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Customized silicon chips for material characterization of printed electronics
28/03/2024 - How efficient are new materials? Does changing the properties lead to better conductivity? The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS develops and manufactures silicon substrates for...
Team modulates electronic state of single-atom catalysts by CO molecular decoration for efficient methane conversion
27/03/2024 - Direct methane conversion has advantages such as low energy consumption, fewer processes, and better economics. However, it is difficult to activate methane at room temperature due to the high...
International researchers explore new territory in the grand challenges of wind energy science
26/03/2024 - Wind energy—one of the fastest-growing and lowest-cost sources of electricity in the world—will play an important role in the transition to a carbon-free energy system. However, wind energy's...
Rethinking wind power's towers and turbines
26/03/2024 - New materials and designs can make a leading source of renewable energy both greener and cheaper.
New all-liquid iron flow battery for grid energy storage
25/03/2024 - A commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities has been repurposed for large-scale energy storage in a new battery design by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest...
Novel quantum algorithm proposed for high-quality solutions to combinatorial optimization problems
25/03/2024 - Combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) have applications in many different fields such as logistics, supply chain management, machine learning, material design and drug discovery, among others,...
California is wrestling with electricity prices—how to design a system to fix the grid while keeping prices fair
21/03/2024 - Small-scale solar power, also known as rooftop or distributed solar, has grown considerably in the U.S. over the past decade. It provides electricity without emitting air pollutants or...
Study identifies areas in Mexico City Metro affected by land subsidence
21/03/2024 - A new assessment study identifies areas in Mexico City's metro system affected by land subsidence, providing a roadmap for mitigating damage, prioritizing repairs, and informing future designs for...
'Dual-ligand' strategy helps to achieve perfect asymmetric kinetic resolution polymerization
21/03/2024 - Studies on the synthesis and application of chiral materials has important scientific significance and market value. However, the design, synthesis and application of chiral materials are still in...
Regulating atomic Fe-Rh site distance for efficient oxygen reduction reaction
20/03/2024 - In a study published in the journal Science China Chemistry, the authors systematically design and investigate the site-distance effect of Fe-Rh atom catalysts (Fe-Rhx@NC) supported by N-doped...
Researchers design a spring-assisted actuator that could enhance next-gen robots
20/03/2024 - Whether it's a powered prosthesis to assist a person who has lost a limb or an independent robot navigating the outside world, we are asking machines to perform increasingly complex, dynamic tasks....
Self-organizing robotic aggregate design inspired by flowing and rigid behaviors of sandpiles
19/03/2024 - Researchers at the University of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology recently developed Granulobot, a new modular robotic system that can change its physical shape to best navigate...
Molecular orientation is key: Shining new light on electron behavior using 2-photon photoemission spectroscopy
19/03/2024 - Organic electronics is a field that has garnered significant interest in academic and industrial circles due to its potential applications in OLEDs and organic solar cells, offering advantages such...
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18/03/2024 - This vehicle rejuvenates interior design and amenities and brings a highly efficient hybrid system to the marque. ...
Research team designs new porous materials to advance environmental remediation research
18/03/2024 - In a landmark achievement, the Functional Materials Group (FMG) led by Prof. Dr. Bassam Alameddine, has propelled porous materials research to new horizons. The latest endeavor was highlighted in a...
Novel design enhances thermal insulation and impact resistance in composite glass
18/03/2024 - A research team led by Prof. Ni Yong and Prof. He Linghui from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a new composite glass...
Research could advance soft robotics manufacturing and design
18/03/2024 - Soft robots use pliant materials such as elastomers to interact safely with the human body and other challenging, delicate objects and environments. A team of Rice University researchers has...
Harsh field tests shape robotic design in unexpected ways
17/03/2024 - Auke Ijspeert and his team in the BioRobotics Lab (BioRob) in EPFL's School of Engineering had operated their bio-informed robots in natural environments before, but this was more for demonstration...
Space company develops centrifuge to test impact of gravity on crystalline-structured drug molecules
14/03/2024 - Kanjakha Pal and Adrian Radocea, a pair of engineers at Varda Space Industries, a company working to develop space-based drug facilities, has developed a centrifuge-based device to test the impact of...
Automatic design of metaheuristics: The future of optimization?
14/03/2024 - To discourage the inefficient manual invention and configuration of new metaheuristic optimization algorithms, a research team at IRIDIA, the artificial intelligence laboratory of the Université...
Team makes progress with fluorescent dyes to better visualize lipid membrane order in live cells
13/03/2024 - A new solvatochromic probe could help shed light on the relationship between lipid membrane fluidity and various cellular functions, report scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyushu...