Cities with little tree cover are substantially hotter than their surroundings. The absorption of near-infrared (NIR) radiation in sunlight causes the “urban heat island” effect. As a result, NIR-reflective pigments that may minimize such heating effects are extremely sought.
In a review recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers presented an overview of applied nanobiotechnology to improve biocompatibility and prevent infections in titanium dental implants.
In a review recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers discussed the recent advances in copper-doped titanium implants.
A new breakthrough using alumina particles for sand blasting dental implants is considered in the journal Materials.
Islands of inactive lithium creep like worms to reconnect with their electrodes, restoring a battery’s capacity and lifespan.
Recently, researchers in the Journal of Energy Chemistry have presented their design for a functional separator which includes an ultra-thin layer of gold (Au) nanoparticles coating on a commercial polyolefin separator to control the lithium dendrite growth and stabilize the graphite anode.
As fossil fuel supplies dwindle and the climate emergency worsens, both the grid energy storage sector and the automotive industry are increasing their efforts to develop robust and efficient energy storage technologies. New research in the Journal of Power Sources considers ways to optimize the operating capacity of LiVO3 Cathodes in Li-Ion Batteries.
Sandvik’s new powder plant in Sweden has recently received the ‘ISO 13485:2016’ medical certification for Osprey® titanium powders, now approved for use in the additive manufacturing of medical applications.
Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new milestone in few-cycle pulse generation, breaking a 10-year-old record and achieving 1.5-optical-cycle-long laser pulses with 1.2 terawatt peak power by a new high-energy hollow fiber compressor beamline.
Engineers from the MIT have developed an innovative system which uses only light to control the manner in which water moves over a surface. According to the researchers, the discovery might prove significant in the advancement of technologies such as field systems with the ability to separate water from oil at a drilling rig, or microfluidic diagnostic devices whose valves and channels can be reprogrammed on the go.