Building soft robots to lend a helping hand (or four)
Researchers net grant to develop next-generation machines to help humans in orchards and operating roomsCredit: Courtesy of Changyong Cao. Smarter. ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
New strategy to ‘buffer’ climate change: developing cheaper, eco-friendly solar cells
New study develops a novel eco-friendly buffer for solar panels, which could tip the scale in the renewable energy transitionCredit: ...
Ultrafast laser experiments pave way to better industrial catalysts
Credit: none Arizona State University's Scott Sayres and his team have recently published an ultrafast laser study on uncharged iron ...
Power-free system harnesses evaporation to keep items cool
Inspired by camel fur, a new two-layered material could provide extended cooling to preserve the freshness of perishable goods.Credit: Courtesy ...
Private-public partnership will use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production
Project is first U.S. pairing of high-temperature steam electrolysis with commercial heatCredit: Xcel Energy More than $10 million in federal ...
Solar perovskite production on a roll
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Advanced ink formulations could be the key to turning perovskite solar cells (PSCs) from heroes of ...
Machine learning advances materials for separations, adsorption, and catalysis
Credit: Tania Evans, Georgia Tech An artificial intelligence technique -- machine learning -- is helping accelerate the development of highly ...
A more resistant material against microorganisms is created to restore cultural heritage
Credit: University of Cordoba Solar radiation, rain, humidity and extreme temperatures. Cultural heritage is exposed to an array of external ...
Lignin instead of vanadium
Scientists at Mainz University work on sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systemsCredit: photo/©: Eric Lichtenscheidt Researchers ...
Scientists design magnets with outstanding properties
New lightweight magnets have possible real-world applicationsCredit: Rodolphe Clérac An international team of researchers led by the Centre de Recherche ...
Vortex technology developed by NTU spin-off speeds up cooling while saving energy
Credit: NTU Singapore Vortec, a spin-off company from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has launched a new ceiling fan ...
European funding worth millions for Bielefeld computer scientist
Professor Barbara Hammer and three European colleagues receive ERC Synergy GrantCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University/S. Jonek Secure the supply of drinking ...
Nature-inspired design–Mimicking moth eyes to produce transparent anti-reflective coatings
Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of mothsCredit: Ian Lindsay ...
100,000-fold enhancement in the nonlinearity of Si
Scientists at Osaka University develop silicon nanoresonators that can control the scattering of light when excited by another laser; this ...
New multicomponent reaction frontiers
An innovative protocol eases the synthesis of high structural complex moleculesCredit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition The synthesis of complex molecules ...
Lighting the way to selective membrane imaging
Scientists at Kanazawa University demonstrate surface-specific molecular aggregates that emit visible light when attachment to artificial cell membrane surface with ...
3D print experts discover how to make tomorrow’s technology using ink-jet printed graphene
Credit: University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham has cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel ...
Industrial-strength brine, meet your kryptonite
Boron nitride coating is key ingredient in hypersaline desalination technologyCredit: Kuichang Zuo/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 3, 2020) - A ...
First comprehensive major reference work on porous materials in 20 years
In-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art of the synthesis, manufacturing, modelling and key applications of porous materials in four volumesCredit: World ...
The importance of good neighbors in catalysis
Credit: David Albinsson/Chalmers University of Technology Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from ...
