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TB Off: Fighting Tuberculosis with Magnetic Triggers
New magnetically-activated drug delivery systems offer a potentially more effective tool to fight tuberculosis
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Energy Perspectives: Arumugam Manthiram Describes Polysulfide Shuttling
Arumugam Manthiram of the University of Texas at Austin was a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher for 2017. Hear what he has to say about the problem of polysulfide shuttling in sulfur-based battery systems.
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The fabrication of microhelices with semi-hard-magnetic characteristics using template-assisted electroforming is reported.
Tiny Structures with Huge Impact
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A Mesh in the Fight against Microplastics
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A Pinch of Salt to Improve Battery Performance
A pinch of salt can be used to drastically improve the performance of batteries.
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