HEADLINES ARCHIVE
The Search for a Better Li-Ion Battery
Researchers developed a simulation protocol to screen electrolyte materials, initially trying a set of 500 diverse classes of polymers.
Creative Uses for Biomaterials Is Aim of Forest Institute
Goals include researching new wood-based products such as adhesives and green-platform chemicals. Plans also call for working on advancements in wood engineering and new uses for what was previously seen as waste from pulp and paper.
Cracking the Secrets of a Lithium Battery Cathode
A team of researchers studied a lithium manganese nickel oxide cathode, which is viewed as one of the next generation battery materials because of its high energy.
Temperature-Sensitive Artificial Skin
The material could be used on prosthetic devices to sense temperature change or as a bandage that would alert a nurse or doctor about a developing infection in a wound.
Busted! A Violator of the Wiedemann-Franz Law Is Nabbed
Seems that electrons in vanadium dioxide can conduct electricity without conducting heat. Here's why.
Harvard Unveils Metallic Hydrogen Research
Researchers at Harvard University announced they have fulfilled a scientific dream—converting hydrogen into a solid metal. If true, this achievement could be a new source of electric power, among other applications.
Plastic Made of Pine Tree Residue
Researchers used pinene, which is found in pine needles, as the raw material in place of caprolactone. Their findings could result in creation of a new, totally renewable type of plastic.
Supercomputer Titan Conquers Big Data
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory computer scientist has developed a technique to effectively use supercomputer Titan to analyze big data.
Insect Protein May Enhance Performance Materials
A type of silk produced by green lacewing insects could enhance the next generation of performance fibers.
An Explosive Way to Make Graphene
Graphene can mass-produced with three ingredients: hydrocarbon gas, oxygen, and a spark plug.
One Step Closer to Sci-Fi Holograms?
Researchers created complex holographic images in infrared with the device that could be developed with industry.
Toolkit to Aid in Design of Reconfigurable Metamaterials
A toolkit to aid in design of reconfigurable metamaterials provides smart strategies for exploring design possibilities.
Gyroids May Shape Future of Structural Composites
MIT researchers used complex geometric shapes known as gyroids to shape unique 3-D form of 2-D graphene.
Everyday Use of Legal Metrology Standards
When you go to the grocery store and buy a pound of flour or a liter of soda, how do you know you are getting exactly one pound or one liter?
Novel Technique for Low-Cost Nanowire Production
The method works at ambient temperature and pressure without the use of catalysts, toxic chemicals or processes such as chemical vapor deposition.
Have a Look at This Free Circadian Stimulus Calculator
The CS metric was developed to quantify the impact of light on acute melatonin suppression, a marker of circadian system activation.
Metamaterial Can Change from Hard to Soft—and Back Again
Researchers discovered a way to compose a metamaterial that can be easily manipulated to increase the stiffness of its surface by orders of magnitude—the difference between rubber and steel.
Targeted Search Yields Better Cathode Coating Materials
A new computational design method can help engineers design longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.
Chemical Engineers Take Step Toward Bio-diesel
A genetically modified yeast developed at MIT could lead to one of the first bio-based diesel fuels.
Mars Rover Prototype Delivered for Tests
The robotic rover will be used as part of the second phase of ExoMars to follow up studies exploring the possibility of life on Mars.