Can diamonds originate methane?

“It is well known that the decomposition of methane may bring to diamond formation. What was less known until now is that the opposite process is also possible”

14-Dec-2021 - Turning one of the world's finest gems - diamonds – into one of the worst greenhouse gases – methane - does not seem a great idea. Yet this happened through the work of a group of researchers from the Universities of Bologna and Edinburgh (UK), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ...

Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution

05-Dec-2019 - Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to ...

Bouncing Bucky Balls

Bucky balls have the moves

18-Oct-2007 - C60 molecules have an intriguing ball-shaped structure that suggests several interesting possibilities for motion on surfaces. Indeed, researchers have found that the passage of electrons through a bucky ball in a transistor is correlated to the spinning of the ball around its center of mass. ...

Organizing dumbbells for nanotech devices

Bridging the gap between nanoscience and nanotechnology

16-May-2006 - A team of chemists from France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US are working together to bridge the gap between nanoscience and nanotechnology. They have now devised a method that could allow them to organize tiny molecular machines on a surface and so build devices that pack in thousands of ...