A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery - which could have five times the energy density of a typical lithium-ion battery - overcomes one of the key hurdles preventing their commercial development by mimicking the structure of the cells which allow us to absorb nutrients.
Oct 26th, 2016
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Researchers are developing porous solids called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the selective removal of various gases from gas mixtures.
Oct 26th, 2016
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The mechanism of sodium ion storage in an important two-dimensional material could be a simpler and less toxic route to cheaper batteries, a team researchers discovered.
Oct 26th, 2016
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Scientists report a new step toward seeing where certain cancer drugs accumulate in the body in order to better treat patients. They tested their drug-carrying, lipid-based nanoparticles in animals.
Oct 26th, 2016
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In order to understand how the brain controls functions, such as simple reflexes or learning and memory, we must be able to record the activity of large networks and groups of neurons. Conventional methods have allowed scientists to record the activity of neurons for minutes, but a new technology, known as a bionic hybrid neuro chip, is able to record activity in animal brain cells for weeks at a much higher resolution.
Oct 26th, 2016
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Researchers have found a way to more efficiently create hydrogen from water -- an important key in making renewable energy production and storage viable.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreA new device harnesses ultrasound for surgery and manipulating small objects like particles and biological cells.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreSupersonic solitary waves in nano-electronics crystals show potentials for electric charge or matter transport and energy storage with extremely low heat dissipation.
Oct 25th, 2016
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Oceanographers have used modern tools to provide an atomic-scale look at how that shell first forms.
Oct 25th, 2016
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Engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreIn two papers, published this week, scientists determined a more precise version of a basic law of physics - which says that disorder tends to increase with time unless acted on by an outside force - and applied it to the smallest quantum systems.
Oct 25th, 2016
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Facemasks incorporating an innovative new technology will be able to comprehensively trap and kill over 99 percent of all flu viruses.
Oct 25th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have used state-of-the-art computer simulation to test a theory from the 1950s that when atoms organise themselves into 3D pentagons they supress crystallisation.
Oct 25th, 2016
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Engineers have manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or trusses. The structures, each about the size of a sugar cube, quickly shrink when heated to about 282 degrees C.
Oct 25th, 2016
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By using ultrafast laser flashes, scientists have generated the fastest electric current that has ever been measured inside a solid material.
Oct 25th, 2016
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This research paves a way for realizing a high detection efficiency with an ultralow noise.
Oct 24th, 2016
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