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Modular Production Techniques can Lead to Potential Cost Savings for Builders

Rising material prices, labour shortages, interest rate hikes and rainy weather have created a perfect storm for the construction industry in the past 12 months, sending many builders to the wall.

24 May 2023

Prieto Introduces World’s Fastest-Charging Battery that Charges in 3 Minutes

Prieto Battery, Inc., a world leader in advanced lithium-ion battery technology, unveiled the most recent prototype of its patented 3D interdigitated battery that delivers groundbreaking performance.

From Prieto Battery Inc. 24 May 2023

A Discussion on the Mechanics of 2D Materials

Reporting in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers from McGill University, University of Illinois, and University of Science and Technology of China broadly reviewed the newest breakthroughs in the field of 2D materials mechanics by debating different vital mechanical features, which include the in-plane failure, elastic properties, fatigue, adhesion, and interfacial shear/friction.

23 May 2023

Chameleon-Inspired Near-Infrared Light-Writing Multicolor Hydrogel System

For on-demand information display, scientists headed by Prof. Tao Chen at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have built a flexible near-infrared light-writing multicolor hydrogel system.

23 May 2023

Breakthrough Method Creates High-Quality Metal Oxide Films for Next Generation Applications

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of "stubborn" metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner.

23 May 2023

Penn State and onsemi Collaborate to Put America's SiC Crystal Research Back on the Map

Penn State and onsemi, a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding toward an $8 million strategic collaboration that includes the establishment of the onsemi Silicon Carbide Crystal Center (SiC3) at Penn State's Materials Research Institute.

23 May 2023

Deepening the Comprehension of Materials’ Blood Compatibility

In Germany, around 25,000 prosthetic heart valves are implanted each year because the natural heart valve has been harmed, for instance, by an infection.

22 May 2023

Tin-Based Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Enables CO2 Selective Photoreduction

The constant need for carbon-rich fuels to power the economy increases atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Even if efforts are being made to cut CO2 emissions, this will not be enough to reverse the harmful impacts of the gas that is already in the atmosphere.

22 May 2023

A Novel Approach to the Production of High-Quality Cs3Cu2I5 Thin Films

High-quality components like metal halide phosphors, which are capable of efficiently converting light into quantifiable signals, are needed for advanced electronic systems.

22 May 2023

Piezoelectric Sensor With Stable Material Properties can Operate in Harsh Environments

Extreme environments in several critical industries – aerospace, energy, transportation and defense – require sensors to measure and monitor numerous factors under harsh conditions to ensure human safety and integrity of mechanical systems.

22 May 2023

Scientists Discover Irregular Crystal Structures

Most people associate crystals with semi-transparent stones with therapeutic properties or suncatchers that operate as rainbow prisms. But for scientists and engineers, a crystal is a type of material in which the atoms, molecules, or nanoparticles that make it up are predictably organized in space.

19 May 2023

Solvent-Free Process Makes Li-Ion Battery Electrodes Cheaper and Greener

A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yan Wang has created a method for producing lithium-ion battery electrodes that are solvent-free and greener, more affordable, and charges batteries more quickly than current electrodes on the market.

19 May 2023

Cheap Powder Targets Thousands of Waterborne Bacteria

Around the world, at least 2 billion people regularly consume water tainted with pathogenic bacteria.

19 May 2023

Using a Fullerene-Derivative Interlayer to Enhance Solar Cell Energy Capture Efficiency

Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured with a given amount of sunlight, increases the practicality of solar power in a society with high energy demands.

19 May 2023

New Prototype Metamaterial can Control the Direction and Intensity of Energy Waves

For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been investigating the unconventional properties of "metamaterials" -- an artificial material that exhibits properties not commonly found in nature as defined by Newton's laws of motion -- in his long-term pursuit of designing an ideal metamaterial.

19 May 2023