An inexpensive hydrogel-based material efficiently captures moisture even from low-humidity air and then releases it on demand. A simple device that can capture its own weight in water from... Read more
An international team of researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surg... Read more
New Molybdenum-Coated Catalyst Produces Hydrogen More Efficiently Hydrogen is one of the most promising clean fuels for use in cars, houses and portable generators. When produced from water... Read more
As solar cells produce a greater proportion of total electric power, a fundamental limitation remains:Â the dark of night when solar cells go to sleep. Lithium-ion batteries, the commonplace... Read more
White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s A nanocrystalline material that rapidly makes white light out of blue light has been developed by KAUST researchers. While Wi... Read more
Smart threads can be woven into pressure-sensitive electronic skin for robots or medical prosthetics. Fabrics containing flexible electronics are appearing in many novel products, such as cl... Read more
“Packaging Glass with a Hierarchically Nanostructured Surface: A Universal Method to Achieve Self-Cleaning Omnidirectional Solar Cells” ACS Nano In recent years, a complicated discussi... Read more
Berkeley Lab scientists and their colleagues have discovered the properties that made ancient Roman concrete sustainable and durable The chemical secrets of a concrete Roman breakwater that... Read more
We will no longer need to wait for our computers or laptops to boot up Innovative Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory technology enables bigger and longer lasting memory in electronic syst... Read more
Chemists at the University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have discovered a more efficient, less expensive and reusable material for carbon dioxide (... Read more