Researcher wins award for strong, lightweight armor discovery
Credit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army researcher won the Army's top award for innovation, using ...
Tag: Materials
New catalyst moves seawater desalination, hydrogen production closer to commercialization
Fast, one-step assembly at room temperature yields high efficiency at low costCredit: University of Houston Seawater makes up about 96% ...
X-Ray tomography lets researchers watch solid-state batteries charge, discharge
Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech Using X-ray tomography, a research team has observed the internal evolution of the materials inside ...
Using zirconium as an additive in super-strong composite materials
Introducing a layer of zirconium atoms between sheets of aluminum oxide and tungsten carbide creates exceptionally strong composite materialsCredit: Katsuyuki ...
A little soap simplifies making 2D nanoflakes
Rice lab's experiments refine processing of hexagonal boron nitrideCredit: Credit: Ella Maru Studio HOUSTON - (Jan. 27, 2021) - Just ...
Optical scanner design for adaptive driving beam systems can lead to safer night driving
Scientists couple adaptive driving beam technology with an electronically controllable optical scanner, enabling better road safety for drivers and pedestriansCredit: ...
Compelling evidence of neutrino process opens physics possibilities
Credit: Rex Tayloe/Indiana University The COHERENT particle physics experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has firmly ...
Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award
Credit: Virginia Tech Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Pinar Acar has received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Investigator Research Program award, a three-year ...
Scientists developed energy saving ceramic phosphors for high power LED systems
Credit: Denis Kosyanov, FEFU Materials scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), in collaboration with an international research team, have ...
First direct band gap measurements of wide-gap hydrogen using inelastic X-ray scattering
Credit: Bing Li Utilizing a newly developed state-of-the-art synchrotron technique, a group of scientists led by Dr. Ho-kwang Mao, Director ...
Beauty in imperfection: How crystal defects can help convert waste heat into electricity
Scientists clarify how crystal defects in Ni-based alloys give rise to high thermoelectric conversion efficiencies, advancing thermoelectric technologyCredit: Photo courtesy: ...
Better bundled: new principle for generating X-rays
Physicists from Göttingen University develop method in which beams are simultaneously generated and guided by 'sandwich structure'Credit: Julius Hilbig X-rays ...
3-D printed Biomesh minimizes hernia repair complications
Credit: Drs. C. Shin/G. Acharya/Baylor College of Medicine. Hernias are one of the most common soft tissue injuries. Hernias form ...
What’s in a name? A new class of superconductors
Commonly mistaken name leads to broader discovery by Rice, Arizona State physicistsCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. ...
Ba7Nb4MoO20-based materials with high oxygen-ion conductivity opening sustainable future
Credit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Imperial and High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Institute ...
New research project on sustainable electronics promises to reduce e-waste problem
Assistant Professor Shweta Agarwala from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University will use materials science and ...
Charged up: revolutionizing rechargeable sodium-ion batteries with ‘doped’ carbon anodes
Doping carbon anode material with different atoms increases the performance of sodium-ion batteries, scientists from Korea showCredit: Korea Maritime and ...
Great potential for the tiniest structures
EU research network aims to drive generation of nanostructures with finely focused ion beamsCredit: HZDR A finely focused ion beam ...
Advanced measurement technology for future semiconductor devices
Terahertz time domain spectroscopy for ultra-high frequency response of gallium oxideCredit: Osaka University 1. Key points of the work - ...
Highly efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes for next-generation display technology
Perovskite LEDs with the world's highest efficiency (EQE = 23.4%) -- Seoul National University and University of PennsylvaniaCredit: seoul national ...
