Researchers are developing fast-charging solid-state batteries
Solid-state batteries are currently associated with great hopes. They contain no liquid parts that could leak or catch fire. For this reason, they are...
Biosensor allows real-time oxygen monitoring for ‘organs-on-a-chip’
A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in “organ-on-a-chip” systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more...
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Scratch-Building with Styrene!
Adam Savage takes a look at kit-bashing and scratch-building with Styrene on his YouTube channel and Podcast, Tested. In a recent “One Day Builds”...
Material quirk could improve telecommunications
Researchers who study and manipulate the behavior of materials at the atomic level have discovered a way to make a thin material that enhances...
Novel Sensors Could Enable Smarter Textiles
A team of engineers at the University of Delaware is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide...
Thermal insulation composite system with integrated photovoltaics
The future of the building envelope is the focus of the four-year-old cooperation between DAW SE and the OPVIUS GmbH company. An ambitious sustainability...
Link between magnetic field strength and temperature
Researchers recently discovered that the strength of the magnetic field required to elicit a particular quantum mechanical process, such as photoluminescence and the ability...
Cost Of Maintaining Composites Can Offset Performance Gains
Carbon fiber has a long history in commercial aircraft manufacturing, but its first large-scale application was on the Boeing 787, which features composite materials...
Interactive software tool makes complex mold design simple
Most of the plastic objects we see are created using injection molding, but designing such molds is a difficult task, usually requiring experts. Now,...
CERN 3D Printing Components for Particle Accelerators
Several years ago, there was quite a stir around the world when the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) began work with the Large...
