Researchers Create Rechargeable Primary Alkaline Zinc Batteries With Nanoporous Zinc Electrodes
Alkaline zinc batteries, one of the most popular non-rechargeable battery types used in daily life, will soon be able to be recharged thanks to a…
Engineering
A Method to Direct the Creation of Quicker and More Durable Next-Generation Batteries
Building a sustainable energy infrastructure requires the use of clean and effective energy storage technologies. Since they now predominate in personal electronic gadgets, lithium-ion batteries…
Gallium Nitride-Based Devices Shown to Be New, More Energy-Efficient by Researchers
New high-power electronic devices that use less energy than older technology have been developed by engineers. The devices are made possible by a novel method…
New Smart Cement Can Be Used to Create Cities and Roads That Are More Robust
Since humans began creating the resources we employ to build our infrastructure, natural forces have outsmarted them. Every year, ice and snow turn main roadways…
Advances in Construction Material Design are Made Possible by a New Finding Regarding Animal Exoskeletons
Researchers from Monash University have identified a new design motif that was inspired by the stiff exterior shells of invertebrates and could be used to…
A Tiny Robot in the Shape of a Fish “Swims” Around Collecting Microplastics
Nearly all areas of the planet have microplastics, which are dangerous to animals if consumed. But once they find their way into the crevices at…
Conventional Vacuum UV Optics Technology is Revolutionized by Novel Metalens
An innovative Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) meta-lens that can create and concentrate the VUV light has been successfully developed by a research team co-led by City…
Innovative Recycling Produces Premium Plastics From Mixed Waste Without Impacting the Climate
Currently, recycling only makes up a small portion of the material that may be used to create new plastic. Researchers at the Chalmers University of…
Stackable Artificial Leaf Captures 100 Times More Carbon Than Other Systems Using Less Power Than a Lightbulb
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a low-cost artificial leaf that can trap carbon dioxide 100 times more efficiently than current methods.…
Recycling Could Pay for Itself if Plastic Waste can be up Cycled into More Valuable Materials
A team of researchers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) have devised a new and simple method for upcycling…
In Just a Few Minutes, a New Process Enables 3D Printing of Small and Complex Glass Components
Glass is used in a variety of high-tech applications because of its excellent transparency and resilience when exposed to heat or chemicals. Traditional glass shaping…
Printing High-performance Perovskite-based Transistors is Simple
The intrinsic properties of the perovskite material with short range order The material tends to be intrinsically p-type under certain deposition conditions. Experiments are being…
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