New Gel Material Filters Cleans Water for Daily Needs
Worldwide, over two billion people lack reliable access to clean water. And one potential solution for meeting that need works a lot like a...
Progress Toward Fast-Charging Lithium-Metal Batteries
By growing uniform lithium crystals on a surprising surface, UC San Diego engineers open a new door to fast-charging lithium-metal batteries
Progress Toward Fast-charging Lithium-Metal...
Temperature-Sensing Building Material Changes to Save Energy
Temperature-Sensing Building Material changes to Save Energy: Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have designed a chameleon-like building...
Mysteries of Mineral Material Mica
A well-known mineral is once again the center of attention thanks to applications in electronics: the Vienna University of Technology shows that mica still...
Powering Wearable Technology with Textile Supercapactior
Powering Wearable Technology with Textile Supercapactior: Researchers at Drexel University are one step closer to making wearable textile technology a reality. Recently published in
the...
Force has Strong Impact on Metal Nanosheets
Force has Strong Impact on Metal Nanosheets: You have to look closely, but the hills are alive with the force of van der Waals.
Rice...
Recycling Phone Batteries Gets Closer with Rust-Busting Material
Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today’s technology could be a reality thanks to an innovation led by...
Magnons to Verify Topological Phases in Magnetic Materials
Magnons to Verify Topological Phases in Magnetic Materials: Much recent research has focused on ‘topological’ materials – an intriguing type of solids which fall...
New Nanoscale 3D Printing Material Designed by Stanford
BY LAURA CASTAÑÓN
Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy as other similarly...
Stanford on the Engineering of Quantum Materials
Stanford on the Engineering of Quantum Materials: Quantum materials are materials with unique electronic, magnetic or optical properties, which are underpinned by the behavior...
