KIER realizes advancing into next-generation building fuel cell market
Commercialization of 5kW high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system by establishing lab companyCredit: Korea Institute of Energy Research ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
Breaking the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing
Credit: Photo by Steph Adams CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated a new method for testing microscopic aeronautical materials at ...
Shaping the rings of molecules
Credit: Université de Montréal Macrocycles are molecules made of large rings of atoms. Despite being relatively big and flexible, the ...
Researchers show what drives a novel, ordered assembly of alternating peptides
Credit: Greg Hudalla A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ...
Research identifies barriers to development of seawater electrolysis technologies
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University Of Liverpool, in collaboration with NUI Galway and TU Berlin, have identified ...
Tricky reaction sequence gets a major boost from a flow setup and statistics
Researchers from Osaka University optimize a complicated domino reaction in a flow system via machine learning to efficiently screen multiple ...
Green approach accelerates process optimization and retrieval of ‘switchable’ solvents
Credit: Milad Abolhasani, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new, green technology for both ...
Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper
Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
Does graphene cause or prevent the corrosion of copper? New study finally settles the debate
Scientists in Korea are first to observe an unprecedented way in which graphene forms a hybrid layer that prevents copper ...
The catalyst that removes CO2 and produces hydrocarbons
Credit: Daria Perevezentsev / U of T Engineering Water is split into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis, but if CO2 ...
Catalyst deposition on fragile chips
Electrocatalysts can help to obtain chemicals from renewable raw materials or to use alternative energy sources. But testing new catalysts ...
Longstanding flaw in sensor readings could lead to heating and cooling design errors
Credit: Eric Teitelbaum Standard comfort measurements used to design buildings' heating and cooling systems share a common flaw, according to ...
Dartmouth’s Chenfeng Ke wins Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize
Credit: Photo: Eli Burakian/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - February 14, 2020 - Chenfeng Ke, an assistant professor of chemistry at ...
From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists from KU Leuven has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the ...
Shaping waveforms
Credit: Illustration: Jürgen Oschwald and Carlo Callegari Chemical reactions are determined at their most fundamental level by their respective electronic ...
Graphene forms under microscope’s eye
Graphene forms under microscope's eye Rice, Tennessee labs shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronicsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. ...
New air-pressure sensor could improve everyday devices
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- A team of mechanical engineers at Binghamton University, State ...
Making 3-D printing smarter with machine learning
Manufacturers, medical device companies and the general public will soon have access to powerful AI-driven 3-D printing software, the result ...
Is it hemp or marijuana? New scanner gives instant answer
A handheld spectrometer quickly determines the level of THC in cannabis plantsCredit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kurouski Hemp is technically ...
Powering the future: Smallest all-digital circuit opens doors to 5 nm next-gen semiconductor
Credit: Kenichi Okada Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Socionext Inc. have designed the world's smallest all-digital ...
