Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says
Simple tips to go green with your internet use during a pandemicCredit: Purdue University/Kayla Wiles WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It's ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
A scanning transmission X-ray microscope for analysis of chemical states of lithium
Credit: NINS/IMS Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) are widely used for daily products in our life, such as hybrid cars, cell phone, ...
Giving the hydrogen economy an acid test
Credit: University of Tsukuba Scientists at the University of Tsukuba show that using a layer of graphene just one atom ...
Flashing plastic ash completes recycling
Rice lab's turns pyrolyzed ash into graphene for improving concrete, other compoundsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 13, 2021) ...
How to keep drones flying when a motor fails
Credit: UZH As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly even if one of the ...
Catalysts: worth taking a closer look
Why do metal oxide surfaces behave differently? At TU Wien, a new research method was found to answer important questions.Credit: ...
Copper-indium oxide: A faster and cooler way to reduce our carbon footprint
Scientists set a record for the highest conversion rate of carbon dioxide at low temperatures with copper-modified indium oxide, signifying ...
Seawater as an electrical cable !? Wireless power transfers in the ocean
For drones that can be stationed underwater for the adoption of ICT in maricultureCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ...
Shell scientist honored for research on how nature can help reduce carbon footprint
Christian A. Davies, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation ...
Do as the Romans: Power plant concrete strengthens with time
Credit: Ippei Maruyama, Nagoya University, and Chubu Electric Power Co. A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers ...
“Compelling case” to level up northern economy through rail innovation
Greater investment in rail research could be used to help level up the economy in the north of England, argues ...
Nanosheet-based electronics could be one drop away
Credit: Reprinted (adapted) with permission from ACS Nano 14, 15216 (2020). Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society Scientists at Japan's Nagoya ...
Discovery of quantum behavior in insulators suggests possible new particle
Credit: Image designed by Kai Fu for the Wu Lab, Princeton University In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed ...
Machine learning accelerates discovery of materials for use in industrial processes
Platform aims to minimize resources required in the development of new materials for use in targeted applicationsCredit: Courtesy of University ...
‘Swiss Army knife’ catalyst can make natural gas burn cleaner
Lowering the combustion temperature for methaneCredit: Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University ...
Rice ‘flashes’ new 2D materials
Metastable metallic nanoparticles could find use in electronics, opticsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - Rice University ...
Carbon monoxide reduced to valuable liquid fuels
Rice engineers' reactor converts gas directly into acetic acidCredit: Wang Group/Senftle Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - A ...
New process more efficiently recycles excess CO2 into fuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For years, researchers have worked to repurpose excess atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
Liquid metal ink liberates form
Credit: POSTECH Today's electronic devices strive for new form factors - to make them foldable, stretchable, and deformable. To produce ...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Credit: Zhenxing Feng, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed ...