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    A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy

    Electrification to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions is essential to mitigate climate change. However, a substantial portion of our manufacturing and transportation infrastructure will be difficult ...

    Wendy J. Shaw, Michelle K. Kidder, Simon R. Bare in Nature Reviews Chemistry (2024)

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    Electrifying the upcycling of plastics

    Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is challenging to recycle owing to the formation of hydrochloric acid during depolymerization at high temperatures. Now, a method for upcycling PVC that relies on its intrinsic reactiv...

    Brett A. Helms in Nature Synthesis (2022)

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    Continuous, autonomous subsurface cargo shuttling by nature-inspired meniscus-climbing systems

    Water-walking insects can harness capillary forces by changing their body posture to climb or descend the meniscus between the surface of water and a solid object. Controlling surface tension in this manner is...

    Ganhua **e, Pei Li, Paul Y. Kim, Pei-Yang Gu, Brett A. Helms in Nature Chemistry (2022)

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    Closed-loop recycling of plastics enabled by dynamic covalent diketoenamine bonds

    Recycled plastics are low-value commodities due to residual impurities and the degradation of polymer properties with each cycle of re-use. Plastics that undergo reversible polymerization allow high-value mono...

    Peter R. Christensen, Angelique M. Scheuermann, Kathryn E. Loeffler in Nature Chemistry (2019)

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    IDEAL: Images Across Domains, Experiments, Algorithms and Learning

    Research across science domains is increasingly reliant on image-centric data. Software tools are in high demand to uncover relevant, but hidden, information in digital images, such as those coming from faster...

    Daniela M. Ushizima, Hrishikesh A. Bale, E. Wes Bethel, Peter Ercius, Brett A. Helms in JOM (2016)