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Textile Fiber Waste Helps Improve the Sustainability of Materials

Sep. 7, 2016 — Researchers have developed a panel with textile waste that improves both the thermal and acoustic conditions of buildings and reduces the energy impact associated to the ... read more

New Way of Taming Ions Can Improve Future Health Care

Sep. 7, 2016 — A group of researchers has discovered a completely new way of using lasers to accelerate ion beams. In time, the new technique could possibly give more people access to ... read more

Neutron Crystallography Aids in Drug Design

Sep. 7, 2016 — Knowledge of H-bonding networks, water molecule orientations and protonation states, along with details of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, can prove vital towards ... read more

Fish 'Biowaste' Converted to Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

Sep. 6, 2016 — Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis, which generates a huge amount of fish 'biowaste' materials. In an attempt to do something positive with this ... read more

Tapping the Unused Potential of Photosynthesis

Sep. 7, 2016 — Scientists have reengineered the fundamental process of photosynthesis to power useful chemical reactions that could be used to produce biofuels, pharmaceuticals and ... read more

Fuel Cell Membrane Outperforms Market: 'Goldilocks' Membrane Is Just About Right

Sep. 7, 2016 — Industrial interest is expected in a vehicular fuel cell membrane able to excrete protons at the most effective temperature ... read more

Breakthrough in Materials Science: Scientists Bond Metals With Nearly All Surfaces

Sep. 7, 2016 — How metals can be used depends particularly on the characteristics of their surfaces. A research team has discovered how ... read more

New Perovskite Research Discoveries May Lead to Solar Cell, LED Advances

Sep. 7, 2016 — 'Promising' and 'remarkable' are two words a scientist has used to describe recent research results on organolead mixed-halide perovskites. Perovskites are optically active, ... read more

Discovery Creates Future Opportunity in Quantum Computing

Sep. 6, 2016 — Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. Now, scientists have discovered a new use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of ... read more

Researchers Design Solids That Control Heat With Spinning Superatoms

Sep. 6, 2016 — Superatom crystals are periodic arrangements of C60 fullerenes and similarly sized inorganic molecular clusters. There are two nearly identical formations, one with rotating ... read more

Hurdles Remain as Uber Launches Autonomous Test

Uber Is Testing Its Self-Driving Cars With Passengers In Pittsburgh

For Muslim Pilgrims, Solar-Powered Umbrella Offers Cool Respite

Inventor Builds Invisible iPhone Screen for Covert Viewing

Containing Our 'Electromagnetic Pollution'

Sep. 8, 2016 — Electromagnetic radiation is everywhere -- that's been the case since the beginning of the universe. But the proliferation of electronics in recent decades has contributed both to the volume of ... read more

Deriving Inspiration from the Dragon Tree

Sep. 8, 2016 — Could dragon trees serve as a source of inspiration for innovations in lightweight construction? A team of researchers has laid the groundwork for designing technical fiber-reinforced lightweight ... read more

Nanotubes Morphed Into Tougher Carbon for Spacecraft, Satellites

Sep. 6, 2016 — Researchers turn nanotubes into nanodiamonds and other forms of carbon by smashing them into a target at hypervelocity. The results will help in the design of light, strong materials for aerospace ... read more

Location Matters in the Self-Assembly of Nanoclusters

Sep. 6, 2016 — Scientists have developed a new formulation that helps to explain the self-assembly of atoms into nanoclusters and to advance the scientific understanding of related nanotechnologies. Their research ... read more

Killing Germs With Electron Beams

Sep. 6, 2016 — Medical products, packaging and food can be safely and efficiently sterilized with electron beams. In the future, researchers also plan to use accelerated electrons to eliminate germs from tissue ... read more

Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images by Mapping Negative Space

Sep. 6, 2016 — Scientists have demonstrated a method for making 3-D images of structures in biological material under natural conditions at a much higher resolution than other existing methods. The method may help ... read more

Getting Real With Nanotubes

Sep. 5, 2016 — Carbon nanotubes show potential, but also many challenges, for the manufacture of flexible, wearable electronics, according to a research ... read more

Are Carbon Nanotubes the Next in-Line for the Manufacture of Wearable Electronics?

Sep. 5, 2016 — Carbon nanotubes show potential, but also many challenges, for the manufacture of flexible, wearable electronics, according to a new ... read more

Low-Cost Solar Device Converts Sunlight to Steam in Dusty Environment

Sep. 6, 2016 — A novel, low-cost solar thermal energy conversion system has been developed that can easily generate steam from sunlight. The solar conversion system can help make technologies that rely on steam, ... read more

For First Time, Carbon Nanotube Transistors Outperform Silicon

Sep. 2, 2016 — For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power. Now, for the first time, ... read more

3-D Graphene Has Promise for Bio Applications

Sep. 2, 2016 — Graphene oxide flakes can be welded together into solid materials that may be suitable for bone implants, according to an international ... read more

Low-Cost and Defect-Free Graphene

Sep. 2, 2016 — Graphene is one of the most promising new materials. However, researchers across the globe are still looking for a way to produce defect-free graphene at low costs. Chemists have now succeeded in ... read more

A New Technique Opens Up Advanced Solar Cells

Sep. 2, 2016 — Using a novel spectroscopic technique, scientists have made a much-needed breakthrough in cutting-edge ... read more

Renewable Energy Breakthrough: Solar-Powered Reaction 100 Times Faster

Sep. 1, 2016 — Researchers have developed a tough new catalyst that carries out a solar-powered reaction 100 times faster than ever before, works better as time goes on and stands up to ... read more

Printed Graphene Treated With Lasers to Enable 'Paper Electronics'

Sep. 1, 2016 — Engineers have led development of a laser-treatment process that allows them to use printed graphene for electric circuits and electrodes -- even on paper and other fragile surfaces. The technology ... read more

New Method Makes Building 'One-Handed' Drugs Easier Than Ever

Sep. 1, 2016 — Chemists have invented a new technique for constructing one-handed or 'chiral' drug molecules. The new method is already being adopted by pharmaceutical ... read more

Engineers Use Microwaves to Produce High-Quality Graphene

Sep. 1, 2016 — Engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene that can be used in next-generation electronic and energy devices: bake the compound in a microwave ... read more

Engineers Develop a Plastic Clothing Material That Cools the Skin

Sep. 1, 2016 — Researchers have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air ... read more

Insight Into Radioactive Isotope Could Lead to Cancer Breakthrough

Sep. 1, 2016 — Research uncovers the true properties of rare radioactive metal that could provide key to targeted cancer drugs, report ... read more

Team Tricks Solid Into Acting as Liquid

Sep. 1, 2016 — Two scientists have discovered how to get a solid material to act like a liquid without actually turning it into liquid, potentially opening a new world of possibilities for the electronic, optics ... read more

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