Hydrogen (H2) is an extremely simple molecule and yet a valuable raw material which as a result of the development of sophisticated catalysts is becoming more and more important. In industry and commerce, applications range from food and fertilizer...
The Kota lab at Colorado State University has created a superomniphobic tape that adheres to any surface and imparts liquid-repellant properties.Credit: Kota lab/Colorado State University
Arun Kota, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, has made a superomniphobic...
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Did you know that there are at least 17 crystalline forms of ice, many of them formed under extreme pressures, such as those found in the interiors of frozen planets? New work from a...
This image shows lignin extraction with (left) and without formaldehyde (right).Credit: Alain Herzog/EPFL
Lignin is a bulky chain of molecules found in wood and is usually discarded during biofuel production. But in a new method by EPFL chemists, the simple...
A tandem perovskite solar cell boosts efficiency by absorbing high- and low-energy photons from the sun. Credit: Rongrong Cheacharoen/Stanford University
A new design for solar cells that uses inexpensive, commonly available materials could rival and even outperform conventional cells made...
Simulated collision path of a Krypton-ion (blue) with a defected graphene sheet and subsequent formation of a carbon vacancy (red). Red color shading indicates local strain in the graphene.Image: Kichul Yoon / Penn State
Researchers at Penn State, the Department...
Medicine, mobile phones, computers and clothes could all be enhanced using the process for making paint, according to research by the University of Warwick.
A breakthrough in the understanding of polymers - the molecules from which almost everything we use...
MIT researchers have developed a stretchy optical fiber in which they have injected multiple organic dyes (yellow, blue, and green regions). In addition to lighting up, the dyes act as a strain sensor, enabling researchers to quantify where and...
In a paper in Scientific Reports, the WPI team describes a novel light-activated phenomenon that could become the basis for applications as diverse as microscopic robotic grippers, more efficient solar cells, and optical telecommunications systems.
A research team at Worcester...
Hydrophobins are a family of naturally occurring proteins with a hydrophilic part (blue) and a hydrophobic part (red). Like lipids, they form molecular bilayers and vesicles, which are small spherical structures with an outer bilayer boundary. In an aqueous...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have determined that the surface texture of gallium nitride (GaN) materials can influence the health of nearby cells. The work is significant because GaN is a material of interest for developing new devices...
