This graphic explains novel method for capturing the greenhouse gas and converting it to a useful product -- while producing electrical energy.Credit: Cornell University
While the human race will always leave its carbon footprint on the Earth, it must continue...
Researchers at MIT have developed a device and software that could figure out exactly how much power is being used by every appliance, lighting fixture, and device in a home, with pinpoint accuracy and at low cost.Photo: Bryce Vickmark
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MIT aerospace engineers have found a way to bond composite layers, producing a material that is substantially stronger and more resistant to damage than other advanced composites. The improvement may lead to stronger, lighter airplane parts.Illustration: Christine Daniloff/MIT
Method to...
When lightning strikes the sand, it may generate a cylindrical tube of glass, called a fulgurite. This fulgurite has a diameter of approximately 1.2 centimeters.Credit: Dr. Matthew Pasek/University of South Florida
Florida, often recognized as the "lightning capital of the...
The maiden flight of The Delta took place on 19 March 2016 at the Sungai Rambai Aerodome in Malacca, in neighbouring Malaysia. The Delta is the lightest aircraft in the world that can take off and land with wheels...
Thermally excited spin waves carry a spin current from the ferromagnet (YIG in this case) into the metal layer. Depending on the YIG thickness and the interface condition the amplitude of the spin current as well as transmission properties...
Simulated sunlight powers a solar cell that converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into syngas. Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago/Jenny Fontaine
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently...
At center, in green, is the new three-atom hydrogen 'chain.' It is surrounded by several 'normal' two-atom molecules of hydrogen, also in green. The new chain configuration appears in the new material NaH7, which was produced under high pressure...
An inexpensive and efficient process for making biodegradable plastics could save millions of tons of petroleum-derived plastics from landfills. Credit: Flickr/Tony Webster
The development of petroleum-based plastics is one of the crowning achievements of the 20th century, but they come...
SRT coated fabric self-heals. From left, fabric with hole, wet fabric and patch in a drop of water, self-healed fabric. Credit: Demirel Lab / Penn State
Someday, chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films may...
In a new concept for battery cathodes, nanometer-scale particles made of lithium and oxygen compounds (depicted in red and white) are embedded in a sponge-like lattice (yellow) of cobalt oxide, which keeps them stable. The researchers propose that the...
