Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight
Two INRS teams join forces and develop a new ecological process to degrade atrazineCredit: My Ali El Khakani, INRS Québec, ...
Tag: Materials
New neutron detector can fit in your pocket
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detectorCredit: Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory EVANSTON, Ill. -- Homeland Security might soon have a ...
Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Composites made from self-assembling inorganic materials are valued for their unique strength ...
Reinventing the computer: Brain-inspired computing for a post-Moore’s Law era
As Moore's Law comes to an end with a limit to the number of transistors that fit on a chip, ...
First TU Graz-SAL Research Labs push top-level research in electronics-based systems
Credit: © Oliver Wolf Whether car, smartphone or tablet, today microelectronics is found in almost every electronic device and forms ...
WPI professor Bruce Bursten honored by ACS for service in field of inorganic chemistry
American Chemical Society selects Bursten for annual awardCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January 15, 2020 - Bruce Bursten, ...
New computational screening approach identifies potential solid-state electrolytes
High-throughput computational screening for solid-state Li-ion conductorsCredit: @Leonid Kahle, EPFL Replacing the volatile and flammable liquid or polymer electrolytes now ...
Bacteria and sand engineered into living concrete
Credit: College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado University Boulder Cement and concrete haven't changed much as technology in ...
Building materials come alive with help from bacteria
Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to ...
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum ...
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to failCredit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Professor exploring greener chemical manufacturing wins NSF award for young researchers
Miguel Modestino's National Science Foundation CAREER Award will advance research that could affect a third of all chemical productionCredit: The ...
Man versus machine: Can AI do science?
Researchers develop a machine capable of solving complex problems in theoretical physics.Credit: Theory of Quantum Matter Unit, OIST Over the ...
NAU engineer developing biomaterial for improved treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Polypropylene glycol-based biomaterial compatible with body tissueCredit: Northern Arizona University Tim Becker, an associate professor of practice in the Department ...