Around the world nuclear energy is a vital source of energy. It is needed because it is a clean energy source and reduces the carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However many people believe that the risk of nuclear accidents does not outweigh the advantages of using nuclear energy. Michael Tonks, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Penn State and director of the Microstructure Science and Engineering Laboratory at Penn State is involved with three projects through the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). These projects aim to discover new materials for nuclear fuel, to make the existing light water reactors (LWRs) safer.
Scientists have successfully integrated hypothetical calculations and sophisticated in-situ microscopy to reveal critical clues about the properties of an advanced energy storage material for use in batteries and supercapacitors. The study was conducted by researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the Department of Energy (DOE).
Penn State researchers have provided a roadmap for a strategy to build the fundamental knowledge needed to speed up the development and application of additive manufacturing materials over the next decade.
Researchers from Aix Marseille Université, based in Marseille, France, have devised a method that enables real-time and in-situ monitoring of physical processes that take place at materials’ surfaces at the atomic level.
Scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have achieved single-particle resolution, for the first time, in the investigation of surface premelting phenomena.
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a versatile 3D material that bends, folds, and shrinks on its own. The foldable, tunable, and self actuated material is capable of changing shape, size, and volume. When folded flat it is strong enough to withstand an elephant’s weight without breaking, and bounces back to prepare for the subsequent task.
In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, UC Berkeley engineers have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can actually operate at the lowest fundamental energy dissipation theoretically possible under the laws of thermodynamics.
Florida State University researchers have discovered a way to safely activate red phosphorus, an element that will be critical in the creation of new electronics and the materials of the future.
Olympus has launched its new modular BX3M upright microscope series and OLYMPUS Stream 2.1 micro-imaging software, together seamlessly adapting to the needs of the user and enhancing a variety of materials science and industrial applications.
Scientists have successfully developed a thin, water-soluble, nonpermanent adhesive gel that can be utilized in the field of biomedical applications. Developed from a naturally occurring chemical reaction, this water-soluble adhesive could be useful for drug delivery or tissue repair. The researchers from LSU and the University of Sheffield collaborated for this study, which has been reported in the scientific journal, Angewandte Chemie.
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