TRB Lightweight Structures is delighted to be part of the team behind Revolution VLR (Very Light Rail), an innovative passenger vehicle designed to simplify extension of existing rail networks and allow the reopening of historical lines.
The 4th annual #21toWatch Top21 list of standout individuals, companies and innovations has been unveiled at a prestigious awards evening held at the historic Cambridge Union - the first in-person #21toWatch ceremony for two years.
Researchers in Poland have developed an innovative elastomer for use in heart assistance devices, with the results of their research demonstrating good potential for its use in medical applications.
By Reginald Davey
3 Mar 2022
Publishing in ACS Energy Letters, a team of researchers from the USA and China has demonstrated the rapid, economical synthesis of ceramic powders for use in perovskite solar cells using thermal shock.
By Reginald Davey
3 Mar 2022
A team of researchers from New York in the USA has explored the development of aesthetically pleasing aerogels for window design, which has implications for reducing heat loss in structures, with the possibility of use in green building design.
By Reginald Davey
3 Mar 2022
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers presented a detailed analysis of the effect of paint layer covering on the wettability of metal surfaces.
By Surbhi Jain
3 Mar 2022
In an article recently published in the journal Energy Storage and Saving, the researchers presented a detailed discussion on the utility of radiative cooling and cold storage in concentrated solar power plants.
By Surbhi Jain
3 Mar 2022
In a recent study published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers compared the mechanical properties between computational and experimental models of honeycomb lattice structures of polymer and metals.
By Bismay Prakash Rout
3 Mar 2022
In a recent study published in the journal ACS Energy Letters, researchers from China reviewed the green process for producing sustainable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). They focused on the environmental and health impact of lead (Pb) and solvents used for manufacturing PSCs.
By Chinmay Saraf
3 Mar 2022
A chemoenzymatic cascade reaction for green cleaning of polyamide nanofiltration membranes has been suggested by a research team headed by Professor Yinhua Wan from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
An innovative method of recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste has gone commercial. A team of researchers from the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, developed a novel way to extract rare earth elements (rare earths) from the high-powered magnets in electronic waste (e-waste).
As hard as diamond and as flexible as plastic, highly sought-after diamond nanothreads would be poised to revolutionize our world-;if they weren't so difficult to make.
Four South Dakota State University faculty members will help improve battery technologies through the Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage. The new governor's research center, which is led by South Dakota Mines associate professor Alevtina Smirnova, recently received $3.9 million in state funding.
Membrane filters don't require much energy to purify water, making them popular for wastewater treatment. To keep these materials in tip-top condition, they're commonly cleaned with large amounts of strong chemicals, but some of these agents destroy the membranes in the process.
The first CSEM Inventor Award has been given to Dr. Franz Xaver Pengg for a remarkable invention that he developed and patented at CSEM.