Scientists Use ‘Smart Window’ to Observe Lithium-Ion Battery Operation
By using ultrathin sheets of smart-window material, nickel oxide, as the anode in a lithium-ion battery, researchers were able to see for the first time…
By using ultrathin sheets of smart-window material, nickel oxide, as the anode in a lithium-ion battery, researchers were able to see for the first time…
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a process to make flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and efficient, paving the way for digital devices that…
Researchers from the University of Michigan used an insulating barrier layer between two graphene sheets to develop the first graphene photodetectors with ultra-broadband and high…
Researchers have produced uniform antimony nanocrystals for the first time, taking a big step forward in the exploration of alternative energy storage. Researchers from Empa…
A team of UCLA researchers has demonstrated that using an emerging class of magnetic materials called “multiferroics” to generate spin waves could reduce wasted heat…
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have combined cheap, oxide-based materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using solar energy with a solar-to-hydrogen…
Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a new type of low-temperature fuel cell that directly converts biomass to electricity with assistance from a catalyst activated…
Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed graphene membrane water filters that offer precise and fast sieving of salts and organic molecules. Graphene has…
Using a microemulsion technique, researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses silicon nanoparticles clustered like pomegranate…
A new study from Rice University shows that carbon nanotube fibers have a greater capacity to carry electrical current than traditional copper cables of the…
A newly published study from Georgia Institute of Technology reveals that ballistic transport in graphene nanoribbons could result in a new class of coherent electronic…
Scientists have developed a new, inexpensive material that has the potential to convert solar energy more efficiently than ever before. Argonne, Illinois — Getting the…
Using genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar, engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering developed a new biofuel. Austin, Texas — Researchers at…
A new system designed by researchers at UNC and NC State converts the sun’s energy into hydrogen fuel and stores it for later use. Solar…
A team of researchers has created the world’s fastest thin-film organic transistor, operating at more than five times faster than previous examples. Two university research…
By heating molybdenum and selenium in a vacuum chamber until they evaporated, a team of scientists was able to create an exotic thin film with…
SEAS engineers have developed a metal-free flow battery, which relies on the electrochemistry of naturally abundant molecules called quinones, that could fundamentally transform the way…
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a biosensor that can detect very small quantities of amyloid-beta clusters, which could open the door to…