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Novel Approach to Making Perovskite Solar Cells Leads to Cost Reduction and High Efficiency

A team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania along with physicists from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) science institute, Germany are proposing a unique approach for the selective layer formation in perovskite solar cells.

12 Dec 2018

High Energy Density Flouride-Ion Battery Works at Room Temperature

Batteries that outpace the present-day lithium-ion range with regard to how much energy they can pack into a small lightweight platform, could prod electric vehicle usage into high gear.

11 Dec 2018

New 3D-Printed Workflow Enhances Valve Sizing Accuracy for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures

Over one in eight people aged 75 and older in the US develop moderate-to-severe blockage of the aortic valve in their hearts, commonly caused by calcified deposits that accumulate on the valve’s leaflets and hinder them from fully opening and closing.

11 Dec 2018

China’s First TIMA-X Installed at Peking University – Geology Department

TESCAN is proud to announce that they have installed the first TIMA-X automated mineralogy system in China. The system was installed at the Geology Department at Peking University (PKU), Beijing. PKU is ranked numb...

From Tescan Group 11 Dec 2018

Proteins for Making Tough Rubber

Inspired by nature, Chinese scientists have produced a synthetic analogue to vulcanized natural rubber. Their material is just as tough and durable as the original. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, they reveal the secre...

11 Dec 2018

Entry Level Academic Reactor Flask Heating System

Asynt announces the DrySyn UNO Base - a versatile entry-level reactor flask heating system with heat resistant handle making it the perfect way to conduct safe experiments in academic teaching and research labs. D...

From Asynt 11 Dec 2018

PicoQuant Will Present its New Time-Resolved Spectrometer FluoTime 250 for the First Time to the Public at Photonics West 2019

PicoQuant will present its new time-resolved spectrometer
FluoTime 250 for the first time to the public at Photonics West 2019.

From PicoQuant 10 Dec 2018

Numerical Model System Helps Study the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Solids

The atoms in a crystalline solid generally form an ordered lattice. Such a crystalline solid reacts elastically to slight deformations: upon removing the applied strain, the macroscopic stress, in addition to the microscopic configuration of the atomic lattice, returns back to the original state.

10 Dec 2018

HZDR Scientists Produce Rare Crystal Structure

When you observe the lattice of crystals, there is often a distinct symmetry, such that no matter where you look—the atoms are evenly arranged in every direction.

10 Dec 2018

‘Raman-spectrokinetics’ for improved solid catalysts

Renishaw inVia™ microscope user, Prof. Carlos A. Carrero, heads a group that is developing advanced catalysts for the conversion of hydrocarbons into more valuable products at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Aubu...

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 10 Dec 2018

Researchers Develop Smallest 3D Transistor to Enable Higher-Performance Electronics

A 3D transistor measuring less than half the size of present-day’s smallest commercial models has been fabricated by scientists from MIT and the University of Colorado. To accomplish that, they formulated a unique microfabrication method that alters semiconductor material atom by atom.

10 Dec 2018

Researchers Demonstrate Reversible Electrochemical Cycling of Fluoride-Ion Battery at Room Temperature

According to a new study, scientists have made considerable advancements in the ongoing attempts to create high-energy-density batteries by showing the room-temperature workings of fluoride-ion-based, or FIB, energy cells.

7 Dec 2018

Novel Concept Based on Fluoride Ions May Boost Battery Lifetime

Imagine if it were possible to go for weeks without charging your laptop or phone. That is the dream of scientists looking into substitute batteries that surpass the popular present-day lithium-ion versions.

7 Dec 2018

New Microfluidic Device Produces Tiny Bubbles in Distinct Sizes

Although it would be easy to make bubbles, making countless numbers of them a minute—all with an equal size—would be highly impossible.

7 Dec 2018

Novel Diffusion-Drift Model for Evaluating Impact of Ionizing Radiation on Microelectronic Devices

Achieving a reduction of the size of the active regions of diode and transistor structures is the main trend in the development of hardware components for digital and analog electronic equipment.

7 Dec 2018