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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...

New chameleon-like material

April 8, 2015
Engineers have created a chameleon-like material that can change colour on demand.By using flexible, high-contrast metastructure, scientists at the University of California in Berkeley have created an incredibly thin membrane...

Proton preference makes graphene fuel-cell friendly

January 21, 2015
New research has shown protons easily penetrate monolayer sheets of graphene making it an attractive material for fuel-cell technology. A team led by Sir Andre Geim, the discoverer of graphene,...

The fluorescent fingerprint of plastic

December 29, 2014
A new technique based on the fluorescence of materials could greatly simplify the sorting of plastics in recycling plants. The method, developed by researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universutaet (LMU), will allow automated...

Shrinking sensor means faster, more accurate results

December 23, 2014
A novel sensor that has miniaturised optical emission spectrometers could make the analysis of gold and steel more precise and less time consuming. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic...

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