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Titanium-Gold Alloy Is Up to 4x Harder Than Steel
The compound is neither difficult to make nor is it a new material.
Cookstove Program Fails to Deliver Hoped-For Carbon Cuts
Indoor air pollution was only moderately lower for the new stoves than for traditional stoves.
Device May Help Combat Medics Save Lives
A new device may improve the success rate of emergency neck incision procedures performed by combat medics in the field.
Bendable Water Pipeline Passes Quake Tests
Wave features help absorb large ground deformation during earthquakes and landslides.
E-commerce and the Drive to Automate the Supply Chain
A slew of robots looks to replace tasks traditionally done by people in distribution and warehouse settings. Sizable barriers to adoption remain, however.
Lightweight Solar Material Aims to Power Off-grid Markets
The product is less than half as efficient as silicon cells, but weighs just one-twentieth as much, a possible advantage for remote applications.
Disposable, Optical Humidity Sensor Developed
Disposable optical sensor uses ultra-thin layers of graphene oxide films to monitor humidity levels of ambient air.
Fast, Automated Process to Quantify Water Content of Drugs
A new way to quantify water content in solid pharmaceutical drugs is said to be faster, cheaper and more accurate than conventional method.
Predicting How Semiconductors Weather Abuse
New semiconductors are needed that can more efficiently absorb light and drive the reactions that allow storage of energy from the sun in chemical bonds, says Berkeley Lab scientist Jeff Sharp.
Underwater Microscope Allows In-Situ Viewing of Marine Microorganisms
The system is capable of seeing features as small as single cells underwater.
Wood Can Help Shrink Global Carbon Footprint, UN Agency Says
When wood is made into furniture, floors, doorways or beams, it is not "instantly oxidized," but continues to store carbon, the report says.
Sunscreen Compound Boosts Protection Against UVA Radiation
The compound offers protection within skin cells without interfering with the rest of the cell.
Fuel from Mixed Plastic to Be Tested in Marine Engines
The technology uses pyrolysis in a fluidized bed reactor to convert unsorted residual plastic waste that might otherwise be incinerated or landfilled into a low-sulfur hydrocarbon.
Lockheed to Build Dry Combat Submersibles for Navy SEALs
Lockheed Martin will construct as many as three DCS vehicles over the next five years.
Microneedles May Make Drug Monitoring Painless
A microneedle patch collects and analyzes skin fluids to determine antibiotic levels in the bloodstream.
Nontoxic Process Promises Larger Ultrathin Sheets of 2D Nanomaterials
The process generates a 20-fold increase in surface area per sheet, which could expand the nanomaterials’ commercial applications.
New Battery Outperforms Li-ions in Half the Space
The voltage loss during recharging falls by a factor of five, the researchers say, from 1.2 volts to 0.24 volts.
Graphene Sheet Cleans Water Using Sunlight
Graphene oxide sheets transform dirty water into drinking water, and also can desalinate salt water.
Method Converts CO2 to Fuel Using Sunlight
The cell uses natural or artificial sunlight to convert carbon dioxide in the air directly into synthetic gas fuel.
Grass as a Cheap Renewable Energy Source?
Hydrogen is contained in water, hydrocarbons and other organic matter, but a challenge has been devising ways of unlocking it in a cheap, efficient and sustainable way.