How To Be An “Isolated” Researcher In Renewables And Not Die
I am an engineer with a Ph.D. in nuclear technology. I worked in the Argentinean National Atomic Commission for fifteen years, researching fluidized beds, boiling…
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The Impact Of Storage Conditions On The Recovery Efficiency Of ATES Systems
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems provide sustainable heating and cooling for buildings by seasonally storing heat in underground aquifers. Combined with a heat pump,…
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A Nano Solution To Identify Harmful S. Mutans Biofilm
The oral environment harbors both benign and malign bacteria, just like everywhere else in the body. The chances of developing dental cavities increase when one…
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Thermo-Sensitive Tracers For Investigating The Temperatures In Geothermal Reservoirs
With the depletion of fossil fuels, geothermal has been gradually entering the field of view on renewable energy in the past decades. A crucial aspect…
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3D Printing Lithium Ion Micro-Batteries
A great example of how materials science can transform technology and society is Moore’s Law. Writing a half-century ago, Gordon Moore predicted that continuous improvements…
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Aqueous Biphasic Systems: The Greener Approach For Separation Of Biomolecules
The separation and recovery of biological molecules from biomass or fermentation media with minimum environmental effect is a tedious task, and developing such efficient and cost-effective…
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A Closer Look at RIPK1-RIPK3 Core Amyloids
Amyloids are fibrillar proteinaceous assemblies whose accumulation is a hallmark of several human diseases. Formation of amyloid fibrils occurs when protein monomers change their structure…
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How Can We Use Fluorescence And Artificial Intelligence To Better Control Blue-Green Algal Blooms?
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are an ancient lineage of bacteria that occupy a vast variety of habitats, from thermal springs to ice-covered Antarctic…
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Use Of Thermal Measurements With Different Spatial Resolutions To Monitor The Internal Structure Of Stratified Water Bodies
In the last decade, fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (DTS) methods have gained ground among researches and have been used to measure the thermal profile of…
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Transparent Polymer Solar Cells: Harvesting Light Everywhere
In the past two decades, polymer solar cells have gradually attracted considerable attention as a promising alternative energy candidate. Polymer solar cells are made of…
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Evaluating Structural Morphology And Scale Inhibition Of Starch-Graft-Poly(Acrylic Acid)
Scale deposition mainly includes insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, such as CaCO3, Ca3(PO4)2, CaSO4, MgCO3, and Mg(OH)2. Scaling phenomenon commonly occurs in desalination processes,…
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