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A waste gum produced by trees found in India could be the key to unlocking a new generation of better-performing, more eco-friendly supercapacitors, researchers say. Scientists from universities in Scotland, South Korea and India are behind the development, which harnesses the unique properties of the otherwise useless tree gum to prevent supercapacitors from degrading over tens of thousands of charging cycles.

The nanomaterial MXene is used for battery technology or as a high-performance lubricant. Until now, its production was difficult and toxic.

Materials science and engineering students investigated whether pickleball paddles produced by 3D printing could be as good as, or better, than those produced using existing techniques.

Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: The increasing electrification of the chemical industry and the transport sector is increasing the global demand for sustainable and regionally available starting materials for electrochemical energy storage systems.

Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have introduced a new class of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces capable of dynamically shaping terahertz (THz) and millimetre (mm) waves.

Superconductivity is a quantum physical state in which a metal is able to conduct electricity perfectly without any resistance. In its most familiar application, it enables powerful magnets in MRI machines to create the magnetic fields that allow doctors to see inside our bodies. Thus far, materials can only achieve superconductivity at extremely low temperatures, near absolute zero (a few tens of Kelvin or colder).

National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester is marking its 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of groundbreaking research.

Researchers from the nanotech@surfaces laboratory have experimentally recreated another fundamental theoretical model from quantum physics, which goes back to the Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg. The basis for the successful experiment was a kind of "quantum Lego" made of tiny carbon molecules known as nanographenes.

Lithium can be harvested efficiently from brines thanks to an innovative membrane developed at Imperial.

At the end of January, Empa opened a new laboratory that aims to harness quantum effects from carbon.

In a four-year EU project led by Empa, eleven collaborators from research and industry succeeded in significantly improving batteries for electric cars.

Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and German Aerospace Center (DLR) have built a radiometer for measuring the temperature inside lunar craters In the night February 27, 2025, C.E.T, th

Researchers at the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester have achieved a significant milestone in the field of quantum electronics with their latest study on spin injection to graphene.

PhD candidate Mike Pols studied perovskites, a promising material for use in solar cells. Its unique crystal structure and special properties make perovskite a promising candidate for the solar cell of the future.

Safety critical components for aircraft and Formula 1 racing cars could one day be 3D printed via a new technique, developed by researchers at UCL and the University of Greenwich, that substantially reduces imperfections in the manufacturing process. The technique was developed after the team used advanced X-ray imaging to observe the causes of imperfections that formed in complex 3D printed metal alloy components.

Lignin, a waste product from cellulose production, can be used to improve the sustainability credentials of carbon fibre.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have unlocked the potential of graphene in areas as diverse as vehicles, consumer electronics and environmental cleanup with an eco-friendly ink for 3D-printing.

Inspired by the movement of insects gliding on the surface of water, University of Waterloo researchers have designed tiny robots controlled by light, offering promising possibilities for environmenta

Nano-cages made of linalool and sulfur increase the service life and storage capacity of sodium-sulfur batteries   Lavender oil could help solve a problem in the energy transition.

Builders pour concrete into temporary molds called formwork. MIT researchers invented a way to make these structures out of on-site soil. Buildings cost a lot these days. But when concrete buildings are being constructed, there's another material that can make them less expensive: mud. MIT researchers have developed a method to use lightly treated mud, including soil from a building site, as the "formwork" molds into which concrete is poured.

A new type of cloth developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo can heat up when exposed to the sun thanks to innovative nanoparticles embedded in the fabric's fibre.

A research team led by Paolo Falcaro has developed a microporous crystal compound that signals whether protein-rich foods are spoilt.

People with diabetes rely on continuous glucose monitors to keep track of their blood sugar, but eventually the monitor's batteries need to charge. The same is true for a pacemaker or any mobile device, like a fitness tracker. And batteries are bulky and require regular maintenance. To free wearable tech from these burdens, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science developed Power-Over-Skin, which allows electricity to travel through the human body and could one day power battery-free devices from head to toe.

New process grows PEDOT nanofibers with superior electrical conductivity and more surface area to store charge Key takeaways A type of plastic called PEDOT that can conduct electricity is currently used to protect the internal components of electronic devices from static electricity and in organic solar cells and electrochromic devices, but it also has the ability to store electric charge somewhat like a battery.

Experiments from the Caltech lab of Chiara Daraio, G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, have yielded a

Some carbon-based solar cells already show no drop in performance after three years' worth of radiation, and the cause of degradation in others could be preventable Study: Radiation hardness of organic photovoltaics (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.

A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery.

Researchers from the UK and Ireland are collaborating on a new Engineers from the University of Glasgow are teaming up with colleagues from the Tyndall National Institute's Wireless Communications Lab

Filaments curling at the micro and nanoscale produce light waves that twirl as they travel Study: Bright, circularly-polarized black-body radiation from twisted nanocarbon Filaments ( adq4068) Bright

Teeth are essential for helping people break down the food they eat, and are protected by enamel, which helps them withstand the large amount of stress they experience as people chew away.

An electronic stacking technique could exponentially increase the number of transistors on chips, enabling more efficient AI hardware. The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So, chip manufacturers are looking to build up rather than out.

A new study reveals corals must be within only a few metres of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming world.

An international team of scientists led by the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France, has found that emperor penguins detoxify mercury with both sulfur and selenium, a new pathway for a marine predator.

Scalable Platform -Opens the Door for Faster, More Energy-Efficient, and Cost-Effective Memory Solutions in Embedded Systems, Such as IoT, Mobile Devices, and Edge Computing ' SAN FRANCISCO - Dec.

A Johns Hopkins research team has created a new 3D-printing technique that addresses structural vulnerabilities in 3D-printed objects Civil and systems engineers at Johns Hopkins University have a turned a longstanding problem with 3D printers into a multifunctional feature: The team developed a new printing technique that solves for the fundamental weakness between the layers created during 3D printing.

Johns Hopkins researchers reveal an unexpected quality in electrical switches, potentially impacting computer memory Key takeaways: The surprising discovery suggests there is potential to develop electronic memory systems that mimic the way human brains work and form memories The device could one day decrease the massive amounts of energy consumed by cloud data storage A team of Johns Hopkins materials scientists made a surprising discovery that could change the way memory works in electronics.

Layering an organic material on top of 2D materials achieves stable, fast phosphorescent light emission without using expensive and hazardous heavy metals Study: Microsecond triplet emission from organic chromophore-transition metal dichalcogenide hybrids via through-space spin orbit proximity effect (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51501-8) Screens for TVs, smartphones or other displays could be made with a new kind of organic LED material developed by an international team, co-led by University of Michigan engineers.