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Biomimetic Carbon Cells for Robust Potassium Anode

With the rapid development of smart portable electronics and electric vehicles, the consumption of lithium resource will increase dramatically and the cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) may increase significantly in the future. In addition, the shortage (0.0017 wt% in the earth's crust) and uneven crustal distribution of lithium also limit its further development and application.

12 Jan 2021

New Dendrite-Free Aqueous Battery Works on Seawater as the Electrolyte

Lithium-ion batteries play a crucial role in modern life, right from powering cell phones and laptops to the new holiday toys. However, there is a safety threat—the batteries can catch fire.

12 Jan 2021

New Catalyst Could Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Burning Natural Gas

Natural gas produces comparatively lower amounts of pollutants such as carbon dioxide—a powerful greenhouse gas and the main contributor to climate change—and thus, it is the cleanest conventional fossil fuel source.

12 Jan 2021

New Strategy can Boost Performance of All-Solid-State Batteries

All-solid-state batteries—the next-generation batteries—can concurrently enhance the capacity and stability of present-day lithium batteries.

12 Jan 2021

Does Your Powder Cake or Crust? Freeman Technology Releases New Experimental Work Exploring the Mechanisms of Caking

A new peer-reviewed paper from Freeman Technology highlights the unique value of dynamic powder testing for the elucidation of caking mechanisms, focusing on non-homogeneous caking or crusting.

From Malvern Panalytical 12 Jan 2021

New Xylose-Based Sustainable Polymer Reduces Reliance on Crude Oil Products

At the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies of the University of Bath, researchers have developed a sustainable polymer using xylose—the second most abundant sugar found in nature.

12 Jan 2021

JAMCO Corporation Announces New Venture Pristine Seat with Cutting-Edge, Clean Design

JAMCO Corporation announces the launch of its newest Venture Pristine clean solution for the aircraft interior.

From Jamco America, Inc 12 Jan 2021

NIAR’s ATLAS Lab to Install SAMBA Pro System in 2021

Cevotec will install a SAMBA Pro Prepreg system at NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS).

From Cevotec GmbH 12 Jan 2021

ECI Technology Taiwan Team Receives Best Partner Award from Top-Tier Semiconductor Manufacturer

ECI Technology, Inc. a leading manufacturer of chemical management systems for the semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB), and other high-technology industries was commended and received a Certificate of Appreciation Best Partner Award from one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing foundries.

From ECI Technology 12 Jan 2021

ECI Technology's Korea and R&D Team Receives Best Cooperation Supplier Award

ECI Technology, Inc. a leading manufacturer of chemical management systems for the semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB), and other high-technology industries announced today that it has received the Best Cooperation Supplier Award from one of Korea’s largest semiconductor manufacturing foundries.

From ECI Technology 12 Jan 2021

Improving Highly Stretchable Hydrogels

The use of hydrogels is widespread in the development of electronics and biomedical devices. A new breakthrough could increase the range of materials that can be used in the creation of hydrogel hybrids, opening up a wide range of properties and uses.

By Robert Lea 11 Jan 2021

Scientists Synthesize Unusual Superconducting Barium Superhydride

A group of scientists from Russia, China, and the United States predicted and then experimentally obtained barium superhydrides' new unusual superconductors. The study was published in Nature Communications.

11 Jan 2021

Researchers Develop New Metal Oxide Materials with Excellent Plasmonic Resonance Performance

In a study published in Advanced Materials, the researchers from Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, using an electron-proton co-doping strategy, invented a new metal-like semiconductor material with excellent plasmonic resonance performance.

11 Jan 2021

Tanzanian Mining Commission Invests in 24 Hitachi Handheld X-MET8000 Analyzers to Optimize Export Process for Precious and Rare Earth Element Metals

From Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science 11 Jan 2021

'Damaged' Polymer Optical Fibers Repurposed to Measure Magnetic Fields

The invention of optical fibers has revolutionized not only telecommunications but also sensing technology. Optical fiber sensors can measure strain, temperature, pressure, and many other physical parameters along the fibers, but they are currently immune to electromagnetic noise -- interference from other external electric or magnetic interactions.

8 Jan 2021