When a foreign material like a medical device or surgical implant is put inside the human body, the body always responds. According to Northwestern’s Guillermo Ameer, most of the time, that... Read more
The process can handle nearly any type of biomass Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies... Read more
A new catalytic converter that could cut fuel consumption and manufacturing costs has been designed by a scientist from Imperial College London. A catalytic converter is the component in a v... Read more
Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have created a bio-based solar cell capable of generating a continuous electrical current of several nanowatts per sq cm. The new approach avoids damag... Read more
Boston College chemists produce power boost critical to novel energy harvesting applications Chemists at Boston College have achieved a series of breakthroughs in their efforts to develop an... Read more
Could save manufacturers millions in maintenance costs, lower fuel consumption A new, highly-accurate temperature sensor could save manufacturers millions in maintenance costs, lower fuel co... Read more
“Multivalent oxides can play a pivotal role in future energy technologies.” Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new oxygen “sponge”... Read more
Affordable and scalable process of a carbon nanotube-based catalyst outperforming platinum for electric-automobiles Korean researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology... Read more
The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date. Economical non-precious-metal catalyst capit... Read more
Future nanoelectronic information storage devices are also tiny batteries – astounding finding opens up new possibilities Resistive memory cells (ReRAM) are regarded as a promising solution... Read more
Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticl... Read more
A future aim is to try to convert the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the renewable fuel, methanol, much more efficiently. Taking their inspiration from Nature, scientists at the Univer... Read more
Platinum works well as a catalyst in hydrogen fuel cells, but it has at least two drawbacks: It is expensive, and it degrades over time. Brown chemists have engineered a cheaper and more dur... Read more
This finding has wide implications for future technology Chemists at UCL have discovered a new property of flames, which allows them to control reactions at a solid surface in a flame and op... Read more
A breakthrough in controlling graphene A breakthrough in controlling graphene could see the highly conductive and super-strong ‘wonder material’ replace silicon and change the face of... Read more
