Do we see connection between climate change and the transmission of coronavirus?

How likely are we to see the infectious disease spread as a result of climate change? How are the communities most at-risk, and how and why both COVID-19 and climate change harms them? Why is it...

09 February 2021 1,459 28 View

Why the journal "the lancet" is only indexed in scopus?

I went through "The Lancet" journal website and saw the immense impact factor of 60.392. Then to my surprise I found that the journal is only indexed in scopus. Such Imapct factor journal is...

21 December 2020 152 3 View

How to decolonize climate change research?

Who has the right to define what is climate change research should be? Who should define the climate change research topic, research questions, and research design? Who should own the climate...

29 November 2020 1,077 12 View

Is the future of "Science" or "the Scientific Implications of Climate Change" connected with the US election?

Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have presented vastly different visions for handling crucial issues, from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change. This results in how the election...

29 October 2020 8,810 6 View

Which factor controls Peak intensity in Rietveld refinement?

I am refining structural parameters of my sample. after inserting all parameters in sequence, When I take first Run in refinement, the intensities of all peaks diminishes to zero of calculated...

07 October 2020 8,598 1 View

Anyby have experience in making cheap TiO2 photocatalytic filter to remove ozone gas in air upto 100ppm from 100m3 closed space ?

I'm making an ozone-based Air purifier and need to scrub out ozone gas after the use. I read about TiO2 based photocatalytic filters but they are not available. Please suggest efficient ways to...

24 September 2020 2,383 5 View

What would be the effect of size of the nanoparticles on the birefringence of nematic liquid crystalline materials?

Usually, birefringence of nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) can be tuned by doping of nanoparticles into it. But what will happen if we dope the same nanoparticle of different sizes? Will...

20 September 2020 3,693 3 View

Which is better for thin film growth, electron beam evaporation or sputtering?

which is better for thin film growth, electron beam evaporation or sputtering? which results in better film quality?

24 July 2020 6,275 4 View

What minimum operating voltage for CMOS technology and magnetic field required for spintronics technology?

Generally, we always try to give low input to operate a device. What are the minimum values of voltage for CMOS technology and magnetic field for spintronics technology?

24 July 2020 5,610 2 View

How to get even distribution of aluminium oxide nanoparticle?

I want an even dispersion of aluminium oxide nanoparticle (30-60 nm) on the substrate but going through the primitive route (dispersion of nanoparticles in water or ethanol followed by...

15 July 2020 4,839 5 View

How to determine solutionizing time for cast Al alloys?

For wrought alloys soaking time at solutionizing temperature is determined by thickness .Do we have such standards for cast Al alloys

23 February 2021 8,839 3 View

What is the optimal method to prepare a controlled porosity osmotic pump (CPOP) tablet for scanning electron microscopy?

In order to assess the shape and size of pores formed by dissolving the pore former in the semipermeable membrane structure, SEM images are needed. Cellulose acetate was used in the coating...

15 February 2021 6,135 3 View

What are the main conditions suited for synthesizing a PVDF thin film by solvent casting method?

I have been trying to synthesize PVDF thin film by solvent casting method. I started by using 2:3 DMSO: acetone as solvents. The solution was stirred for 3hrs at 60 deg and was dried at 90 degrees...

09 February 2021 8,850 3 View

Is it possible to economically reuse the heat content of water vapour that is generated during quenching of continuous casting of steel?

A huge amount of water is evaporated to cool down and solidify the liquid metal strands coming out of bottom of CCM mould. The steam contains significant latent and sensible heat energy, besides...

26 January 2021 3,446 4 View

Can we measure porosity of a composite by DSC (heat flow measurements)?

In the DSC conducted for A and B (image provided). B is a derivative of A. Can I conclude that the porosity of composite B is more than A, Since the heat flow is decreasing with increase in...

26 December 2020 9,104 3 View

How to reduce liquation cracking in super austenitic stainless steels ?

Super austenitic stainless steel castings showed liquation crack after liquid penetrant testing post heat treatment. How to reduce this in thick walled castings.

26 December 2020 7,959 3 View

SDAS, secondary dendritic arms space relation with solidification rate?

Want to know the relation between sdas and solidification rate, the mechanism by which getting smaller space between secondary arms by increasing the rate ?

23 December 2020 735 2 View

How to find porosity of a sintered ceramic compact ?

I want to know the porosity of my sintered ceramic composite ? Please help me out

21 December 2020 4,343 6 View

How to change porosity on Ansys Fluent?

12 December 2020 4,612 3 View

Artificial/natural ageing response of ANSI/SAE 385 and similar Aluminum Casting Alloys ?

Hello everybody, I am looking for information about precipitation hardening/ageing of die casting alloys identical with or related to ANSI/SAE 385.0 - according to specification, this alloys...

30 November 2020 1,701 3 View