After decades of miniaturization, the electronic components we’ve relied on for computers and modern technologies are now starting to reach fundamental limits. Faced with this challenge, eng... Read more
Discovering the next generation of batteries with some help from AI Designing the best molecular building blocks for battery components is like trying to create a recipe for a new kind of ca... Read more
Scientists have created an “artificial leaf” to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel. The new technology, outlined in... Read more
Exposing cathodes to light decreases charge time by a factor of two in lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a... Read more
Catalytic method upcycles single-use plastic into high-quality liquid products Researchers have developed a new method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics into high-quality... Read more
The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life, may come from new materials so small they make nanomaterials look like lumpy behemoths. Thes... Read more
What should personalized, precision treatment of cancer look like in the future? We know that people are different, their tumors are different, and they respond differently to different ther... Read more
