulations are used to explain and predict the properties of materials, including novel ones that were not yet synthesized. On the other, experiments test the actual behavior of materials in controlled situations and serve to confirm and validate computational predictions.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Erika Nesvold |Dario Floreano |Nicola Nosengo |Wade Roush
BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. Exploration, habitation, and resource extraction all carry a risk of inflicting environmental damage in space, just as they do here on Earth. But some futurists and space settlement enthusiasts have proposed an even more drastic alteration of the space environment: the transformation of the surface of a planet or moon into a more Earth-like environment via a process known as terraforming.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nicola Nosengo
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
phys.org | Nicola Nosengo
Muon spectroscopy is an important experimental technique that scientists use to study the magnetic properties of materials. It is based on "implanting" a spin-polarized muon in the crystal and measuring how its behavior is affected by the surroundings.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Prosanta Chakrabarty |Dario Floreano |Nicola Nosengo |Jeffrey McKinnon
BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. Glance around any social event and it’s obvious that people, like all living things, vary in most any trait one can see or measure. And with our newfound ability to sequence entire genomes from thousands of species, we are learning that even more variation is hidden in our DNA. Working out how all this variation persists has been one of the great challenges of evolutionary biology.
