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Creating and deleting magnets with a laser
May 1, 2018
An international team of scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using a laser beam – opening up new possibilities in the fields of...
Shedding light on dark matter
April 18, 2018
Physicists have claimed the discovery of a new material that may be able to directly detect dark matter.The material, known as a scintillator, should be sensitive to dark matter that...
Some like it hot
March 16, 2018
The problem of ‘hot electrons’ mean that photovoltaic cells only harvest part of the sunlight they receive. if we could harvest this excess energy, we could double the efficiency of...
Adventures of a volcano whisperer
March 16, 2018
From bandits at dawn to lost airships, not to mention live volcanoes _– the life of an intrepid volcanologist is not for the faint hearted. Here, Professor Tamsin Mather reflects...
Time to go at full charge?
February 19, 2018
Li-ion batteries rule the world of mobile devices, however, they are far from perfect. To fully understand how to achieve higher capacity and longer lasting life needs nothing less than...
A distinctly combinatorial approach
February 12, 2018
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet Dr Timothy Noël, who last year scooped the DECHEMA award...
Doubling the life of Li-ion batteries with graphene
February 8, 2018
New research suggests that the life of lithium-ion batteries could be more than doubled by using graphene girders at the electrodes. Graphite has been the default choice of active material for...
Plastic (not so) fantastic
January 11, 2018
Microplastic pollution of the oceans is a deadly ecological problem, yet oddly we cant find 99% of it. Can the “lost” plastic be found with a dye normally associated with...
Henry Royce Institute promises collaborative approach
January 10, 2018
Construction work has begun on the Manchester hub for the Henry Royce National Institute, the national body promoting research and applications in advanced materials.Based on The University of Manchester’s campus,...
Renewable energy branches out
December 4, 2017
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
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