Novel e-skin achieves self-powered hippocampal neural stimulation
Credit: ZHAN Yang Chinese scientists recently developed a flexible electronic skin (e-skin) capable of self-powered neural stimulation and inducing a ...
Tag: Energy/Fuel (non-petroleum)
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, ...
Detours may make batteries better
Rice University scientists show point defects in cathode crystals may speed lithium absorptionCredit: Kaiqi Yang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 9, ...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
Calculations by UC Riverside's Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid heliumCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nucleiCredit: DESY Nuclear physics usually involves high ...
A robot and software make it easier to create advanced materials
Rutgers-led team pioneers automated way to make unique materials with polymersCredit: Matthew Tamasi A Rutgers-led team of engineers has developed ...
Inside ITER — the giant fusion reactor
A new book provides a behind-the-scenes view into ITER -- the world's biggest fusion reactor, and discusses the challenges and ...
Imaging technique gives catalytic 2D material engineering a better view
Credit: Kanazawa University The properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides are attracting a great deal of interest, and one of ...
Bending an organic semiconductor can boost electrical flow
Rutgers-led research could benefit next-generation electronicsCredit: Vitaly Podzorov/Rutgers University-New Brunswick p>Slightly bending semiconductors made of organic materials can roughly double ...
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over ...
Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon
Credit: Lorenzo Mangolini/UC Riverside A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, ...
Thermo-chemical power generation integrated with forced convection cooling
Credit: Tokyo Tech Active cooling is crucial in most modern technologies, ranging from microprocessors in data centers to turbines and ...
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth
Credit: Gleizer et al. Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 ...
Ternary acceptor and donor materials increase photon harvesting in organic solar cells
Adding a semiconducting polymer donor or non-fullerene acceptor component to binary organic solar cells enhances spectral response for better photon ...
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that ...
New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Research from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Davis ...
Scratching the surface of perovskites
Scientists characterize microscopic defects in next generation solar devicesCredit: OIST Versatile compounds called perovskites are valued for their application in ...
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
Credit: Texas A&M Engineering The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from ...
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Credit: The University of Manchester A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas ...
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storageCredit: Drexel University The challenge of building an energy ...