Snowy places aren't ideal for harvesting solar energy – panels can't do much if they're buried under blankets of snow, of course. Now a team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new device that...
Apr 16, 2019
NIST researchers have explored in unprecedented detail a new breed of catalysts that allow some chemical reactions, which normally require high heat, to proceed at room temperature. The energy-saving catalysts use sunlight or another light source ...
Apr 16, 2019
In a recent study, researchers developed a novel graphene-enabled photodetector that operates at room temperature, is highly sensitive, fast, has a wide dynamic range, and covers a broad range of THz frequencies. The researchers have achieved a so...
Apr 16, 2019
UCLA scientists and colleagues have engineered a new device that produces electricity from falling snow. This device is the first of its kind and is economical, thin, small, and flexible resembling a...
Apr 16, 2019
Nanomaterials could boost battery performance in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and more.
Apr 16, 2019
Scientists have developed a method in which two images of an object can be taken from two different directions using a single laser pulse. The images are then combined to form a spatial image - similar to the human brain forming a stereo image fro...
Apr 16, 2019
Researchers have developed a plasmonic-assisted holistic artificial muscle that can independently act as a fully functional motor system without assembling or joints.
Apr 16, 2019
In a recent article published in Nanoscale, researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE demonstrate the use of hybrid magnetic-plasmonic elements to facilitate contactless and selective temperature control in magnetic functional metamater...
Apr 16, 2019
Researchers have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow. The first of its kind, this device is inexpensive, small, thin and flexible like a sheet of plastic.
Apr 15, 2019
A new study reports on the development of a graphene-enabled detector for terahertz light that is faster and more sensitive than existing room-temperature technologies.
Apr 15, 2019
