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Teams up with The Royal Horticultural Society to develop innovative plant data management
Teams up with The Royal Horticultural Society to develop innovative plant data management
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Radical overhaul required of system for asylum claims on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
Radical overhaul required of system for asylum claims on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
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Materials Science - Life Sciences - 09.07.2020
Materials Science - Career - 09.07.2020
Materials Science - Environment - 08.07.2020 
Printed coatings enable more efficient solar cells
Researchers at Cambridge, Imperial and Singapore have developed a method to print ultrathin coatings on next-generation solar cells, allowing them to work in tandem with silicon solar cells to boost efficiencies. Photovoltaics, or solar cells, work by absorbing sunlight to produce clean electricity. But photovoltaics can absorb only a fraction of the solar spectrum, which limits their efficiencies.
Physics - Materials Science - 07.07.2020
Electroengineering - Materials Science - 06.07.2020 
Making plastic more transparent while also adding electrical conductivity
Share on: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In an effort to improve large touchscreens, LED light panels and window-mounted infrared solar cells, researchers at the University of Michigan have made plastic conductive while also making it more transparent. They provide a recipe to help other researchers find the best balance between conductivity and transparency by creating a three-layer anti-reflection surface.
Materials Science - Innovation - 03.07.2020
Physics - Materials Science - 30.06.2020 
Exploring interactions of light and matter
Juejun Hu pushes the frontiers of optoelectronics for biological imaging, communications, and consumer electronics.
Materials Science - 29.06.2020
Materials Science - Economics / Business - 24.06.2020 
Towards closed loops
The circular economy is gaining a foothold in more and more areas: Some have already established business models, in others it is only visible in visionary pioneering projects.
Chemistry - Materials Science - 24.06.2020
Environment - Materials Science - 21.06.2020
Materials Science - Physics - 18.06.2020
Social Sciences - Materials Science - 17.06.2020
Chemistry - Materials Science - 16.06.2020
Materials Science - Health - 10.06.2020 
Innovative textiles for face masks can directly inactivate SARS-CoV-2 as researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and RWTH Aachen University showed
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute for Animal and Environmental Hygiene and the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University are collaborating on the topic of alternative personal protection equipment.
Pedagogy - Materials Science - 10.06.2020
Materials Science - 08.06.2020
Materials Science - Career - 05.06.2020
Materials Science - Chemistry - 29.05.2020 
Europe’s Response to Elon Musk
Over the next four years, five research institutes and six industrial companies from seven European countries will work together to find solutions for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.
Environment - Materials Science - 29.05.2020 
Fresh Breeze for Ecology and Economy
The Solar Impulse Foundation is looking for 1000 solutions that will boost the economy - and protect the environment at the same time.
Chemistry - Materials Science - 29.05.2020 
Wanted: The best Storage Battery
The demand for batteries to store renewable energy will grow drastically in the coming years. Could we develop more sustainable technologies to save precious natural resources, besides the familiar lithium-ion batteries?
Physics - Materials Science - 28.05.2020 
Rice U. physicist Ming Yi wins coveted Moore Foundation grant
EPiQS award will support high-risk, high-reward experiments on quantum materials To the quantum materials in her lab, Rice University experimental physicist Ming Yi is a real pest.
Materials Science - 22.05.2020
Materials Science - Physics - 21.05.2020
Materials Science - 20.05.2020 
Manipulated Empa reports in circulation
No sooner had Empa recently developed technologies and quality standards for textile "community masks" together with the Swiss textile industry and other partners within the framework of the national COVID 19 Science Task Force than the first attempts at fraud popped up: Using manipulated Empa reports dubious suppliers promote masks of possibly inferior quality.
Materials Science - Health - 18.05.2020
Materials Science - Environment - 11.05.2020
Materials Science - Environment - 11.05.2020
Materials Science - Computer Science - 08.05.2020 
Making a Material World Better, Faster Now: Q&A With Berkeley Lab Materials Project Director Kristin Persson
World-renowned computational materials scientist from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley looks back on a career founded in quantum mechanics, and looks ahead to faster clean-energy solutions with machine learning Kristin Persson is at the helm of a materials revolution.
Materials Science - Physics - 04.05.2020
Health - Materials Science - 30.04.2020 
Q&A: Gregory Rutledge on initial testing of KN95 respirators for public health officials
MIT professor's research group leverages its capability for testing filtration efficiency to asses certain respirators for MEMA, others.
Materials Science - Innovation - 30.04.2020 
Stuttgart light rail bridge hangs on
Another milestone for an extremely versatile material with Swiss roots: On May 3, a 127-meter-long railway bridge will be pushed over the A8 motorway near Stuttgart, its 72 suspension cables consisting entirely of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).
Materials Science - Innovation - 30.04.2020 
Stuttgart light rail bridge hangs on Swiss carbon ropes
Another milestone for an extremely versatile material with Swiss roots: On May 3, a 127-meter-long railway bridge will be pushed over the A8 motorway near Stuttgart, its 72 suspension cables consisting entirely of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).
Physics - Materials Science - 29.04.2020 
2 Berkeley Lab Scientists, Visiting Scientist Elected as New Members of Honorary Society
Two Berkeley Lab scientists and a visiting scientist are among the newest elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - a 240-year-old honorary society that recognizes accomplished scholars, scientists and artists in academia, the humanities, arts, business, and government.
Physics - Materials Science - 29.04.2020
Materials Science - Physics - 28.04.2020
Materials Science - Mathematics - 26.04.2020
Health - Materials Science - 23.04.2020 
Joining forces against the mask shortage
During the Corona crisis, protective masks have become a rare commodity. In order to equip Switzerland with sufficient protective equipment during future pandemics, Empa researchers are working together with a national consortium of researchers, health care experts and partners from industry on the "ReMask" project: New types of masks and technologies for reusing existing protective equipment are being developed - for now, but also for future pandemics.
Materials Science - 14.04.2020
Materials Science - 13.04.2020 
3Q: Robert Macfarlane on cleaning your smartphone screen
Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen.
Materials Science - Health - 09.04.2020 
Cost-effective Oxygen Concentrators
People suffering from COVID-19 need air enriched with oxygen, as the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus attacks the lungs.
Innovation - Materials Science - 08.04.2020
Health - Materials Science - 03.04.2020
Materials Science - Health - 03.04.2020 
Antiviral treatment for textiles
An ETH spin-off has developed a new treatment for textiles that reduces viral infectivity on treated surfaces. The technology can be used for face masks and other textile products. Recently, the ETH spin-off HeiQ Materials presented an innovative antiviral and antibacterial treatment for textiles, which has been tested effectively against coronavirus, for example.
Physics - Materials Science - 02.04.2020
Life Sciences - Materials Science - 27.03.2020 
Establishing a creative space
How is teaching at ETH dealing with the explosion of information in research and technology? Besides developing specialist knowledge, teaching is increasingly concerned with interdisciplinary skills such as critical thinking and the ability to filter, understand and apply relevant information.
Health - Materials Science - 27.03.2020 
What coronavirus means for handling money, food and more
Researchers found SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious in airborne droplets for at least three hours. This doesn't mean infected humans produce enough virus in a cough to infect another person, but they might .
Materials Science - Physics - 19.03.2020 
£1 million for nanotech: invisibility cloaks, smart tyres and supermarket tags
£1 million for nanotech: invisibility cloaks, smart tyres and supermarket tags Scientists at the University of Sussex have secured a major cash boost for their research into the real-world applications of nanomaterials.
Materials Science - 13.03.2020 
Start des Sommersemesters an der Universität Münster auf den 20. April verschoben
On March 6, 35 international scientists set off on a special research trip. With the research vessel "Sonne" they set off from Cape Town in South Africa into the Indian Ocean to study the submarine uplift "Marion Rise" on the so-called Southwest Indian Ridge.
Physics - Materials Science - 11.03.2020 
A Graphene Innovation That Is Music to Your Ears
A commercially licensed technology developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers could be available to consumers within the next couple of years Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as graphene, from a chunk of graphite, their Nobel Prize-winning discovery has fueled a revolution in ultrathin materials R&D.
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$18M Boost to Materials Science Research at UC San Diego
Students and faculty will shape the nanoand bio-materials that will make life better, healthier and safer The UC San Diego MRSEC center provides sustained research and educational opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students, with a particular focus on transfer students.
Students and faculty will shape the nanoand bio-materials that will make life better, healthier and safer The UC San Diego MRSEC center provides sustained research and educational opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students, with a particular focus on transfer students.
Researchers at Cambridge, Imperial and Singapore have developed a method to print ultrathin coatings on next-generation solar cells, allowing them to work in tandem with silicon solar cells to boost efficiencies. Photovoltaics, or solar cells, work by absorbing sunlight to produce clean electricity. But photovoltaics can absorb only a fraction of the solar spectrum, which limits their efficiencies.
Share on: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn In an effort to improve large touchscreens, LED light panels and window-mounted infrared solar cells, researchers at the University of Michigan have made plastic conductive while also making it more transparent. They provide a recipe to help other researchers find the best balance between conductivity and transparency by creating a three-layer anti-reflection surface.
Juejun Hu pushes the frontiers of optoelectronics for biological imaging, communications, and consumer electronics.
The circular economy is gaining a foothold in more and more areas: Some have already established business models, in others it is only visible in visionary pioneering projects.
Graphene with sodium could make better batteries
Graphene doped with sodium can be a key player in making cheap batteries and spintronic devices, EPFL scientists discover.
Graphene doped with sodium can be a key player in making cheap batteries and spintronic devices, EPFL scientists discover.
"Looking Out"
Miller ICA responds to COVID-19 through artists' windows and to their wisdom Since March, life has been far from normal.
Miller ICA responds to COVID-19 through artists' windows and to their wisdom Since March, life has been far from normal.
Using Jenga to explain lithium-ion batteries
Tower block games such as Jenga can be used to explain to schoolchildren how lithium-ion batteries work, meeting an educational need to better understand a power source that has become vital to everyday life.
Tower block games such as Jenga can be used to explain to schoolchildren how lithium-ion batteries work, meeting an educational need to better understand a power source that has become vital to everyday life.
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute for Animal and Environmental Hygiene and the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University are collaborating on the topic of alternative personal protection equipment.
Instructors’ foresight leads to remote learning success for physics labs
When UCLA announced on March 10 that the final weeks of winter quarter — and later the entire spring quarter — would be taught remotely because of COVID-19, it immediately tested everyone
When UCLA announced on March 10 that the final weeks of winter quarter — and later the entire spring quarter — would be taught remotely because of COVID-19, it immediately tested everyone
Elizabeth Dickey Named Head of Materials Science and Engineering
Elizabeth Dickey, a leading researcher in the field of materials science and engineering, has been named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University effective January 2021.
Elizabeth Dickey, a leading researcher in the field of materials science and engineering, has been named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University effective January 2021.
Over the next four years, five research institutes and six industrial companies from seven European countries will work together to find solutions for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.
The Solar Impulse Foundation is looking for 1000 solutions that will boost the economy - and protect the environment at the same time.
The demand for batteries to store renewable energy will grow drastically in the coming years. Could we develop more sustainable technologies to save precious natural resources, besides the familiar lithium-ion batteries?
EPiQS award will support high-risk, high-reward experiments on quantum materials To the quantum materials in her lab, Rice University experimental physicist Ming Yi is a real pest.
U-M physicist awarded $7.5M grant to bring metamaterial to life
What if a helmet could be programmed to direct collision impact to regions far from the skull while being a lighter-weight material?
What if a helmet could be programmed to direct collision impact to regions far from the skull while being a lighter-weight material?
No sooner had Empa recently developed technologies and quality standards for textile "community masks" together with the Swiss textile industry and other partners within the framework of the national COVID 19 Science Task Force than the first attempts at fraud popped up: Using manipulated Empa reports dubious suppliers promote masks of possibly inferior quality.
World-renowned computational materials scientist from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley looks back on a career founded in quantum mechanics, and looks ahead to faster clean-energy solutions with machine learning Kristin Persson is at the helm of a materials revolution.
A Big Comeback for a Little Switch
CMU engineers investigate nanoscale switches Researchers Maarten de Boer and Gianluca Piazza in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering are investigating how to develop reliable, nanoscale mechanical switches, also called nanorelays. The LEAP-HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure.
CMU engineers investigate nanoscale switches Researchers Maarten de Boer and Gianluca Piazza in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering are investigating how to develop reliable, nanoscale mechanical switches, also called nanorelays. The LEAP-HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure.
MIT professor's research group leverages its capability for testing filtration efficiency to asses certain respirators for MEMA, others.
Another milestone for an extremely versatile material with Swiss roots: On May 3, a 127-meter-long railway bridge will be pushed over the A8 motorway near Stuttgart, its 72 suspension cables consisting entirely of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).
Another milestone for an extremely versatile material with Swiss roots: On May 3, a 127-meter-long railway bridge will be pushed over the A8 motorway near Stuttgart, its 72 suspension cables consisting entirely of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).
Two Berkeley Lab scientists and a visiting scientist are among the newest elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - a 240-year-old honorary society that recognizes accomplished scholars, scientists and artists in academia, the humanities, arts, business, and government.
Six UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
Six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
During the Corona crisis, protective masks have become a rare commodity. In order to equip Switzerland with sufficient protective equipment during future pandemics, Empa researchers are working together with a national consortium of researchers, health care experts and partners from industry on the "ReMask" project: New types of masks and technologies for reusing existing protective equipment are being developed - for now, but also for future pandemics.
Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen.
People suffering from COVID-19 need air enriched with oxygen, as the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus attacks the lungs.
3D printing silicone for breathing apparatus
Right now, the 3D printers at the ETH spin-off Spectroplast are working at full capacity as never before: the young company has started producing silicone attachments for breathing masks on behalf of medical companies.
Right now, the 3D printers at the ETH spin-off Spectroplast are working at full capacity as never before: the young company has started producing silicone attachments for breathing masks on behalf of medical companies.
An ETH spin-off has developed a new treatment for textiles that reduces viral infectivity on treated surfaces. The technology can be used for face masks and other textile products. Recently, the ETH spin-off HeiQ Materials presented an innovative antiviral and antibacterial treatment for textiles, which has been tested effectively against coronavirus, for example.
A new way to fine-tune exotic materials: Thin, stretch and clamp
SLAC Overview Our Mission, Vision & Values SLAC By The Numbers Director's Office Past SLAC Directors and Deputy Directors Wolfgang (Pief) K. H.
SLAC Overview Our Mission, Vision & Values SLAC By The Numbers Director's Office Past SLAC Directors and Deputy Directors Wolfgang (Pief) K. H.
How is teaching at ETH dealing with the explosion of information in research and technology? Besides developing specialist knowledge, teaching is increasingly concerned with interdisciplinary skills such as critical thinking and the ability to filter, understand and apply relevant information.
Researchers found SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious in airborne droplets for at least three hours. This doesn't mean infected humans produce enough virus in a cough to infect another person, but they might .
£1 million for nanotech: invisibility cloaks, smart tyres and supermarket tags Scientists at the University of Sussex have secured a major cash boost for their research into the real-world applications of nanomaterials.
On March 6, 35 international scientists set off on a special research trip. With the research vessel "Sonne" they set off from Cape Town in South Africa into the Indian Ocean to study the submarine uplift "Marion Rise" on the so-called Southwest Indian Ridge.
A commercially licensed technology developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers could be available to consumers within the next couple of years Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as graphene, from a chunk of graphite, their Nobel Prize-winning discovery has fueled a revolution in ultrathin materials R&D.
News in Brief
Pedagogy - Jul 10
Finds gender- and wealth-driven disparities affecting children’s school performance in India
Finds gender- and wealth-driven disparities affecting children’s school performance in India
Innovation - Jul 10
Teams up with The Royal Horticultural Society to develop innovative plant data management
Teams up with The Royal Horticultural Society to develop innovative plant data management
Social Sciences - Jul 9
Radical overhaul required of system for asylum claims on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
Radical overhaul required of system for asylum claims on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity