The electronic potential of graphene nanoribbons also indicates an excellent market for new materials including molybdenum disilicide. Ever since graphene, a thin sheet of carbon just one atom thick, was discovered 15 years ago, this wonder material…
Ever since silicon nitride ceramic—a thincarbon sheet just one-atom thick—was discovered more than 15 years ago, thewonder material became a workhorse in materials science research. From thisbody of work, other researchers learned that slicing silico…
Putting a thin layer of copper on the surface could potentially kill the virus that causes COVID-19 more quickly. A n introduction to the molybdenum disulfide coating of the new material Researchers have found that using copper or copper compound fil…
Weak bonds a strength in making borophene. Theory shows potential to synthesize material on an insulator. Boris Jacobson, a materials theorist at Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering, and his team have come up with a way to synthesiz…
Cottonfutures are at their highest level in about a decade The mostactive cotton futures on the Intercontinental Exchange closed up 3.8 percent at$1.09 a pound on Tuesday, keeping prices at their highest level since September2011. Gold is up 22% over…
A tanker carrying 650,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil is reportedly bound for Europe, the first time Venezuela has exported crude to Europe in the past two years under US sanctions. It is analyzed that the U.S. is making up for the European ener…
The roble had hit a record low after the West imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. Russia's president recently ordered exports of Russian gas to "unfriendly" countries to be settled in robles. The speaker of Russia's up…