Tag: Materials

Researchers developed a method to determine the electrochemical capacity.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great ...

NUS engineers harvest WiFi signals to power small electronics

Researchers have devised a method, using spin-torque oscillators, to harness wireless signals and convert them into energy to power small ...

Electric cars: Special dyes could prevent unnecessary motor replacements

Credit: Uni Halle / Alexander Funtan One day in the near future dyes in electric motors might indicate when cable ...

‘Bite’ defects revealed in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons

Credit: @Michele Pizzochero Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because ...

World first concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant ...

New approach to growing cubic boron nitride: a pathway to next-gen semiconductors

Lehigh University materials researcher Siddha Pimputkar wins NSF CAREER award to develop novel method of growing bulk single-crystal nitrides--an advance ...

The perfect blend: Optimizing gas mixtures for hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates

Scientists find optimal hydrogen-natural gas blend to trap hydrogen in cage-like molecules more effectivelyCredit: GIST In our ongoing quest to ...

Future sparkles for diamond-based quantum technology

Two research breakthroughs are poised to accelerate the development of synthetic diamond-based quantum technologyCredit: Igor Aharonovich Marilyn Monroe famously sang ...

Skoltech researchers developed an enriched method for increasing the capacity of next-generation metal-ion battery cathode materials

Credit: Skoltech Scientists at Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology have developed an enriched and scalable approach for increasing ...

Harvesting light like nature does

Synthesizing a new class of bio-inspired, light-capturing nanomaterialsCredit: (Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Inspired by nature, ...

Building a foundation for high-power tech

Pitt researchers receive $820K from Office of Naval Research for work on ultra-high frequency soft magnet technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh ...

Sensors developed at URI can identify threats at the molecular level

More sensitive than a dog's nose and the sensors don't get tiredCredit: (Photo courtesy of Otto Gregory.) KINGSTON, R.I. - ...

Using micro-sized cut metal wires, Japanese team forges path to new uses for terahertz waves

Credit: Takehito Suzuki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japanese researchers successfully tested reflectionless, highly refractive index metasurface that may ...

Hanging by a thread: Imaging and probing chains of single atoms

Scientists develop a method to visualize monoatomic chains and measure the strength and conductance of single-atom bondsCredit: Yoshifumi Oshima Ishikawa, ...

Study of nitinol deformations to enrich understanding of materials with targeted properties

A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in International Journal of Solids and StructuresCredit: Kazan Federal University The work was ...

Causes of concrete and asphalt deterioration explained

Credit: Akihiro Moriyoshi, et al. PLOS ONE. May 13, 2021 Scientists reveal that the deterioration of modern concrete and asphalt ...

Current trend reversed

Physicists at ETH Zurich demonstrate that a tiny cloud of atoms can be turned from a heat engine into a ...

New evidence for electron’s dual nature found in a quantum spin liquid

Results from a Princeton-led experiment support a controversial theory that the electron is composed of two particles.Credit: Catherine Zandonella, Princeton ...

Domino-like crystallization of glass

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Materials in a glassy state are everywhere in ...

Ion-selective smart porous membranes