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New use discovered for graphene

January 13, 2016
Graphene has been found to be adept at filtering subatomic particles, by a team of UK scientists.

New firefighting foam created

January 11, 2016
Ceramic firefighting foam that can handles temperatures of more than 1000°C has been created by Russian scientists.

Invisible wires could improve solar efficiency

December 29, 2015
Scientists have found a way to improve solar cell design, improving efficiency and lowering the cost of solar cells.

Electrical paper material developed

December 24, 2015
Swedish scientists have developed a paper-like material with the ability to store electricity.

New material for water desalination

December 2, 2015
Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed an energy efficient material for desalinating seawater.

Graphene ‘relative’ discovered

September 21, 2015
Scientists have found a new two dimensional material that resembles the structure of graphene. An international team of researchers led by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) used...

Top physics prize awarded to Professor Yablonovitch

July 7, 2015
The Institute of Physics has awarded its’ highest International award – the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize – to Professor Eli Yablonovitch for his work on photonic crystals. Professor Yablonovitch...

Weld precision taken to the next level

June 23, 2015
By using a new laser method, scientists have created the world’s smallest plastic weld. Scientists at the TWI research organisation and the University of Cambridge used electron beam (EB) lithography...

Metamaterial hails efficient wireless power transfer

May 13, 2015
By using metasurfaces rather than antennas, scientists created an electromagnetic energy collector that can achieve full absorption of waves. A research team at the University of Waterloo in Canada used...

Graphene speeds up light conversion

May 8, 2015
Researchers have created a graphene-based photodetector to convert absorbed light to electricity at ultrafast speeds. Scientists at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain used graphene to create a photodetector...

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