A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Advanced Science that reviewed the use of elastic fabrics/fibers for bioelectronics and wearables.
By Samudrapom Dam
21 Oct 2022
It is no secret that society’s reliance on nonrenewable fossil fuels has resulted in the current global energy and climate crisis. Coal, natural gas, and petroleum-based fuel emissions are significant contributors to air pollution and, as a result, global warming.
Renewable energy is a key technology in the 21st Century that is addressing resource shortages and climate change. Now, a new paper in the journal IET Renewable Power Generation has considered the reliability of sustainable energy microgrids which utilize renewable energy technologies.
By Reginald Davey
21 Oct 2022
Scientists from Romania have evaluated the use of bacteria to improve mortar in construction applications, investigating several different strains. Their findings have been published in the journal Materials.
By Reginald Davey
21 Oct 2022
Spectrometers are widely used throughout industry and research to detect and analyse light. Spectrometers measure the spectrum of light – its strength at different wavelengths, like the colours in a rainbow – and are an essential tool for identifying and analysing specimens and materials.
The Haber-Bosch process, which is widely used to produce ammonia (NH3)—the basis for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers—by blending hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures—is among the most significant scientific discoveries that have helped to improve crop yields and boost global food production.
The substitution of petrochemical materials with those obtained from renewable raw materials is an important step towards increasing sustainability. Materials derived from plant cellulose are promising candidates for this application area.
A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are both stable and common.
Imagine a typical recycling plant. Now imagine that the plant is a chemistry lab, and the crushed soda cans and waist-high stacks of junk mail have been replaced by microscopic structures worth tens of thousands of dollars per gram.
Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a "clean" energy source, producing only water and energy.
The materials used to power electronics must also get thinner as they get smaller and smaller. In light of this, finding materials that can keep unique electrical properties at an ultrathin size is one of the fundamental difficulties researchers confront when creating the next generation of energy-efficient devices.
Keeping the electricity grid up and running through summer heat waves and winter deep freezes is an ongoing balancing act. Power lines that stretch for miles are vulnerable to wind and fire.
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, researchers discussed the development of laboratory tools that could measure bulk materials under difficult circumstances through 3D printing.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Oct 2022
A new paper in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science has explored the creation of hydrogen-bonded clusters in hydrogels and the influence of network structure on the relationships between their structure and prope...
By Reginald Davey
20 Oct 2022
A paper recently published in the journal Energies demonstrated the feasibility of using double cathode modification layers to fabricate organic solar cells (OSCs) with high stability and efficiency.
By Samudrapom Dam
20 Oct 2022