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Atomic-level imaging captures real-time view of evolving fuel cell catalysts

Atomic-level imaging of catalysts could help manufacturers lower the cost and improve the performance of emission-free fuel cell technologies.

Nov 19th, 2015

Creating a new vision for multifunctional materials

The protective shell of a sea-dwelling chiton paves the way towards new materials that combine different functions.

Nov 19th, 2015

Researchers discover salty solution to better, safer batteries

Researchers have devised a groundbreaking 'Water-in-Salt' aqueous Lithium ion battery technology that could provide power, efficiency and longevity comparable to today's Lithium-ion batteries, but without the fire risk, poisonous chemicals and environmental hazards of current Lithium batteries.

Nov 19th, 2015

New process expands catalyst options for electrolysis and fuel cells

A new method could yield better and more economical options for creating hydrogen fuel.

Nov 19th, 2015

Smart supercapacitor fiber with shape memory

Researchers have introduced a new type of fiber-shaped supercapacitor for energy-storage textiles. Thanks to their shape memory, these textiles could potentially adapt to different body types: shapes formed by stretching and bending remain 'frozen', but can be returned to their original form or reshaped as desired.

Nov 19th, 2015

Particle accelerator on a microchip

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funds development of innovative accelerator technology.

Nov 19th, 2015

Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water

Researchers have unveiled two new catalysts that have been designed with the effective treatment of tap water in mind, eliminating harmful chlorine compounds.

Nov 19th, 2015

3D nanostructure of a bone made visible

Traditional computer tomography can only be used to determine the density but not the local orientation of the underlying nanostructure. Researchers have now overcome this limitation thanks to an innovative computer-based algorithm.

Nov 19th, 2015

New method developed to predict response to nanotherapeutics

Taking a precision medicine approach to nanomedicine, researchers use MR imaging with magnetic nanoparticles to predict which tumors may be more responsive to therapeutic nanoparticles.

Nov 18th, 2015

Quantum spin could create unstoppable, one-dimensional electron waves

New theory points the way forward to transform atom-thin materials into powerful conductors.

Nov 18th, 2015

How best to stabilise the output of quantum dot LEDs

Scientists demonstrate that modulating bias current of the QDLED could lead to countering the noise. This, in turn, leads to stabilising such light sources, making them better suited for optical telecommunications.

Nov 18th, 2015

Electron partitioning process in graphene observed, a world first

Researchers precisely examined current-fluctuation in the graphene p-n junction in the Quantum Hall regime and succeeded in observing electron partitioning taking place on the region along the p-n junction as current fluctuation.

Nov 18th, 2015

Designing three-dimensional nanostructures in a single step

Scientists have devised a novel approach to 3D nanofabrication that brings closer the day when electronic and photonic devices become truly three-dimensional.