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Molecular engineering of a zinc battery co-solvent improves plating stability, suppresses side reactions, and delivers near-perfect efficiency through a single functional group substitution. (Nanowerk ...

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In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of ...

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