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03/06/2020
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By Franz Walker
“Pantry” science: MIT researchers grow carbon nanotubes using common kitchen ingredients
When the subject of carbon nanotubes is brought up, most people probably won’t think of something that can be cooked up in a kitchen. However, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have done just that – creating carbon nanotubes with the help of common household materials. Led by Richard Li, a graduate student in […]
02/09/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
French researchers claim to have created metallic hydrogen in a lab: Material can “conduct electricity indefinitely at room temperature”
Metallic hydrogen is a state of hydrogen wherein the element is able to conduct electricity. Scientists have spent close to a century attempting to create this material. A team of French researchers now claim that they’ve done it. Normally, hydrogen isn’t a great conductor. However, physicists since the 1930s have suspected that if hydrogen were to be […]
11/21/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Physicists develop new material that could be used for “high-efficiency, lower-cost solar cells”
Researchers have not yet solved the biggest weakness of solar panels – their inability to produce power when there is no steady source of bright light. However, they were happy to announce that they have increased the efficiency of perovskite solar cells to take advantage of the limited daylight hours. University of Toledo (UT) researcher Dr. […]
10/23/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Swiss startup invents higher-performance electric car battery that can leave Tesla batteries in the dust
A startup in the tiny mountainous country of Switzerland promises to deliver what electric car giant Tesla Motors has failed to pull off. Its new lithium-ion battery is said to store and produce far more power for vehicles than existing designs. Swiss company Innolith claims that an electric vehicle equipped with its lithium battery would […]
10/07/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists use caffeine to give solar cells a unique energy boost
Caffeine helps boost the energy levels and mood of coffee drinkers. But did you know that it could also improve the performance of a new generation of solar panels? Researchers reported that coffee’s primary stimulant increased the efficiency of perovskite photovoltaic cells, an alternative approach to solar power. When bolstered by caffeine, perovskite solar panels […]
10/02/2019
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By Edsel Cook
New polythene film can make cracked screens a thing of the past
Cracks and similar damage might occur less often in plastic materials that went through a newly developed manufacturing method. Developed by U.K. researchers, the process produces transparent polythene film with the durability of aluminum at a far lower weight. The plastics produced by this technique may one day see use in displays, glazing, visors, windscreens, and […]
09/29/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Manufacturing breakthrough: Scientists can now weld glass and metal together
The manufacturing industry has recently welcomed what might prove a breakthrough technology. Scottish researchers showed off a new welding method that uses an incredibly fast laser to fuse together glass and metal. Glass and metal are two of the most common classes of materials used for various purposes. Due to their very different thermal properties, […]
09/23/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists develop new technology that extracts valuable chemicals from biological waste
Swedish researchers are keen on recovering as many resources as possible from waste products. One of their latest research projects promises to come up with a way to free useful chemical compounds from biological waste. In this context, biological waste refers to unwanted organic waste products from the agricultural and food industries, such as manure […]
09/21/2019
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By Tracey Watson
Instead of plastic waste, plastic FROM waste: Apple and orange scraps can be turned into gluten-free, edible bioplastic
Our planet is drowning in plastic and the pollution it causes. This once useful material is now literally everywhere, surrounding us at work, in our homes, at school and at parks, lakes and beaches. Nobody could have predicted when Leo Baekeland created the world’s first fully synthetic resin-based plastic product back in 1907 that within […]
09/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Adding vanadium to lithium-ion batteries makes it possible to charge them “in a matter of minutes”
Many investigators have looked for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, with others seeking out ways to tweak the performance of the existing energy storage devices. A recent study by researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York suggests using vanadium in the battery’s cathode. This will result in the cell charging much faster while still storing a considerable […]
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