A major challenge for producers of electricity from solar panels and wind turbines is akin to capturing lightning in a bottle. Both solar and wind increasingly generate electricity amid little demand, when market prices are too low to cover costs. At noon on sunny days, for example, wholesale power prices in areas with high quantities of solar and wind occasionally fall below zero.
Researchers have grown thin films of two diverse crystalline materials by stacking one on top of the other using a unique method referred to as “dative epitaxy.”
American Friction Welding (AFW) purchased the assets of Spinweld, Inc., a friction welding company, on March 17, 2022.
The acquisition included the 53,000 sq. ft. property at W227 N546 Westmound Drive, Waukesha, WI, nu...
CRAIC Technologies, the leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microspectroscopy solutions for science and industry, announced that CRAIC Technologies microspectrometers will now feature Windows 11 operating systems in whic...
Glass possesses excellent transparency as well as stability when it comes in contact with chemicals or heat and is hence considered to be appropriate for several high-tech applications.
In a review recently published in the open-access journal Polymers, researchers discussed the sustainable and potential applications of animal waste proteins.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Apr 2022
Professor Ziyi’s Ge research team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) has created high-performance flexible organic solar cells (OSCs) with good thermal stability and stretchability, accomplishing power conversion efficiency effectiveness (PCE) of over 16.5%.
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Energies, researchers presented the sustainable wind-photovoltaic (PV)-hydrogen-storage (WPHS) microgrid energy management strategies in two stages based on receding horizon optimization.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Apr 2022
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers discussed the potential of carbon nanotubes in the recovery of biophenols from olive vegetation waters.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Apr 2022
Writing in Polymers, a team of researchers from India’s Vellore Institute of Technology and Yeungnam University in Korea have reviewed current advances in 3D-printed bioactive glasses for use in bone tissue engineering.
By Reginald Davey
20 Apr 2022
A team of scientists from the University of Ostrava and the Université de Haute-Alsace have collaborated on new research into producing porous carbon materials by liquefying cellulose, an abundant natural material that has been investigated for numerous industrial and biochemical applications.
By Reginald Davey
20 Apr 2022
Chinese scientists have reported the development of a novel scaffold material for use in tissue engineering applications. The results of their research have been published in the journal ACS Applied Polymer Materials.
By Reginald Davey
20 Apr 2022
Versatile and ubiquitous, glass is increasingly found in specialized applications such as fiber optics, consumer electronics and microfluidics for "lab-on-a-chip" devices. However, traditional glassmaking techniques can be costly and slow, and 3D-printing glass often results in rough textures, making them unsuitable for smooth lenses.
When you twist open an Oreo cookie to get to the creamy center, you’re mimicking a standard test in rheology — the study of how a non-Newtonian material flows when twisted, pressed, or otherwise stressed.
In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, researchers presented insights on the air stability and surface chemistry of the storage of garnet solid electrolytes.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Apr 2022