Paper-Thin Solar Cell Can Turn any Surface into a Power Source
Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface.
Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Paper-Thin Solar...
New Way to Explore Energy Landscape of Glassy Materials
New Way to Explore Energy Landscape of Glassy Materials: John Crocker had expected to see a flat line — a familiar horizontal track with...
Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake
Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for creating new materials.
Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake: Scientists...
Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth
A new study reveals the profound properties of a simple metal alloy
Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth: Scientists have measured the highest...
Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries with Salt
A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F.
Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries...
2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light
Novel device also combines light sensing, computing to save energy
2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A...
Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made
by University of Groningen
Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made: Soft, wearable sensors can improve our lives, but these soft and stretchable electronic devices...
Soft Material Robot Detects Damage and Heals Itself
By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle
Soft Material Robot Detects Damage and Heals Itself: If robots are going to venture into remote environments that humans can’t reach,...
Chemists Create Quantum Dots with Lab-Designed Protein
Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry
Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that perform...
Rice Flashes New Life into Lithium-Ion Anodes
Fast ‘green’ process revives essential battery components for reuse
Rice Flashes New Life into Lithium-Ion Anodes: How many rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are you wearing? How...
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