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April 28, 2025
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices by using a technique that focuses on the manipulation of spaces between atoms in ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels, new research says the answer could be both. Scientists analyzed remote sensing and aerial imagery to study how fields have been used in California for the last 25 ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — A research team develops high-power, high-energy-density anode using nano-sized tin particles and hard ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — An international research team has discovered the anomalous Hall effect in a collinear antiferromagnet. More strikingly, the anomalous Hall effect emerges from a non-Fermi liquid state, in which ...
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Apr. 22, 2025 — Financial benefits, such as saving on utility payments and avoiding electricity rate hikes, are a key driver of U.S. adults' willingness to consider installing rooftop solar panels or subscribing to ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — An international team has succeeded in producing new, efficient thermoelectric materials that could compete with state-of-the-art materials, offering greater stability and lower ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Clathrates are characterized by a complex cage structure that provides space for guest ions too. Now a team has investigated the suitability of ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge. This is how rubbing a balloon on the skin creates static electricity. Likewise, water flowing over some ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — Switching from diesel to electric trains dramatically improved the air quality aboard the San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrain commuter rail line, reducing riders' exposure to the carcinogen black ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Desalination plants, a major and growing source of freshwater in dry regions, could produce less harmful waste using electricity and new ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a way to use corn protein to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a finding that holds promise for expanding the use of the high-energy, lighter-weight ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — The UK government needs to go beyond offering subsidies for low-carbon technologies (LCTs) like electric cars and solar panels for energy and ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Using artificial intelligence shortens the time to identify complex quantum phases in materials from months to minutes, finds a study. The breakthrough could significantly speed up research into ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 14, 2025 — Engineers discovered a way to move heat ultrafast using crystal waves, offering a breakthrough in cooling advanced ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — MXenes are materials with almost miraculous properties: they can be used for electromagnetic shielding, for energy storage or for novel sensors. It was recently found that they are also amazingly ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Engineers have hit the trifecta of sustainability technology: A group has developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free 'green' hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. A ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers analyzed trade-related risks to energy security across 1,092 scenarios for cutting carbon emissions by 2060. They found that swapping out dependence on imported fossil fuels for increased ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Cancer diagnoses traditionally require invasive or labor-intensive procedures such as tissue biopsies. Now, research reveals a method that uses pulsed infrared light to identify molecular profiles in ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — When it comes to upgrading electrical and broadband infrastructure, new research shows that a 'dig once' approach is nearly 40% more cost effective than replacing them separately. The study ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A new way to watch catalytic reactions happen at the molecular level in real time could lead to better fundamental understanding and planning of the important reactions used in countless ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — An innovative new computational model developed by an engineer could lead to fast-charging lithium-ion batteries that are safer and ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers have found a way to dramatically reducing energy loss and boosting efficiency perovskite solar cells by incorporating rubidium using lattice strain -- a slight deformation in the atomic ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A unique carbon capture technology could offer a more cost-effective way to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and turn it into clean, synthetic ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — When spring arrives and the heating season comes to an end, keeping warm becomes less of an issue. However, scientists remind us that it is not just a seasonal necessity -- heat is also a valuable ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A team of chemists found a way to see into battery interfaces -- tight, tricky spots buried deep inside the cell have long frustrated battery ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals -- materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists has made a breakthrough in ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight loudspeakers. These are just some of the devices made possible using thin ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moir patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Lithium-ion batteries, used in consumer devices and electric vehicles, typically last hours or days between charges. However, with repeated use, they degrade and need to be charged more frequently. ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Fossil-fuel plants are increasingly being forced to stop and start production in response to changes in output from renewables. In a new study, researchers developed a dynamic competitive benchmark ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Crashes on electric scooters are mostly due to the behavior of the riders, with one-handed steering and riding in a group being some of the largest risk factors. The researchers are also concerned ...
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Cooler Faster Better: Engineers Uncover a New Way to Stop Electronics from Overheating
- New, Non-Toxic Synthesis Method for 'miracle Material' MXene
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Potable Water Happy Byproduct of Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Technology
- Decarbonization Improves Energy Security for Most Countries
- Finding Cancer's 'fingerprints'
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Simultaneously Burying Broadband and Electricity Could Be Worth Millions to People in MA Towns
- Researchers Watch a Single Catalytic Grain Do Work in Real Time
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Strain 'trick' Improves Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency
- Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Clean Fuel from Air
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Physicists Use Quantum Entanglement to Crack Mystery of Strange Metals
- New Approach Makes One Type of Clean Fuel Production 66% More Efficient
- Smart Textiles and Surfaces: How Lightweight Elastomer Films Are Bringing Tech to Life
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Study Documents Impacts of Large-Scale Entry of Rooftop Solar Panels on Competition
- E-Scooter Crashes Mainly Caused by Reckless Driving
- Gas Injection Setup in New Fusion System Is Guided by Public-Private Research
Monday, March 24, 2025
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Friday, March 21, 2025
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
- Nanocellulose Treated With Red Onion Dye Provides Effective UV Protection for Solar Cells
- EPA Regulations Cut Power Sector Emissions but Miss Opportunities for Deeper Reductions
- Good Vibrations: Scientists Discover a Groundbreaking Method for Exciting Phonon-Polaritons
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Web Search Formulas Offer a First Step for Protecting Critical Infrastructure
- Innovative Infant Wearable Uses Artificial Intelligence for at-Home Assessments of Early Motor Development
- Reusing Old Oil and Gas Wells May Offer Green Energy Storage Solution
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping
- Scientists Tune in to Rhombohedral Graphene's Potential
- Top Locations for Ocean Energy Production Worldwide Revealed
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Breakthrough Nano-Spring Technology Boosts Battery Durability and Energy Density
- Reading Magnetic States Faster -- In Far Infrared
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy With Tiny Beads
- Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
- Water Movement on Surfaces Makes More Electric Charge Than Expected
- Self-Optimizing Catalysts Facilitate Water-Splitting for the Green Production of Hydrogen
Monday, March 10, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- New Method Significantly Reduces AI Energy Consumption
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
Monday, March 10, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- New Discovery Could 'revolutionize Carbon Fiber Industry'
- The Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors
Monday, March 3, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Researchers Develop Efficient Lithium Extraction Method, Setting Stage for Sustainable EV Battery Supply Chains
- Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Leading the Charge to Better Batteries
- Unraveling How a 'magnetic Twist' Induces One-Way Electric Flow
- Scientists Crack the Code to Longer-Lasting Perovskite Solar Technology
- Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Student Refines 100-Year-Old Math Problem, Expanding Wind Energy Possibilities
- Material's 'incipient' Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
- New Low-Cost Challenger to Quantum Computer: Ising Machine
- Some Fuel Lodges in the Inner Walls of Fusion Vessels: Researchers Now Have a Better Idea of How Much
- New Method Developed to Dramatically Enhance Bioelectronic Sensors
- Critical Nanoscale Phenomena for More Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
- Researchers Create the World's Smallest Shooting Video Game Using Nanoscale Technology
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Toward High Electro-Optic Performance in III-V Semiconductors
- Breakthrough in High-Sensitivity Quantum Sensors With Diamond Heteroepitaxy
- Scientists Design Battery That Runs on Atomic Waste
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Chip-Based System for Terahertz Waves Could Enable More Efficient, Sensitive Electronics
- Rooftop Panels, EV Chargers, and Smart Thermostats Could Chip in to Boost Power Grid Resilience
- Cooling Materials -- Out of the 3D Printer
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms
- Towards New Battery Tech: Chemists Demonstrate High-Performance Sodium-Ion Cathode
- A New Way to Observe Electrons in Motion
- For Success in Bioelectronics, Build With Nature-Inspired Design
- Contact Electrification Depends on Materials' Contact History, Physicists Show
- Magnetic Semiconductor Preserves 2D Quantum Properties in 3D Material
- Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension
- Breakthrough in Wireless Charging Technology
Friday, February 28, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Researchers Record Ultrafast Chorus Dance of Electrons on Super-Small Particle
- New Microactuator Driving System Could Give Microdrones a Jump-Start
Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Combining Millions of Years of Evolution With Tech Wizardry: The Cyborg Cockroach
- Solar-Powered Device Captures Carbon Dioxide from Air to Make Sustainable Fuel
- Scientists Herald Active Matter Breakthrough With Creation of Three-Dimensional 'synthetic Worms'
- The 'hydrogen Economy' May Be Relatively Small, but Critical
- Engineers Discover Key Barrier to Longer-Lasting Batteries
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Mirror, Mirror Trap the Light: Measuring Invisible Light Waves Via Electro-Optic Cavities
- The Next-Generation Solar Cell Is Fully Recyclable
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Turning Car and Helicopter Exhaust Into Thermoelectric Energy
- When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
- New Smart Sensor Takes the Pain out of Wound Monitoring
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Better Texture for Better Batteries
- Researchers Are Driving the Charge of Zero Emissions
- Nanoscale Tin Catalyst Discovery Paves the Way for Sustainable CO2 Conversion
- New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice
- Secure and Steady 6G Communication