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Plant-based supercapacitor delivers 900 x energy efficiency
Added: 11 Sep 2020
In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy s…
Environmentally friendly silicon recycling
Added: 10 Sep 2020
Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have develope…
Coronavirus 'trap and zap' technology
Added: 24 Aug 2020
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technolog…
Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection
Added: 24 Aug 2020
With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that …
Improved cybernetics hardware - human interfacing
Added: 17 Aug 2020
Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are …
Graphene pizza: It is all about the toppings
Added: 28 Jul 2020
Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical an…
Machine learning helps grow artificial organs
Added: 17 Jul 2020
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Ivannikov Institute for System Pro…
Manchester expert launches COVID-19 global task force
Added: 17 Jul 2020
A world-leading materials expert from The University of Manchester is helping to launch a new globa…
Synthetic materials mimic living creatures
Added: 24 Jun 2020
Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living …
Machine learning predicts nanoparticle structure and dynamics
Added: 12 Jun 2020
Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the Universit…
Reactive 3D printing for autonomous shapeshifting materials
Added: 12 Jun 2020
Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality w…
Oil-hungry smart sponge could restore our oceans
Added: 2 Jun 2020
A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soak…
New technique for higher resolution molecular imaging and analysis
Added: 1 Jun 2020
A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanosco…
Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)
Added: 28 May 2020
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interio…
Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria
Added: 27 May 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid ma…
Higgs Spectroscopy: A new method to measure superconductors
Added: 13 May 2020
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential t…
Generating sustained nanolight
Added: 12 May 2020
An international research team has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency of …
Extending the design rules for clean energy production
Added: 7 May 2020
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have uncovered the …
Scalable ‘Twistronics’ for exotic 2D applications
Added: 4 May 2020
Researchers from Aalto University have developed a completely new method for twisting atomically th…
Carbon nanotubes grown on newsprint
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Your old copies of Lab News may still have some unexpected uses in the lab…
