The next breakthrough in grid capacity may not be battery storage. Ultracapacitors are faster, discharging in fractions of a second rather than seconds, perform over broader temperature rang... Read more
Look out, super glue and paint thinner. Thanks to new dynamic materials developed at the University of Illinois, removable paint and self-healing plastics soon could be household products. U... Read more
A research breakthrough in Canberra may lead to faster, lighter and cheaper computers within 15 years. A team of researchers at the Australian National University Research School of Physics... Read more
Solar cells that produce electricity 24/7, not just when the sun is shining. Mobile phones with built-in power cells that recharge in seconds and work for weeks between charges. These are ju... Read more
“That raises the theoretical efficiency of the cell to 80 percent, which is quite remarkable.” Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly i... Read more
Incorporating these nanofibers into gene delivery devices, sensors, batteries and other technologies now possible Researchers from North Carolina State University used airbrushing techniques... Read more
Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon chips, enabling faster, more powerful computing devices. Researchers from th... Read more
A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving th... Read more
Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of electricity. A small team of Monash University researchers working under the... Read more
A layer of graphene can reduce the working temperature in hotspots inside a processor by up to 25 percent – which can significantly extend the working life of computers and other electronics... Read more
Paper, being a light and foldable raw material, is a cost-efficient and simple means of generating electrically conducting structures Paper is becoming a high-tech material. Researchers at t... Read more
Energy storage using the concrete method cost only $0.78 per kilowatt-hour, far below the Department of Energy’s goal of achieving thermal energy storage at a cost of $15 per kilowatt-... Read more
The usages for the material are not confined to seawater desalination There are vast quantities of seawater available; drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desalination pl... Read more
Enabling combustion engines to consume two to three percent less gas and significantly less oil A quick pit-stop at the gas station is enough to put a good dent in your wallet. New technolog... Read more