Researchers have found a low-cost way to solve one half of the water-splitting equation to produce hydrogen as clean energy -- using sunlight to efficiently split off oxygen molecules from water. The finding represents a step forward toward greater...
Scientists have developed a material to make jet engines as quiet as a hairdryer. The material is incredibly light, meringue-like material cuts aircraft noise by up to 80% and is used as sound insulation inside engines to reduce take-off...
Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. The material is home compostable and can safely degrade in most natural environments. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, created a polymer...
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds -- a specially designed hydrogel, that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones. The new material offers great hope for...
A research team from Brown University has made a major step toward improving the long-term reliability of perovskite solar cells, an emerging clean energy technology. In a study to be published on Friday, May 7 in the journal Science, the...
Since it was first introduced in 2016, transparent wood has been developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology as an innovative structural material for building construction. It lets natural light through and can even store thermal energy. The...
Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have a hard time accounting for the friction that occurs when those robots grip objects -- particularly in wet environments. Researchers have now discovered a new...
A new coating solution discovered by researchers at Simon Fraser University can transform regular materials into waterproof surfaces. The product will be cheaper to produce, free of harmful fluorinated compounds, and effective on a variety of materials. Their research...
Much as yeast serves in bakeries as single-celled helper, the bacterium Escherischia coli is a must in every biotechnology lab. A team led by Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Ventura, professor of biological signaling research at the University of Freiburg, has developed...
About a quarter of a percent of the entire gross domestic product of industrialized countries is estimated to be lost through a single technical issue: the fouling of heat exchanger surfaces by salts and other dissolved minerals. This fouling...
The discovery of a novel enzyme that releases a valuable chemical from agricultural waste could provide an important breakthrough in the upscaling of renewable fuels and chemicals, a new study shows. Researchers -- led by the University of York --...