Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a major challenge for commercialization. Many fuel cells require expensive platinum-based catalysts—su...
Dec 26, 2018
Ultrabright X-rays at NSLS-II reveal key details of catalyst growth for more efficient hydrogen fuel cells.
Dec 26, 2018
Recent developments based on novel morphologies and geometries highlight the progress to be made by understanding the balance of freedom and control The post Robotics and self-assembly shape up appeared first on Physics World.
Dec 24, 2018
An international group of researchers from Japan, Russia, Italy, and Great Britain has developed a novel graphene-based terahertz detector. The results of the study have been reported in Nature...
Dec 24, 2018
Nanoelectronic hub imec, Ghent University, and contact lens manufacturer SEED Co. have developed a contact lens with an integrated LED light as part of a novel wearable device. The device also includes an ultrathin silicon microchip, a radio fre...
Dec 24, 2018
The photos from a tiny IR hyperspectral camera, taken from a nanosatellite that has now reached space, could provide information useful for managing the effects of climate change. The Reaktor Hello World nanosatellite was launched into space Nov. ...
Dec 24, 2018
Nanoelectronic hub imec, Ghent University, and contact lens manufacturer SEED Co. have developed a contact lens with an integrated LED light as part of a novel wearable device. The device also includes an ultrathin silicon microchip, a radio fre...
Dec 24, 2018
Proteins have now been designed in the lab to zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The technique, whose development was led by University of Washington S...
Dec 22, 2018
Using a plasmonic nanostructure, researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have devised a way to hide information on the surface of a material, so that it is only visible through an IR lens or camera that is tuned to the correct IR ba...
Dec 22, 2018
A team of researchers from Russia, Great Britain, Japan and Italy has created a graphene-based terahertz detector. The study was published in Nature Communications.
Dec 21, 2018
