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 E-Mail IMAGE: A team of researchers from Japan devised a simple analytical model emulating vertical hopping and spine bending movement displayed by cheetahs during running and obtained criteria for determining flight types... view more  Credit: Image courtesy: Tomoya Kamimura from Nagoya Institute of Technology What makes cheetah the fastest land mammal? Why arent other animals, such as horses, as fast? While we havent yet figured out why, we have some idea about how--cheetahs, as it...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A cross-sectional image of selective hydrogen gas permeation in a super hydrophobic membrane formed on a porous tubular support. view more  Credit: Picture courtesy: Yuji Iwamoto from Nagoya Institute of Technology Hydrogen has been hailed as the fuel of the future owing to several reasons. First, compared to the conventionally used hydrocarbons, hydrogen exhibits higher energy yield. Second, the commercial use of hydrogen fuel, which yields only water as a byproduct pr...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A possible mechanism for the formation of chiral N,N-acetal via reaction between 2-aminobenzamide and α-ketoester in presence of chiral bis(imidazoline)-phosphoric acid catalyst view more  Credit: Picture courtesy: Shuichi Nakamura from NITech A lot of our medicines and other bioactive drugs are based on chemical structures called "enantiomers"-- molecules that are mirror images of each other and are non-superimposable. Notable among them are chiral N,N-acetals contain...

 E-Mail IMAGE: In the proposed method, carrier lifetime measurements are made in the region were the excitation and probe lasers intersect, which progressively varies as the position of the sample is changed. view more  Credit: Photo courtesy: Masashi Kato from Nagoya Institute of Technology Silicon carbide (SiC), a versatile and resistant material that exists in multiple crystalline forms, has attracted much attention thanks to its unique electronic properties. From its use in the fi...