Electronics & Semiconductors
The effective integration of extremely thin insulating layers with two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors could enable the fabrication of 2D transistors with an electrical capacitance comparable to SiO2 with thicknesses below ...
Energy & Green Tech
Freshwater scarcity affects over two billion people in the world, primarily in arid and remote regions, as well as islands and coastal areas without freshwater sources. Climate change and population growth are only making ...
Engineering
Earth's atmosphere holds an ocean of water, enough liquid to fill Utah's Great Salt Lake 800 times. Extracting some of that moisture is seen as a potential way to provide clean drinking water to billions of people globally ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Robotics
Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a tiny "claw machine" that is able to pick up and drop a marble-sized ball in response to exposure to chemical vapors.
Jul 12, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The element lithium is used widely in batteries because it results in long-lasting, stable energy storage. However, it's a finite resource, so researchers are hard at work trying to identify alternate materials to use in ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Clean, safe water is a limited resource and access to it depends on local bodies of water. But even dry regions have some water vapor in the air.
Jun 26, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists at EPFL have developed advanced atom-thin graphene membranes with pyridinic-nitrogen at pore edges, showing unprecedented performance in CO2 capture. It marks a significant stride toward more efficient carbon capture ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Green hydrogen holds many promises: it can serve as a "battery" for energy storage, it can be used in the chemical industry, and its only emission will be water vapor. But, unfortunately, green hydrogen is not yet widely ...
Jun 18, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a sustainable and controllable strategy to manipulate interfacial heat transfer, paving the way for improving ...
May 28, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team has successfully developed a high-energy, high-efficiency all-solid-state sodium-air battery. This battery can reversibly utilize sodium (Na) and air without requiring special equipment. The team was led by ...
May 28, 2024
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