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Efficient Way to Synthesize CSO Catalyst for Lithium-Air Batteries

Researchers have found a faster and more efficient method of producing CoSn(OH)6, a potent catalyst necessary for high-energy lithium-air batteries.

27 Jun 2023

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Detects a New Carbon Compound in Space

A team of international scientists has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. Known as methyl cation (pronounced cat-eye-on) (CH3+), the molecule is important because it aids the formation of more complex carbon-based molecules. Methyl cation was detected in a young star system, with a protoplanetary disk, known as d203-506, which is located about 1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula.

27 Jun 2023

JEOL Installs Two Cryo-Electron Microscopes at Generate:Biomedicines to Enable Visualization of Computationally Designed Molecules at Unprecedented Scale

Peabody and Andover, MA - Two towering JEOL Electron Microscopes stand ready to produce terabytes of valuable data for researchers at Generate:Biomedicines each day, who are acce...

From JEOL USA, Inc. 27 Jun 2023

Pirta Tests Revolutionary Climate Cooling Paint at World-Renowned Solar Simulator

Pirta has successfully tested the performance of its revolutionary climate ‘cooling paint’ using a world-renowned solar simulator.

27 Jun 2023

Metso Propels Energy Transition by Introducing a Full Offering for Battery Minerals Production and Recycling

Metso has worked on further strengthening its position as the preferred technology and solutions provider for the battery minerals industry.

27 Jun 2023

Novel Device Processes Data Mimicking the Synapses in the Human Brain

Scientists have created a novel framework for computer memory that could boost performance while also lowering the energy requirements of internet and communications technologies, which are expected to consume about a third of global electricity in the next 10 years.

26 Jun 2023

Visualizing the Quantum States of Two-Dimensional Materials

When some semiconductors absorb light, excitons (or particle pairs made of an electron bound to an electron hole) can form. Two-dimensional crystals of tungsten disulfide (WS2) have unique exciton states that are not found in other materials.

26 Jun 2023

New 4-Inch Plasma Etching Technology Opens Door to Mass Production of Next-Generation 2D Semiconductors

A large-scale (4-inch), highly uniform, and defect-free plasma etching technology, which will likely become the foundation of the industrial supply of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a next-generation two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor, has been developed.

26 Jun 2023

ESF Researchers Receive $324,000 Grant to Develop Sustainable Lignin-Derived Products

Researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) – one of the nation's premier colleges focused exclusively on the study of the environment, developing renewable technologies, and building a sustainable future – received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further its research on carbon-neutral alternative sources for value-added chemicals currently sourced from petroleum and other fossil fuels.

26 Jun 2023

New Rubber Design Could Help Cut Down on Microplastic Pollution

When it comes to the environmental impacts of cars, much ink has been spilled on tailpipe emissions. But there's another environmental threat from cars you might not think about: microplastic pollution.

26 Jun 2023

New Transistor Technology Offers Low-Power, Flexible Displays

A University of Surrey discovery that solves a problem that has hampered source-gated transistors (SGT) could bring low-cost, flexible displays that require very little energy one step closer.

23 Jun 2023

A New European Project Delves into Advanced Lightweight Bio-Based or Recycled Materials to Facilitate the Decarbonization of the Transport Sector

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, coordinates the FOREST project, a new EU funded research to delve into advanced lightweight bio-based or recycled materials to facilitate the decarbonization of the transport sector.

From AIMPLAS 23 Jun 2023

Durable, Efficient, and Cheap Solar Cells Developed

Perovskite solar cells developed by a group of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have got a world record efficiency of 24.35% with an active region of 1 cm2.

23 Jun 2023

Researchers Examine Material Performance to Build Solar Cells of Tomorrow

Researchers at Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping build the solar cells of tomorrow by examining how a next-generation material can operate efficiently under real-world conditions that include baking temperatures and hours of sunlight.

23 Jun 2023

New Speciation Atlas Reveals the Behavior and Stability of POMs

To unveil the previously elusive behavior and stability of complex metal compounds found in aqueous solutions called 'POMs', researchers at the University of Vienna have created a speciation atlas now published in Science Advances.

23 Jun 2023