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Ultra-Efficient, Flexible Piezoelectric Material Could Advance Wearable Technologies

A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.

20 Jan 2021

How to Minimize the Risk of Short Circuits in Lithium Metal Batteries

There are high hopes for the next generation of high energy-density lithium metal batteries, but before they can be used in our vehicles, there are crucial problems to solve.

20 Jan 2021

Patterns Inspired by Lobster Shells can Help Make Stronger 3D-Printed Concrete

New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures.

20 Jan 2021

Diverse Patterns Occur at the Surface of Solidified Metal Alloys

"Stripy zebra, spotty leopard, ...". Kids never become bored pinpointing animals based on their unique body patterns.

20 Jan 2021

Research Settles a Long Controversy on Energy Gap of Van der Waals Material

Previously controversial values of the energy gap of a van der Waals material -- chromium tribromide -- were reported based on various optical measurements.

20 Jan 2021

Post-Annealing Effect for Healing Ceramic Electrolyte Degraded by Li Dendrite Growth

A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and the Department of Chemistry at University of Calgary has investigated the effect of post-annealing for healing Li garnet solid electrolyte degraded by the growth of Li dendrites.

20 Jan 2021

Semiconductor Testing Chip can Detect Volatile Gas in Exhaled Breath

Third-year doctoral student Toshiaki Takahashi, associate professor Kazuhiro Takahashi, and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology developed a testing chip using semiconductor micro-machining that can detect volatile gasses in exhaled breath in ppm concentrations at room temperature.

20 Jan 2021

Wheat Straw Used to Develop New Biodegradable Polyurethane Foams

Every year around 734 million tons of wheat straw are produced worldwide, a large amount of waste, which is cheap and has had no well-defined use until now.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers Succeed in 'Fine Tuning' New Thermoplastic Biomaterial

Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in 'fine tuning' a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently.

20 Jan 2021

Russian Scientists Synthesize Polymer-Based Cathode Materials for Ultrafast Batteries

Scientists are searching for lithium technology alternatives in the face of the surging demand for lithium-ion batteries and limited lithium reserves.

20 Jan 2021

Rice Model may Pave Way for Stronger Nanotube Fibers

Carbon nanotube fibers are not nearly as strong as the nanotubes they contain, but Rice University researchers are working to close the gap.

20 Jan 2021

A Promising Velcro-Like Fastener with Microscopic Mushroom Design

A Velcro-like fastener with a microscopic design that looks like tiny mushrooms could mean advances for everyday consumers and scientific fields like robotics.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers Confirm Presence of Hexatic Phase in Dusty Plasma

Researchers at the Joint Institute for High Temperatures Russian Academy of Sciences (JIHT RAS) and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have experimentally validated the existence of an intermediate phase between the liquid and crystalline states in a monolayer dusty plasma system.

20 Jan 2021

Titan Enterprises Implements Post-Brexit Support Package for EU Customers

Titan Enterprises (Sherborne, UK) has implemented a package of measures to ensure price stability, competitive delivery times and provision of supporting paperwork to ensure trouble-free supply of its high-quality flow meter and flow measurement systems to European Union (EU) customers.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 19 Jan 2021

New Aerogel Extracts Water from Air Without External Power Source

According to some people, future wars will be fought over water, and a billion individuals throughout the world are already grappling to find sufficient water to survive.

19 Jan 2021