Engineering
More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities and cold temperatures, electrons that usually zip through materials would freeze into place, forming an electron ice, or what has been dubbed ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Engineering
Moroccan researchers have patented a robot that extracts scorpion venom without human intervention, eliminating the danger of extracting it manually.
Feb 14, 2022
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Engineering
Solar power is already the cheapest form of electricity generation, and its cost will continue to fall as more improvements emerge in the technology and its global production. Now, new research is exploring what could be ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed a tiny, transparent and flexible material to be used as a novel dielectric (insulator) component in transistors. The new material would enable what conventional silicon semiconductor ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
High energy storage batteries for EVs need high capacity battery cathodes. New lithium-excess manganese-rich cathodes are expected to replace existing nickel-rich cathodes but understanding how the manganese and oxygen accommodate ...
Feb 18, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers have found a way to super-charge the 'engine' of sustainable fuel generation—by giving the materials a little twist.
Apr 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
They are best known for bike-riding, but the climate-vulnerable Dutch are leading the way for electric cars with the largest number of charging stations in Europe.
Aug 13, 2021
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Engineering
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has, for the first time, synthesized a thin film of a unique topological semimetal material that has the potential to generate more computing power and memory storage while using ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Engineering
An international research team has developed "electronic skin" sensors capable of mimicking the dynamic process of human motion. This work could help severely injured people, such as soldiers, regain the ability to control ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles can help keep the air clean in our cities—as we've seen recently with the reduction of traffic through COVID-19 lockdowns—but they face two obstacles.
Jul 8, 2020
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